The Greatest Spiritual Event of Our Time, According to Rudolf Steiner
We find ourselves playing a key role in a cosmic drama. We are not just passive witnesses, but active participants in a momentous, world-transforming spiritual event.
Elephant: Teacher of the Buddhic Way
When we are around elephants, something magical, elevating, and awe-inspiring occurs. Simply put, elephants make us happy. They elevate our spirits. They bring peace to our hearts. They make us feel joyous.
Alignment to Prayer
When the True Self begins to claim, she claims in different ways. She doesn’t align to prescription, but she aligns to possibility. “What will create the opportunity for my next learning? What will give me joy? What will show me a higher way?”
An Open Letter to the Spiritual Community About Psychiatry
If the goal of spirituality is integration – persistently examining where we are still asleep, where we are still defended, where we are still inauthentically manifested – then we must explore what the meaning of a pharmaceutical product is to us.
Zen and Quantum Physics
In Zen, there are two domains of reality—the domain of emptiness and the domain of form. The wave-particle theory of quantum physics recognizes two similar domains—the domain of potentiality and the domain of actuality.
Blessings from Zephyr
Twelve years ago I fell face first into the tutelage of a Zen master named Zephyr. While I’d love to tell you stories of my trials, tribulations, face licks, and cuddles with the great Zephyr, I’d probably be too biased to do him justice. Instead, I’ll step back and let him tell you our story.
The Last Seduction of Buddha, Jungle Rumble
Sid had been traversing the bottomless depths of the id, ego and superego with an intense fever for six stormy years.
The Therapeutic Value of Ayahuasca
My best description of the impact of ayahuasca is that it’s a rocket boost to psychospiritual growth and unfolding, my professional specialty during my thirty-five years of private practice.
Spirituality and Mental Illness
Is the suppression of spirituality in the West the reason for our struggle and suffering labeled as mental illness? Are we medicated to numb the pain and psychospiritual protest related to the felt wrongness in our modern lives? Here’s what I learned from my trip to India.
The Eyes as Doorways into God
Through gazing we can develop the ability to love in the deeply tantric way of Jesus, in which there is no exception or “outside” in regard to whom or what is loved.
