I’ve been working on my next book, which is about developing emotional and spiritual freedom, and the more I delve into it, the more it seems to revolve around the following dichotomy: For an ordinary person, life is about social validation and material success. For a spiritual seeker, it’s about finding inner peace and true freedom. How do you effect…
Year: 2019
Why You Need Solitude For Spiritual Growth
You spend your life invested in other people. Whether it’s through work, family, partnerships, friendships, or the external world you let in with news, TV or radio shows, and other forms of engagement, your attention and energy are mostly focused outside of you. Furthermore, you carry the world you’ve internalized as the aspect of ego I call your ‘sense of…
Is Your Ego-Mind Gaslighting You?
We live in the world of appearances. This has become painfully obvious when we hear politicians and the mass media talk about ‘fake news’ in an attempt to manipulate and confuse us. Granted, some news may be fabricated, but the overall purpose seems to be erasing all critical thinking to impose a particular agenda. This is known as gaslighting, which…
What Hides Behind Your Anxiety About Money?
Life is abundant. Nature is abundant. Love is abundant. You’ve heard this before: ‘wealth is your birthright.’ But more than a right, I’d say it’s your nature. I’m not implying everyone should be a millionaire; I’m referring to the bounty of your soul, the mystery within you that shapes everything you see, touch, feel, think, desire, and create. However, this…
How To Remain Confident In Spite of Criticism
Nobody likes to be criticized; it usually triggers memories and feelings of unworthiness or lack of love from childhood. Back then you didn’t have much control or a voice, and the adults in your life had most, if not all the power over you. This became what I’ve coined your ‘sense of otherness‘—the inner bully that traps you in a…
What Is the Spiritual Cure For Anxiety?
Do you worry about the prospect of events you judge as negative or the possibility of future suffering? How about past events and the way you responded to them? Perhaps your concerns relate more to a current self-perception—in terms of being right or wrong, perfect or imperfect—and how others see you now. You worry about whether your self-images are getting…
How To Live a Truly Fulfilling Life
We all want fulfillment, it’s a natural yearning of our human condition. But we’re so attached to the external world that we believe satisfying our desires and ambitions is the way to achieve it. Desires fuel life, because the world is made of ego and we identify with our ego consciousness—which is made of desire and attachment—to exist and accomplish…