Dispatches from Beyond the Dream
Every now and then life twists and turns with all the grace of a roller coaster half off the rails. Things feel perilous, unpredictable and wobbly. And that’s just your life. Never mind the recent uptick in conflict simmering in geo-political hot spots like the Ukraine, the middle-east and riot-ridden Ferguson, Missouri. Add to this, […]
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— Disclaimer: While at the time this was written statements in this article were true for me, I’ve since discovered a ‘guru’ can also be a reason to hide from my own inner-teacher and truth. The slippery slope of enchantment in another (no different in many ways to falling in love) leads inexorably to […]
Read More…When self-proclaimed teachers and students of enlightenment say to me, “Why are you so obsessed with sexuality, you can’t be awake if that is the case,” I think: Really? I think first off, why is a curious, playful, engaged stance toward sexuality an obsession? And why is it not inclusive of God and the light […]
Read More…Okay. I am not feeling better. I am just feeling. A year and two months post an awakening shift of consciousness (in which suffering more or less collapsed into non-existence) I am reporting from the front lines less and less frequently. Part of my sporadic reportage is there is nothing new to report. I can […]
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Ever since this awakening point of view shift, and attendant blogging about it, I’ve been under the microscope and on the pedestal of other people’s lives. Not a lot, mind you. It’s not like I’m Madonna of the Non-Duality enlightenment crowd. Yet, in the last while, I’ve gotten interesting comments and emails from readers of […]
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It’s a trip in which an everything matters epiphany arrived while dipping my toes into an icy fresh highland river.
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In the apocalypse of my awakening, there followed a period of such sublime distinterest in the world and its shenanigans, I wondered if I would ever get off the sofa and do anything again.
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Yet A Call to the Sacred Masculine has clearly struck a collective nerve, reaching into the imaginations of men and women who yearn for a Bigger Love. But what most people have failed to see is that this article’s real appeal is not romantic and stereotypical but archetypal and alchemical.
Read More…A reader asked me the other day about my sex life post-awakening and whether it had changed (Answer: yes, drastically and yet, not at all). During the same time I got wind of an upcoming teleseminar series with interviews of well known spiritual teachers about their vulnerabilities and challenges. A kind of get real endeavor […]
Read More…And now, for something completely different. Over my years as a writer, every now and then I found myself consumed by the urge to take dictation from a voice in my head that did not sound like me. The cadence, language and tone was not my normal wry humor mixed with splashy adjectives and high […]
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The Awakened Dreamer 