Dispatches from Beyond the Dream
In the seven years since an overnight spiritual awakening catapulted me into a surreal peace with a months-long afterglow—followed by years of increasing hyper-synchronicity, mini-miracles and rare but intense episodes of suffering—I have learned two true things: Nothing is static, especially enlightenment. And awakening to true nature does not mean liberation from the personality (and […]
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Lately time seems to be acting strangely. For one, time compression seems to be increasing — you know that thing where time flies, even when you are not having fun. I can’t count the occasions in recent weeks where I have been stunned to find my perception of passing time completely out of touch with […]
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Billy Graham died yesterday which is remarkable —not because the man lived to the ancient age of 99, but because in the memory of some people, this is his third death or more already. To them, this famous American evangelical pastor died in the fall of 2017, 2012, or 2009 and even earlier This situation […]
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In January, I was healed from a life-long spinal curvature called scoliosis and a damaged right hip from a 2011 car accident has miraculously returned to it’s pre-damaged state. It’s a true story, I promise you. Here is my video where I demonstrate the brand new pain-free flexibility in my hip joint, that occurred after […]
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“We do not need to be heroes to save the world; all we need is humility, a critical view of the commercial and political interests of those who would mislead us into wrongdoing, and a sense of wonder. ” ~ John Burnside, Scottish writer. It was just a few weeks before the spring 2003 announcement […]
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Brace for a surreal ride. Because whether you are ready to admit it or not, we’ve collectively begun to wake up to a strange new porous reality. Or as Morpheus says to Neo in the film The Matrix, “You take the red pill and you stay in Wonderland and I show you how deep the […]
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If there ever was an historical era where getting past the passive no-self phase of awakening mattered, this is it. Environmental peril, US presidential insanity and all-purpose darkness is on the rise. You see, it’s not enough to just play the equanimity card in the game of enlightenment. Sure, it’s true at one level that […]
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I remember, almost wistfully, the pre-awakening days when I was addicted to falling in love. The heady intoxicant of new romance always came with a huge surge in well-being, optimism, equanimity and even synchronicity. I yearned for the in-love-drug the same way a junkie craves the next hit. Then, abruptly I woke up. The awakening […]
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I heard from a friend recently, an author and a teacher who had an awakening two decades ago who told me that the flow of magic had abruptly dried up in her life. By this, she meant the gifts of self-remembrance ( synchronicity, ease, intuitive knowing and mini-miracles) had come to a halt just as if […]
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