Most of my posts are attempts at enlightening people out there, articulating my path. Most of the blogs I’ve found are doing the same. Contemplator, What’s Missing, Carsten Fleck, Zenshredding, Wiccanwanderings, and probably thousands of others. Different words describing a similar journey.
But we all must go back into the world after we post. We [...]
Archive for the ‘Hero's journey’ Category
What are we really doing?
Posted in Hero's journey, Spirituality, consciousness, tagged blogging, Spirituality, truth on January 29, 2008 | 2 Comments »
What is love?
Posted in Hero's journey, Spirituality, consciousness, identity, tagged God, identity, love, self-help, skepticism on January 21, 2008 | 3 Comments »
This of course is the number one question searched on Google beginning with ‘What…’ The answer to this question is related to the answer I gave to the previous post’s question and it’s also the reason why I’m admittedly a hypocrite.
I said before that the person within you who is capable of observing yourself observing [...]
Who is God?
Posted in Hero's journey, Spirituality, consciousness, tagged consciousness, God, religion, Spirituality on January 20, 2008 | 1 Comment »
A cringe-worthy title, I know. But this was one of the most searched questions on Google last year, as noted on their Zeitgeist page. (They even note that sometimes it’s about the search itself, not the conclusion. It’s certainly Google’s raison d’etre.) The journey is the destination, as it were.
But I’m going to propose something [...]
Books to break the cycle.
Posted in Hero's journey, Spirituality, consciousness, identity, tagged consciousness, identity, searching, Spirituality on January 18, 2008 | 2 Comments »
When it clicks for you that you no longer want to view the world like your parents or the way society wants you to it’s good to pick up a book that affirms your itching desire to find your voice amidst the others in your head. Guignole asked me if I had any book ideas. [...]
The leap requires a free-fall.
Posted in Hero's journey, Spirituality, consciousness, identity, tagged airplanes, consciousness, faith, happiness, kingdom within, nut-cases, parachutes, sages, Spirituality, success on January 17, 2008 | 1 Comment »
So you stop searching. You’ve decided that what’s to be found (success/acclaim/happiness) is not outside of you but in you. You exit the material realm, the realm of the senses, and you enter the spiritual realm. This is not a tangible realm. It is a realm of faith. It is purely the belief that the [...]
When the music stops.
Posted in Hero's journey, Spirituality, Uncategorized, tagged addiction, consciousness, ego, enlightenment, God, Spirituality on January 16, 2008 | 2 Comments »
According to Indian spirituality there are 7 levels of consciousness. I’m of the belief that we have access to them at any time and we cycle through all of them as we slowly ascend to each one.
The first is the ignorance or innocence of infancy. Then comes the ego. Thirdly is achievement or giving of [...]
Happiness is what is happening…?
Posted in Hero's journey, contentment, tagged happiness on January 15, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
What is happening at this moment is I am writing a post. But when I take a moment I realize I’m not made particularly happy doing this (it doesn’t make me unhappy, but I’m not terribly inspired) so I can actually choose to do something else so that what is happening will make me happy. [...]
Intimacy and identity
Posted in Hero's journey, contentment, identity, tagged avatars, contentment, identity, intimacy on January 12, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Surfing around on blogs one becomes aware of the spectrum of intimacy and identity that’s shared with the public. Avatar pictures are the obvious example. I understand the internet culture of keeping your identity private and I don’t have my real name on here. Some people share both their name and face which is comforting [...]
Grrrrrr.
Posted in Hero's journey, teaching, tagged angst, ego, inner-city teaching, Jesus, overcoming on January 9, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Fucking blog. Fucking hell. Fucking annoyed at myself, at my job, at my insecurities, that my students walk all over me. When you are dealing with students who come from broken homes, who don’t listen, who can’t listen, who’s whole lives need to be started over and rewired, you realize that you’re not there for [...]
Why do I suffer so?
Posted in Hero's journey, Spirituality, tagged angst, Buddhism, Men's spirituality, The Way on January 8, 2008 | 1 Comment »
I know about katabasis. I know about Psyche’s trials on the river Styx. I know about the first tenet of Buddhism. I’ve read countless self-help books, men’s spirituality books. I know about all this stuff. I’ve gone through it. I’ve mapped it. I’ve learned from it. But when does it end? When you’ve had your [...]
