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December 2022

December 02, 2022

Interfaith Advent Reflections

In celebration of the holidays, one of my readers, Susie Leonard Weller, M.A., sent me...

November 2022

November 28, 2022

Nonduality Without Apathy: How I Keep Non-Attachment from Turning Into Indifference

I fell in love with the concept of nonduality in my early twenties. The concepts...

November 25, 2022

Interfaith Quotes About Love, Reciprocation (Golden Rule), Service, Forgiveness and Nonviolence

As I was studying to become an interfaith minister between 2016 to 2017, I gathered...

November 21, 2022

The Universal Spiritual Acts of Experimentation, Contemplation, Love and Service

“Religion is doing; a man does not merely think his religion or feel it, he...

November 18, 2022

Monk of All Faiths on Peace and Holiness

This is the fourth and final installment of excerpts from a small book I wrote...

November 14, 2022

Monk of All Faiths on Morality and Meditation

This is the third installment of excerpts from a small book I wrote last year...

November 11, 2022

Monk of All Faiths on God and Spirit

This is the second installment of excerpts from a small book I wrote last year...

November 07, 2022

Introducing the Monk of All Faiths

Last year, I published a small book titled Monk of All Faiths. I based the...

November 04, 2022

Interfaith Methods Don’t Work in Politics: Especially Not in the USA

I hoped interfaith methods would work to bridge political divides. After five years of offering...

October 2022

October 31, 2022

Spirituality and Death: From Valhalla and Heaven to Transition and Nonduality

Human mortality is at the heart of many spiritual traditions. What happens after death? Do...

October 28, 2022

Is Your Spiritual Teacher Parroting?

We all know what parroting means in communications. It’s repeating precisely what someone else said...

October 24, 2022

The Paths of Oneness and Goodness Are Not the Same: They Exist Side by Side

Devotees on the two primary spiritual paths of experience, the paths of Oneness and Goodness,...

October 21, 2022

The Experiential Path of Oneness

The experiential path of Oneness is contemplative in nature and consists of introspection, meditation, observation,...

October 17, 2022

The Experiential Path of Goodness

The most famous among moral maxims is “love thy neighbor as thyself” or the Golden...

October 14, 2022

Can Spanking Tell Us Whether God is Internal or External?

Aldous Huxley was best known for his dystopian novel Brave New World. Readers may remember...

October 10, 2022

My Journey from Wannabe Guru to Interspiritual Coach

I was introduced to Eastern mysticism in my late teens and became captivated by the...

October 07, 2022

All Beliefs are Nuanced. Why Do We Act Like They Are Not?

The social sciences have shown time and time again that people’s beliefs are generally more...

October 03, 2022

Interspiritual Explorers Are Lonely

“I’ve never spoken to anyone about this,” a recent client told me. “My wife is...

September 2022

September 30, 2022

Let’s Face It, Beliefs and Values are More Important to People Than Facts and Information

Until we understand how much beliefs and values influence the human mind, we cannot solve...

September 26, 2022

What If We Viewed Christianity Like Buddhism?

“Buddhism is not a religion. It’s more like a philosophy,” is a refrain I often...

September 23, 2022

The Religion of Certainty vs The Religion of Mystery

In this article, I’ll consider the difference between the religion of certainty and the religion...

September 19, 2022

Surprisingly, My Spirit Animal Explains My Approach to Interspirituality

I am a trans-rational skeptic by nature. That means most things need to meet a...

September 16, 2022

A Way to Understand Nondual Oneness

What is nondual oneness? That is a question that most spiritual teachers struggle to answer....

September 12, 2022

Why Call Religions and Spiritual Paths Wisdom Traditions?

If you are a frequent reader of this blog, you will have noticed that I...

September 08, 2022

Three Ways to Interpret the Chakra System

Changing the spatial relationship with the chakra system can alter interpretations dramatically. Unlike some people,...

September 05, 2022

Being a Spiritual Seeker Can Be Both a Sign of Weakness and Strength

People seek for different reasons. Some are lost. Others are explorers. The reason motivates the...

September 01, 2022

Rumi: Before You Seek Fame

I have loved Rumi’s poetry for over twenty years. His words carry an immortal spirit...

August 2022

August 29, 2022

Why We Need Both Altruism and Puritanism

Both altruism and puritanism attempt to achieve goodness, but the outcomes are wildly different. One...

August 25, 2022

What Deceased Spiritual Teachers Cannot Teach Us

I revere much of the wisdom that has been preserved in spiritual and religious traditions....

August 22, 2022

Interspirituality is Not the Same as Superstition

In this article, I want to clarify the difference between interspirituality and superstition. There is...

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