Because of the emptiness I began to experience so many years ago, I excessively engaged in drugs and alcohol, using substances in an attempt to fill myself. I was fully immersed in this lifestyle and became an alcoholic.My friend Brent had been spending time with me, working to help me better understand the origins of […]

Self-Inquiry: The Journey Within At the core of our human experience, we share a universal longing—for happiness, for satisfaction, and for the resolution of our suffering. Yet, our individual and collective efforts to find these things have often been misdirected. We’ve spent our lives looking outside ourselves, into the world of objects, hoping to find

“Realization of the Self is the greatest help that can be rendered to humanity.” — Ramana Maharshi These are troubling times. Every day seems to bring new causes for concern. The social structures that once grounded families, communities, and nations are now fragmented. The environment that nurtures and sustains us is under strain. Fear and

“Truly I tell you, unless you change and become like little children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven.” – Jesus As I recall, I was perhaps five years old, sitting without purpose, without judgment, in the shade of an Elm tree near my home. It was late afternoon on a summer day, and

In 1969 I was 18 years young and aimless. I was simply drifting from one experience to the next. One of those experiences involved my first and really my last experience with LSD. The dose was well calculated by a friend who had an understanding regarding the nature of the drug. He knew how to