Understanding nothing is a waste of time
How can you be free from self-centered activity? Whether a parent, a book, a religious figure-head or otherwise tells you to be unselfish, this is an illusion. . .
What’s the point of leaving behind a legacy
I have no wish to leave behind any legacy, although one may inevitably follow, it matters not. . .
The moment of nothing
For a brief moment every morning, you are nothing. Just a body, lying helplessly in a bed (or futon or floor - depends on your situation). . .
Education continues to fail humanity as wars persist
Education seems to be designed for two things:
1/ Desensitize the human to prepare them for war
2/ Teach them skills to sustain the system
Are Habits Really Necessary?
I question whether habits are necessary at all to be “well” - both mentally and physically. Whilst these things can help to ‘navigate’ life, better time would be spend trying to understand why one is stressed in the first place . . .
Silence? No way!
A mind that does not move in a ‘direction’ at all - could this be the silence you seek? Why do you seek it? . . .
Practicing Meditation is 'Gym-work' for your ego
“Thought gives birth to the entity that thinks. Thought’s battery is time. Time keeps that entity alive. Just as when a car’s battery is flat, You can't practice your way to "Nothing". No meditation will help you experience "silence".
Can you get rid of anger?
“Thought gives birth to the entity that thinks. Thought’s battery is time. Time keeps that entity alive. Just as when a car’s battery is flat, the car sits idle - without purpose. . .
All practices (spiritual or not) are just illusions
All “spiritual practices” are like any practice - they enforce through repetition. . .
Oneness is not a a state of mind
“When I talk to you, I want to talk in a space where we are both honored.”
“What would that place be?” . . .
There is Nothing to align!!!
Audience: Oh but when I am in flow, I feel I am connected to the universal energy - the cosmos!
GC: How do you… now let’s be careful… how do you “know” if there is some connection or alignment with something “greater”? . . .
Everything is perfect
You can try whatever practices you like. You can read thousands of books. You can watch thousands of videos…
There is nothing really here.
“There is nothing really here. Nothing to plan for. Nothing to work for. Nothing to pray for. Nothing to change. Nothing to kill or die for…
Spirituality is not found in the world of the known
Knowledge of any kind cannot reach the understanding of what is spiritual. The moment it becomes knowledge, is the moment it is gone. An idea, a picture we worship, a practice, all comes from knowledge. And the more you seek it, the more barriers you will encounter.
Why do you put meditation down?
GC: First, do you ask this question because I have challenged something within you that you feel so strongly about? Secondly, am I really putting it “down” or am I sharing something about meditation which contradicts what millions of people, gurus, experts, book are telling you it is? That in itself, is worth asking (when the masses follow the same patterns).
Too Much Seeking; Not Enough Seeing
Why do we insist on following others?
The moment we “follow” others, we become copy-paste human beings. In one life-time, whether it be 10 or 50 years, we are a summation of systems, beliefs, traditions that we have inherited from others whom have inherited from previous generations, and so on. Your mind is the result of thousands of years of conditioning.
Does Duality Even Exist?
Can we perceive is such a way that our daily problems of life don’t even arise?
Recently, I have heard the word, ‘duality’ as often as I have heard ‘non-duality’. “We live in a world of duality”. What does this even mean? I don’t personally know anything about Advaita Vedanta, or certain Zen philosophies, books by Alan Watts or Krishnamurti, or even speculative science. Sure, I’ve explored some of these works but I’ve immediately discarded them for the reason that I felt they were all taking me away from something sacred. And also because I found them quite boring! Hope I’m not offending anyone.
Nowhere to be Found.
The night that changed my life - what the “self” did not want me to publish
My “self” has held-back this conversation for 2 years. I’ve told only a few close friends about this, but since questions are starting to arise, if you don’t mind, I’d like to get this out in the open, even just this once.
When people purchase a book, or read something that’s laughably interesting from this writer on platforms such as LinkedIn, their minds begin asking questions. Who is this? What does he know about this! He’s not a philosopher. How did all of this come about? Is it really true. This is not love, blah blah. So in sharing this, I’d like to request the reader to please not paint any images of the writer. And if you already have one, delete it. If it’s difficult, perhaps you can observe your own mind as things arise and delete the images that might be coming up.
Good.
Now please go on to read…
What’s Another Word for “Escape”? Courage.
It must be one of the most quoted words in the history of humankind. One of the most over used, over emphasized words in motivational language:
"Courage".
I'm going to question the necessity of this at all because it seems to be something humans have to carry in their "toolbelt of life".