Tag: mysticism

When I obsess over importance, I twist my perception into agonized knots.  When I relax into the knowledge that everything fades, I enjoy the flow of luck and life.  Sure, I may have to act as if things are critical (I love taking part in the ongoing game) but my state of mind is easy…

Judgment is fun.  Comparison is good.  They’re illusory games where I size up values, trading pros and cons like chips or tokens. But when I forget they’re games, they become obsessive tyrants.  I wasn’t born so I could chase after “perfect.”  I walk this earth so I can enjoy the unfolding of time and space.…

Rather than focusing on letting it go, I find it’s more productive to focus on letting it flow.  It goes on its own. Get Kor’Thank here:  Kor’Thank:  Barbarian Valley Girl.  Get Echo Vol. 1 on Kindle here:  Vol. 1 on Kindle.  Vol. 2 on Kindle here:  Vol.2 on Kindle  Vol. 3 on Kindle here:  Vol. 3 on…

I used to hoard “evidence,” making the case for this or that based on a jenga tower of past experience.  I grew increasingly frustrated as irony reared its ugly head—most of the time, my well-laid plans turned out far differently than I initially expected. So now, the evidence appears to indicate that plans are useful…

Did we come into being to suffer and toil?  To sacrifice and endure within a limited set of physical senses?  Outwardly, that seems to be the case. But inwardly, it seems that mystics and luminaries say we needn’t be bound by drudgery and pain, and that in point of fact, we never actually were.  If…

Almost every philosophy/religion I’ve seen implies that life is full of pain and suffering, and that we have to toil and agonize in order to achieve an abiding peace. But what if that isn’t true?  What if the pain/suffering is merely a mechanism that cements our understanding of what is personally pleasing on this unexplainable,…

As a writer, I’ve been told I have a unique voice.  I appreciate that. Unfortunately, I can’t take credit for it.  The credit belongs to the voices in my head. Get Kor’Thank here:  Kor’Thank:  Barbarian Valley Girl.  Get Echo Vol. 1 on Kindle here:  Vol. 1 on Kindle.  Vol. 2 on Kindle here:  Vol.2 on Kindle  Vol.…

The quest for excellence is an awesome thing—an internal drive that sparks my creativity, inspires me to take risk, and feeds my spirit through thick and thin. Conversely, the DEMAND for excellence can be useful (especially at the beginning of one’s journey), but if taken to its bitter end, it generates meaningless suffering and justifications…

If existence springs from an inarticulable, undeniable benevolence, then it stands to reason that we need not fight/scrape our way back to it, since it is ever-present, indivisible from us, and always in motion. Maybe that’s why mystics emphasize surrender and flow.  Maybe meditation is not about blocking things out, but about letting things in—allowing…

When someone fully understands the difference between short-term dominance and decisive victory, they ironically become unstoppably dominant. Get Kor’Thank here:  Kor’Thank:  Barbarian Valley Girl.  Get Echo Vol. 1 on Kindle here:  Vol. 1 on Kindle.  Vol. 2 on Kindle here:  Vol.2 on Kindle  Vol. 3 on Kindle here:  Vol. 3 on Kindle  Vol.4 on Kindle here:  Vol. 4 on…