Last week I proposed to my partner Helen on a rickety old navigation tower at a place in New Orleans called the End of the World. There...

I've noticed something recently that I call "spiritual perfectionism" and I'd love to hear what others think. My initial thoughts on this...

Imagine that all the objects around you—that painting, that plant, that bowl—are little doors with handles. And if you were to turn the...

Over the last five months, I have been going through a powerful and at times very difficult transformation. This summer, I went through...

Knowledge enters through the brain. Wisdom enters through the bones. I've been honored to meet a few individuals in my life who have...

After four days of fasting in the Inyo mountains, our group sat in a circle and we each told what happened to us during our time alone....

I was recently asked, "When people say they are "spiritual," what do they mean?" I thought it was a brilliant question — one that...

Love is the strongest magic we have. It is the fire that transforms anything that's thrown into it. It turns "hawks into doves," enemies...

Thumbnail Credit: Esteban Sayhueque - Instagram: estebansayhueque Have you ever noticed the way a charismatic person can light up a room?...

Photo by Sindre Strøm from Pexels I asked a friend of mine recently if he loved himself. He approaches most things in life with humor...

For most of my life, I had a certain habit which I'm not entirely proud of. I wanted to save others. In Western culture, the archetype of...

"How will you be remembered when you're gone?" Legacy is a big point of anxiety for a lot of people I work with. We know we'll die some...

Last Thursday, I found myself at the bottom of a pond. And there was something down there with me. I've been afraid of deep water ever...

There’s an idea in various metaphysical traditions that “thought is causative.” That is, our thoughts have a direct, metaphysical...

One morning, I went for a walk. My anxiety and self-consciousness had returned to hound me. I was exploring the archetypal idea of the...

I'm constantly amazed how certain religious myths map onto human psychology. Psychologist Gabor Maté wrote a book called "In the Realm of...

It feels like a lot of people around me are yearning for intimate connection right now. I keep coming back to "Journey of the Heart" by...

For a long time, I tried not to be angry. My father was an angry man. His father was an angry man. At some point, I decided, "I will not...

Listen to the original podcast episode here. What’s the meaning of life? Seriously though. I don’t think it’s love. Or happiness. It’s...

by Daniel Lev Shkolnik Odysseus, the Greek hero, didn’t get his name because he went in search of his Odyssey. Rather, The Odyssey was...