The Flaw at the Heart of Spiritual Teaching

The Flaw at the Heart of Spiritual Teaching

The core flaw in spiritual teaching are the assumptions underlying it. Here is the top hidden assumption.

This is a snippet from my Wednesday 25/3 episode, What Spiritual Teaching Can't Do.

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The Word "Enlightenment" Creates False Expectations

The Word "Enlightenment" Creates False Expectations

Enlightenment is our default word for spiritual awakening or deep spiritual insight. While it may serve and inspire certain students to engage in spiritual work, I also believe it is problematic and t...

15 Mars 5min

What The Word "Enlightenment" Does Right

What The Word "Enlightenment" Does Right

Despite problems, the word enlightenment does capture two real aspects of awakening: transformation and insight.This is a short snippet from my episode Is Enlightenment The Right Word? on Wednesday 1...

12 Mars 3min

Is Enlightenment The Right Word?

Is Enlightenment The Right Word?

We use the word enlightenment all the time in spirituality.But it might actually be one of the most misleading words in the entire field.It suggests a climactic transformation, a final state, somethin...

11 Mars 30min

The Late Stage of Meditation

The Late Stage of Meditation

Perhaps 1% or fewer practitioners reach late-stage meditation, where awakening has permanently altered one’s perception.Late stage says: “There is no centre for awakening to happen to.”This is a snipp...

10 Mars 9min

The Middle Stage of Meditation

The Middle Stage of Meditation

Mid-stage practitioners constitute perhaps 5–10% of meditators. This is the stage where awakening begins to stabilise. A core feature of this stage is that thoughts lose their unquestioned authority. ...

8 Mars 10min

The Early Stage of Meditation

The Early Stage of Meditation

At the early stage, meditation is something you do. It is an activity during the day, set apart from life, distinct from the rest. Awakening is imagined as a future event: a breakthrough, a shift, a p...

5 Mars 6min

The Three Stages of Meditation & Spiritual Insight

The Three Stages of Meditation & Spiritual Insight

We tend to see meditation as a single spiritual practice experienced equally by all. It seems meditators sit, practice their technique, attend retreats and accumulate hours.What’s missing is the devel...

4 Mars 39min

Meaningful, Meaningless & Ameaningful

Meaningful, Meaningless & Ameaningful

Meaning, meaningnless and ameaningful are three different words. Meaning and meaninglessness imply one another.Questioning the meaning of life is not a symptom of meaninglessness. We are obsessed with...

3 Mars 6min

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