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This blog is my contribution to the expanding mountain of information regarding the search for self-discovery. There seems to be a growing number of people who are seeking “spiritual growth”, “self-discovery, and “enlightenment” . As a former seeker and one who found more than what I had thought I was seeking, I may have insights and understandings from the many unusual experiences in my eighty years of living that might be relevant to you, if you are a “hard core” seeker, and not one who is just looking to upgrade their ego-image to impress their friends. I am deeply grateful to the good folks who shared their dreams, explorations, and discoveries, especially about who and what we are, through books, other media, workshops, and personal guidance. Without this support group that actually goes back thousands of years, I would not have had this successful life.

 

 I’ve been playing many roles in my life, usually not aware that they were roles, and now I enjoy playing this one, the “wise old man”- maybe my last. Of course, I don’t take it, or much else, seriously. About the only thing I had going for me, as a kid, was a bright intellect, which did not endear me to my peers. Anyway, I studied many things and acquired a lot of verbal information during my life, believing that intellectual understanding was what I was seeking. In spite of myself, I was finally tricked into a real ego surrender, and “awakening”. In the thirty years since, I have regarded the intellect as a useful tool and often amusing game, but it is no longer my idol. Knowing that few persons have ever reached “awakening” through the intellectual pursuit, I have held back from trying to teach, or to produce “how to become enlightened” books. There has always been plenty of them out there. Not wanting to play the role of “Guru”, I kept a low profile for many years. As the eighty year milestone came around, I decided to share some of the thinking and understanding that has come to me, as much of it seems to be relevant to the modern, science-based, view of our bodies and our world that many of us share. In this blog, I will present a number of essays that have been leaking into my conscious mind from the still active side of my brain, maybe also channeled from other parts of our mysterious “being”. I still enjoy verbal exploration and explanation, and since many others apparently do too, I offer my take on many of the “big questions”. My hope, and goal, is enlightened living for everyone. I’m sure most folks are for it too. Imagine what our world could be like! I hope we don’t have to wait for each person to undergo a radical transformation. I see many people beginning to live “enlightened lives” without having gone through the “big bang” of ego-death and the “dark night of the soul”, as I did.  I think it is possible to gradually break the attachment to the personal ego through education and certain practices to develop awareness.

 

I have been a “born skeptic” and seldom accused of being reverent to any ideology, but am deeply reverent to Life. For the last thirty years, I have had freedom from fear, a certainty regarding “my” timeless existence, and the sense of peace and love, when I have sought it. Much of the time I am in my personal- ego mode, but I am observing it, not identified with it. I wish I could share my experience of life with all others, but each must discover it for themselves. I can only offer words, hoping to create cracks in the defenses of personal egos, and encouragement to keep on track.

 

I welcome comments, questions, and criticism.