Case studies

Interview/Talk

Politics, karma, and the emptiness of winning (spiritual talk)

What is karma? In what sense is the U.S.'s current political situation evidence of a karmic relationship? How is karma resolved throughout a lifetime? What is the result of "failed" karma? Successfully navigated karma? Given these dynamics, what are some potential outcomes of our current political situation in the U.S.? See these questions and more… Continue reading Politics, karma, and the emptiness of winning (spiritual talk)

essays, Personal writing

Obituary to my childhood self

You are responsible for some of my earliest memories. Not earliest, I suppose—we didn’t meet until I was seven years old. Still, the memories feel primordial: they feel like they coincide with the genesis of my being. Playing in New Mexico, I remember vast expanses of hills and trees, valleys into which we would look… Continue reading Obituary to my childhood self

Interview/Talk

Interview: The Spiritual Download

On 1/26/20 I sat down for a multi-hour interview with Kyle Eric Hilding of The Spiritual Download Youtube channel. We talked about many things, including intuition, insanity, individual consciousness and crises, ego death, meditation, peace, love, the education system, and the obsolete nature of the concept spiritual "teacher." I greatly enjoyed the conversation, and I… Continue reading Interview: The Spiritual Download

Interview/Talk

Awakening intuition (spiritual talk)

Based on several conversations I had with people over my winter break, I decided to create this video on intuition. I love making these videos, and it is my hope that they’re useful for people—for this reason, if there is a topic you’d be interested in seeing a video on, I encourage you to write… Continue reading Awakening intuition (spiritual talk)

essays, Personal writing, Uncategorized

The authentic self and the illusion of the academy

While living in Colorado Springs between 2015 and -16, I wrote a novel on power, alienation, and education. I never gave it a title, but the work describes a high-powered Academy where children are taken away from their families, then trained in a series of exercises that culminate in the ability to “Produce,” meaning manifest… Continue reading The authentic self and the illusion of the academy