poetry

A prayer for the summer solstice

May the awakening of this moment be complete. May all beings know God’s love in their hearts and minds and, with this love, may they accept their true selves. With this self-acceptance, may our systems bend irrevocably in the directions of health and justice. With this equilibrium, may our environment, too, know equilibrium. May the… Continue reading A prayer for the summer solstice

essays

The meaning of life at twenty-nine years

Like everyone, I like to do the things I enjoy most on my birthday. And for me, that has often been a combination of writing/reflection, solitude, hiking, and sharing with community. Today, I will be spending at least part of the day walking around my graduate school campus, making a spiritual goodbye to the place… Continue reading The meaning of life at twenty-nine years

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