The Buddha’s first Noble Truth is often misunderstood as pessimism. It is not. It is […]
Author: Scott
At sixteen, a direct encounter with the non-dual nature of reality changed the entire orientation of my life. I hold a PhD in Asian Comparative Studies with a focus in Indian Philosophy of Religion, and have spent thirty years as both a scholar and practitioner across the Vajrayāna Buddhist, Trika Śaiva, and contemplative traditions. I founded the Institute of Abiding Bliss to make that depth of wisdom genuinely accessible to anyone willing to look more closely at their own awareness.
illusory “i”
This persistent and rapacious belief in a separate, abiding, self-subsisting “I” and its illusory incompleteness, […]
the lie of separation
Once we feel separate, once we believe ourselves alone and insignificant, once we have the […]
the word that hold the world
In the cosmological frameworks of ancient India, Sanskrit was not merely a language. It was […]
societal hypnosis
People are so stuck in the form world. They are hypnotized by it and believe […]
the sky does not refuse the storm
There is a common misconception that the spiritual path is about feeling good — about […]
beginning where you are
It is entirely possible to build a life that is genuinely conducive to mindfulness, awareness, […]
the sky behind the weather
One of the primary teachings of Buddhism is that our thoughts are integral to the […]
as a thing is viewed
Changes in one’s train of thought produce corresponding changes in one’s conception of the external […]
before the label
Mindfulness is not a forcing of the present moment. It is not positive thinking, and […]
yoga and the art of remembering
When most Westerners hear the word yoga, they picture a studio — bodies moving through […]
universal showers
The totality of reality seeks to shower you with experience. All experience — good, bad, […]
the letter that kills the spirit
If the great religious traditions are ultimately pointing toward the same ground of being, why […]
musing on now
We run from now, always hoping that tomorrow will contain something the present does not. […]
the ordinary sacred
The sacred is not waiting for you in a temple. It is not reserved for […]