Meditation isn’t enough, okay? There, I said it. Far from being the panacea we have all hoped for, meditation is undoubtedly a powerful tool – but it just doesn’t solve the deep-seated issues many of us carry. In fact, no matter what spiritual practice/path you engage in, no matter what hallowed tool you hold close […]
15 Signs You’re Experiencing a Spiritual Emergency
You’ve gone through a tremendous spiritual awakening. Your life perspective has changed drastically. You’re no longer the same person you once were a few years ago. But something has gone horribly wrong. While others on the spiritual path are reveling in their deep insights, you feel suffocated under the weight of an existential crisis. While […]
What is a Soul? (and Can it Die, Escape, or Break?)
Understanding the nature of the soul is perhaps one of the most fundamental and essential tasks on the spiritual path. Without knowing what exactly the soul is – and what our soul is like – we can easily get lost, stuck, and stranded. If you’ve always wanted to know what this mysterious force is, how […]
How to Stop Dark Unwanted Thoughts (3 Liberating Steps)
Unwanted thoughts creep over us out of nowhere. They’re weird, graphic, strange, disturbing, ugly, taboo, and embarrassing. Most of us forget or ignore them – but some of us can’t help but feel ashamed by them. Some of us just can’t look away. In fact, these thoughts may plague us so much that we might […]
Soul Searching: 7 Ways to Uncover Your True Path
You feel lost in life. You’re sick of your job, your relationships are mediocre at best, your friendships are bland and unsupportive, you feel empty inside, and you’ve lost the zest for life … If you can relate to most of these experiences, you are undoubtedly going through an existential crisis. In other words, you’re […]
The 9 Stages of Spiritual Self-Realization
Self-realization is one of those phrases that we hear on the spiritual path that goes in one ear and out the other. We don’t give it much thought, yet it’s at the very heart of EVERYTHING. Without seeing Self-Realization as the ultimate goal of the spiritual journey, our paths are vague, blurry, and disjointed. We […]
