Category: Life Lessons

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The Meditative Life Then | Sobriety, AA, and Enlightenment

Inside the Minds Eye

In this episode, I share what my life was like before, during, and after a spiritual awakening that occurred while I was sober and active in Alcoholics Anonymous. Continue reading The Meditative Life Then | Sobriety, AA, and Enlightenment

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The Meditative Life Now | Choiceless Awareness

Inside the Minds Eye

This conversation centers on choiceless awareness: the recognition that there is no personal will or control, and that everything—thoughts, emotions, actions, reactions—is arising spontaneously on its own. Continue reading The Meditative Life Now | Choiceless Awareness

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Your Life is None of Your Business | Step 3 and Non-Duality

Inside the Minds Eye

During a prolonged state of existential despair, I heard something that helped re-frame my life and my recovery:

“From this moment forward, your life is none of your business.” Continue reading Your Life is None of Your Business | Step 3 and Non-Duality

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Non-Duality: What It Is

Inside the Minds Eye

Non-duality points to the understanding that there is not you and the world, subject and object, self and other. There is only what is arising, spontaneously, as THIS. Continue reading Non-Duality: What It Is

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I Was Chasing a High – I Just Didn’t Know It | Football, Identity, and Fear

Inside the Minds Eye

I thought I was pushing through fear and pursuing my dreams, but I was really just chasing a high. Continue reading I Was Chasing a High – I Just Didn’t Know It | Football, Identity, and Fear

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Does Thought Create Reality? | My Experience With the Law of Attraction

Inside the Minds Eye

I practiced positive thinking, daily affirmations, and creative visualization to get everything I thought I wanted. It worked. Then, it completely crushed me from the inside out. Continue reading Does Thought Create Reality? | My Experience With the Law of Attraction

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An Echo of Another Age

Inside the Minds Eye

Lawnmowers growl and the sun peeks through a blanket that you thumb tacked against the window.

You roll over to stare at the wall and slam a fist into your face, wishing you were anywhere but here.

You turn the TV on and stare into the abyss. Continue reading An Echo of Another Age

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Entering the Eternal Shame (When a Good Trip Goes Bad)

Inside the Minds Eye

Clip taken from this weeks podcast: Salty Bro Book Club! “Guru’s, Death, Drugs, and Other Puzzles” Ep. 5 Continue reading Entering the Eternal Shame (When a Good Trip Goes Bad)