The Meditative Life Then | Sobriety, AA, and Enlightenment

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

The Meditative Life Now | Choiceless Awareness

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

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

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

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

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

Salty Bro Book Club! “The Riddle of the Self” (Waking Up w/ Sam Harris) Ep. 3

Am I me? Are you, you? What is “me”? What is the thinker of the thoughts? *Zoolander voice* “Who am I???” cue the blue steel as Stefan G. joins us for a discussion on the nature of consciousness, spirituality, and the illusion of the self! Continue reading Salty Bro Book Club! “The Riddle of the Self” (Waking Up w/ Sam Harris) Ep. 3