We cannot currently hear the music of our souls because our ego’s noise is so deafening. — But why wait? Wouldn’t you like to hear this celestial music now, while you’re still alive? Great news. You can! Read on. The Music of The Spheres Back in ancient Greece, it was Pythagoras who came up with the notion that the planets and stars in the heavens were making a kind of music. He…

The illusion of separateness is just that. — “I love you, I am you.” People are often taken aback when they hear members of the post-ego community say this catch phrase to one another upon meeting or parting. “See you later, Tom. I love you, I am you.” “Thanks, Bill, I love you and I am you, too.” …

Pretend you have to use the bathroom. Sit and relax for a few minutes. I give you permission. — This study released this week pointed to the interesting fact that half of Americans don’t need to go to the bathroom to poo or pee. They need to go to the bathroom to get away from YOU! Yes, YOU! When we read these studies, we always imagine it’s “those other…

Stop resisting it. Embrace your doom and open a portal to unbelievable joy and serenity. — The religion of Buddhism is basically this. Rather than calling it doom, Buddhists call it “impermanence,” which is the same thing but sounds more abstract and less depressing. But doom isn’t depressing. It just is. A forest just is. A planet just is. A person just is. And that person…

Don’t blame them, blame evolution — and the trauma of scarcity. — There has been a lot of theft and especially shoplifting in our area. The police have stopped arresting people for stealing from stores, basically, unless the theft raises to grand larceny. People are mad about it, naturally. …

Imago therapy has it right — When my wife and I were having arguments about fifteen years ago (both our children were young — this is a tough time for couples), we went to a therapist who practiced something called Imago Therapy. It was invented by Harville Hendrix, author of a popular book called Getting The…

In the future: most common last words: “Let’s party!” — It’s rumored that Timothy Leary’s last words were “Why not!” He was one who declared that death was the ultimate party and he wasn’t afraid of partying with the cosmos. Of course, Timothy Leary was a snake who ratted out the very people e from the Weather Underground who helped…

Here’s how you do it. — Just because it’s impossible to escape your existential plight — mortality, living on a planet full of dumbasses more violent than chimpanzees and with a nuclear arsenal capable of destroying the planet a few thousand times over — that doesn’t mean that you can’t escape. You can! Isn’t that music…

Even if there is an “immortal soul”, its amnesia will be far more severe than an Alzheimer’s patient’s — Think about it. The formation of plaque inside the human brain can lead to serious memory loss. We most definitely, scientifically and unquestionably need a brain to form a memory. I have no patience with people who say, “Science can have nothing to say about the afterlife.” Nonsense. It is…