Resources

“Truth walks naked on the earth.” -unknown

Websites

Rupert Spira https://rupertspira.com/

Dr. David Hawkins https://veritaspub.com/

Sat Yoga Institute https://www.satyoga.org/shunyamurti/

Self-inflicted Philosophy https://www.self-inflictedphilosophy.com/

Jed McKenna https://jedmckenna.com/

All of the above also have YouTube channels.

Books

The Gospel of Mary of Magdala, Karen L King

The Master and His Emissary, Iain McGilchrist

Wetiko, Paul Levy

Tao Te Ching, translation: Stephen Addiss & Stanley Lombardo

Gems of Wisdom, Shunyamurti

The True Believer, Eric Hoffer

When Society Becomes an Addict, Anne Wilson Schaef

How To Be An Adult, David Richo Ph.D.

Relevant Videos

Favorite Quotes

“Most of us are moving through such an undergrowth of excess that we cannot sense the shape of ourselves anymore.” ~ John O’Donohue, Walking in Wonder: Eternal Wisdom for a Modern World

“An extraterrestrial being, newly arrived on Earth – scrutinizing what we mainly present to our children in television, radio, movies, newspapers, magazines, the comics, and many books – might easily conclude that we are intent on teaching them murder, rape, cruelty, superstition, credulity, and consumerism. We keep at it, and through constant repetition many of them finally get it.” ~ Carl Sagan, The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark, 1995

“The Master said, ‘If your conduct is determined solely by considerations of profit you will arouse great resentment.’” ~ Confucius

“In the kingdom of the blind the one-eyed man is king.”  ~ Desiderius Erasmus (28 October c.1466 – 12 July 1536)

“All of humanity’s problems are ultimately due to ego. Ego is ultimately born of a desire for control. The desire for control is ultimately a maladaptive impulse which we’re all eventually going to have to relinquish in order to have a healthy world.” ~ Caitlin Johnstone

“There are three classes of people. Those that see. Those that see when shown. Those that refuse to see.” ~ Leonardo da Vinci

“The Mind is chained to the material existence. The Heart goes beyond.” ~ Anoir Ou-Chad

“When it’s dark enough, you can see the stars.” ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

“We are apt to shut our eyes against a painful truth, and listen to the song of that siren till she transforms us into beasts … For my part, whatever anguish of spirit it may cost, I am willing to know the whole truth …”  ~ Patrick Henry

“A single event can awaken within us a stranger totally unknown to us. To live is to be slowly born.” ~ Antoine de Saint-Exupery

“Who looks outside, dreams; who looks inside, awakes.”  ~ C.G. Jung

“It is being that speaks within us and not we who speak of being.” ~ Maurice-Merleau Ponty, 20th Century French philosopher

“For small creatures such as we the vastness is bearable only through love.” ~ Carl Sagan

“The truth is like a lion. You don’t have to defend it. Let it loose. It will defend itself.” ~ Saint Augustine

“The day the power of love overrules the love of power, the world will know peace.” ~ Mahatma Gandhi

“True, strong, fresh for ever stands

The Self. From this in truth springs forth

The phantom body and phantom world.

When this delusion is destroyed

And not a speck remains,

The sun of Self shines bright and real

In the vast Heart expanse.

Darkness dies, afflictions end,

and bliss wells up.”  ~ Ramana Maharshi, Self Knowledge (verse 2)

“The soul regarding itself as ego is overcome by fear, just like the man who regards a rope as a snake. The soul regards fearlessness by realizing that is not an ego, but the supreme soul. ~ Ramana Maharshi

“The most dangerous person is the one who does not fear death.” ~ Unknown

“Always remember people who have helped you along the way, and don’t forget to lift someone up.” ~ Roy T. Bennett, The Light in the Heart