Lately I’ve been thinking we may be on the verge of some kind of mass awakening. It seems that more and more of us are experiencing an expansion of consciousness followed by a radical shift in our priorities. Maybe I’m just meeting more people like this due to the nature of my work, but I strongly suspect something’s happening behind [...]
What determines the quality and quantity of your personal relationships? I think the #1 factor is your mindset towards relationships. There are many ways to frame the role of relationships in your life, and some options are more empowering than others. Look at relationships one way, and you’ll find it difficult to relate to others. But change [...]
In a subjective reality belief system, what’s the role of other human beings? Are they just projections? Do they even matter? Won’t you end up feeling all alone, believing you’re the only one who’s conscious and everyone else is fake?
Lately I’ve been getting a flood of similar questions via email, so I figured I’ll answer them here [...]
I’ve been going back and re-reading mystical texts such as the Christian Gospels, and I’ve noticed that they make a lot more sense under the subjective model. Even some of Hindu and Buddhist teachings I used to regard as incomprehensible now seem perfectly logical. I suspect such teachers as Jesus and Buddha had a subjective belief system, since in [...]
Awareness isn’t empty. It may be a container of sorts, but it’s not an empty vessel. What does it contain? It contains thoughts, and those thoughts manifest in physical form. This is what we call physical reality. Everything aside from awareness that we perceive to exist is an expression of the contents of awareness.
Since awareness holds [...]
Perhaps the most difficult concept of subjective reality is the identity shift from ego-centeredness to awareness-centeredness. In this post I’ll do my best to explain this shift. Such an awareness shift, however, can be very challenging to express in words, so if parts of this article sound confusing, it’s largely the nature of the problem that makes it [...]
What determines the goals you set? The answer is your context, which is your full collection of beliefs about reality. You’ll always set goals congruent with your current understanding of the universe.
Since no two people have the exact same context (everyone sees the world a little differently), everyone will set different goals. Within your particular context, some [...]
I received a response from Dave regarding the previous Recovery article. I asked him if I could share it here, since I think you might find his outlook inspiring. If you haven’t read the original post, Dave (not his real name) is a man who is mentally and emotionally recovering after accidentally killing a 72-year old man in an auto [...]
Last week a reader — let’s call him Dave — told me he accidentally killed someone. Dave was driving his car and hit a 72-year old man riding a bicycle. Dave did his best to get help, but the man died anyway. The accident wasn’t Dave’s fault. The man on the bicycle was drunk.
Dave feels [...]
What are the actual benefits of becoming more conscious? Why would anyone care to do this? And what the heck does it even mean to raise your consciousness anyway?
While raising your consciousness can certainly enhance your spiritual development, this isn’t really a spiritual issue at its core. It’s really about hardcore mental development.
What does it mean to become [...]
