Instead of indulging in mere speculation, devote yourself here and now to the search for the Truth that is ever within you. – Ramana Maharshi

Spirituality is the search for the profound within us. This site is a timesaving guide to one aspect of the spiritual search: the search for a spiritual teacher. We hope this teacher will guide us to the goal: Enlightenment, the Absolute, Truth, Reality, the Self, God, Oneness, Satori, Nirvana -- the place we know to be our true Home.

This spiritual search guide is designed to save you time. It is a condensation of my experience in searching for spiritual teachers and systems: the results of my logic and feeling. My search has not been for pleasure or temporary peace. If that is your goal, then you probably won't like my ratings of teachers that cater to that market. I am drawn to teachers who force me to look within and ask: who am I, where did I come from, and where am I going? To pursue these questions is the greatest adventure of one's life.

What's New

1/18/12: A bit of self-promotion: my film Closer Than Close is playing at the Denver Mile-Hi Church's Inspirational Movie Night on January 28.
1/15/12: Added Karl Renz to the ratings page.
1/1/12: Attended a satsang with Paul Hedderman and added an update to his page.
10/12/11: Linda Clair will be in Raleigh, North Carolina for an eight-day retreat in March 2012. Details are here.
9/26/11: Steven Norquist's The Haunted Universe is now an audiobook and worth a listen.
9/25/11: Received news that Melvyn Wartella passed away earlier this year.
7/9/11: Reviewed The Book of Qualities by J. Ruth Gendler.
6/18/11: Added a review of the new book The Unpublished Works of Richard Rose.
6/5/11: Had an intriguing email exchange with Nick Roach in which he describes an experience similar to Bernadette Roberts' transition from the unitive state to the no-self state. I updated his page and added some new interview questions.
2/6/11: Updated the Linda Clair interview.
1/30/11: Updated the Self Knowledge Symposium page.
11/8/10: Added a link to the first public talk by Steven Norquist: Norquist public lecture.
10/18/10: Added Paul Hedderman to the teacher reviews.

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