In this spiritual Q&A episode, I respond to listener-submitted spiritual questions spanning a variety of themes.
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Topics include the paradox of striving versus letting go, how seekers sustain their practice, and ways of recognizing the background presence behind experience. The conversation explores not-two-ness, emptiness, the value of doing nothing, and the limits of control. Listeners are also invited to consider profound questions such as whether an ant has a self, how to discern the root of our reactions, and what it means to see beyond the opposites of life.
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Selected Links and Topics from this Episode:
- The Center for Sacred Sciences where I’m giving a talk on October 5, 2025.
- What is the balance between striving for an exemplary life and letting go of striving of any kind?
- How does a spiritual seeker tread water?
- How to see then realize the not-two-ness of opposites?
- How to notice the background?
- Patti-Ann Rogers’ poem “The Background Beyond the Background“
- The value of doing nothing
- John Wren-Lewis, “The Dazzling Dark“
- How to see the emptiness behind your head?
- Does an ant have a self? If not, then why do you?
- How much can you actually control?
- How do we know when we’ve reached the root cause of a reaction?
- Paul Hedderman, Traveling Lighter
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