Amara Strand

A total life collapse after spiritual awakening. Let’s explore energetic overwhelm, spiritual awakening vs spiritual experiences, destructive Kundalini, how to re-establish energetic boundaries and mental…

In this Reader Q&A we look at the struggle to find joy and engagement in daily life without a sense of self, without purpose or…

Have you ever wondered if getting rid of all your mental programming would result in the ability to see reality directly, and unfiltered? Would it…

Spirituality can fuq you up. Spiritual pursuit, meditation and practices can illuminate a few corridors, while leaving you blind to everything else. Sometimes spirituality is…

After a Kundalini activation you might find people reacting to you in the most unusual ways. If you find your energy has become a bit…

Enlightenment does not happen to improve life. To an unenlightened person who is inclined toward happiness, life can be glorious. To people who tend toward…

One tends to chase after experiences such as bliss and oneness with what we will, for convenience, call God. But these experiences come and go,…

When a secular person goes through an intense enlightenment process, it is natural to look around and try to find others who have gone through…

A reader asks a poignant question about life, love and death after losing his father. Life and death are bound together. You can easily grasp…

All at once, I saw people all-through-time, I saw them as glowing balls of light, I saw them riddled with parasitic attachments, I saw them…

It’s totally normal for you to try to accredit the awakened status of various people who claim to be awakened. From my perspective, this is…

Would you rather be spiritual or awake? Becoming spiritual is something separate from waking up. Becoming spiritual definitely has methods, teachings, progress. It has its…

Is there any point to telling dreamers that they are dreaming? I get the call around 2am and rush to put some clothes on, trying…

Today we talk about the swag bag of enlightenment. And what happens when your bag is empty. Why does it seem that your spiritual quest…

Let’s explore this potent question of living up to, or wasting, one’s potential. Once we get that out of the way, we can actually get…

What do you need to do, accomplish, attain or let go of before you can become enlightened? I am fascinated by the belief systems that…

Lifting the veil and coming back empty handed. There used to be an infamous pizza joint in Phnom Penh called Happy Pizza. Who knows how the…

How to connect with spirituality directly. Something I’ve noticed over the years of communicating with spiritual people is how crowded their minds become with the…

Are you using spirituality and the search for enlightenment as an excuse not to fix your mental, emotional, relational and financial problems? The experience of…

Are you serious about transforming your life? I was asked if I have a morning ritual or if I set an intention for the day.…

Seeking or avoiding boredom in dreams. But it’s really telling, that combo. Pleasure seeking and avoiding boredom. What does that mean to you?

Spiritual teachers say a lot of conflicting things. How do we know what is true? This is such an important question. Leaving the issue of…

Many people who are spiritual seekers have mental health issues. Some are aware of this, have been diagnosed and are either in or out of…