More Basic Human

Boredom and distraction on the spiritual path
Most people have no idea how their minds actually work. If you aren’t using your mind intentionally, something else will use it for you. When…

Under The Hood: Perfection
Do you have the Perfectionism Program constantly running in the background of your Operating System? Do you keep adjusting your behavior to satisfy its demands?…

The Covid Pandemic is an Opportunity for Massive Personal and Spiritual Growth
I’m in lockdown. Coronavirus has completely unwoven the fabric of my life. So why am I so damn excited? Grinning from ear to ear. Of…

How to Avoid Negative Thoughts and Emotions
“After doing all this spiritual work, why am I still not able to stay positive? Sometimes I feel love, forgiveness, compassion toward people (and toward…

Learn life skills your parents didn’t or couldn’t teach you
Ready to deprogram destructive patterns you learned growing up? Great, but that’s only half of it. It’s your choice, and also your responsibility. That’s a…

Deprogramming is Possible
Are you ready to update your mental default programming? I think what’s hard is not knowing where to apply ourselves…spending our energy in places where…

What’s You and Not You
Today let’s investigate what’s you, and what’s not you. What’s yours and what’s not yours. These are topics we work on at length in the…

Inner Dialogue vs Outer Diaologue
Normal is not the same as sane. What makes you different from the crazy homeless lady, dressed in rags, talking nonsense day after day? She’s…

Bombardment Tactics
What happens when the Programs fight back? Imagine you are playing tennis with the Programs. You’ve got a nice volley going—they hit the ball to…