7 Secret Keys to a Spiritually Fulfilling Life

1.  Know that we don’t actually know TRUTH.  This allows us to be open, flexible, receptive, and always learning. This way, we also get to change our minds freely.  Understanding this is key to true self compassion. Even though we may believe we know, the truth is, we don’t.  Rather than holding ourselves to an impossible, made up, unattainable standard, we can look through the glasses of reality and grant generosity to ourselves and others.

2. All of us are limited by our inherited beliefs, stories, and myths regarding spirituality and sexual expression. We aren’t nearly as “free” as we think ourselves to be. In fact, thinking that we have it all worked out ends up getting in the way of the very thing that we want – spiritual, psychological freedom, and a connection to the Infinite.

3. Emotional, spiritual pain comes from the intersection of myths in conflict with one another. Any time that you find yourself in stress or conflict, you can be sure there is some story, sitting on the sidelines, confusing and tormenting you.  

4. Nobody really cares, one way or another, about what you do in your life. People in general are way too caught up in what they have going on in their lives to be care about what is going on in your life. Therefore it’s important to ask ourselves the question, “what do I really want?” This may be one of the most important spiritual questions in life. 

5. Be a spiritual adult. Cut down on the high school drama. Learn to take care of you. Communicate what you want and need clearly. Knock off the dependency of mommy and daddy, and the invisible man to tell you what to think, and how to do “it” all the time. Be an adult. Take responsibility for your decisions, and live by the consequences. 

6. Life is what it is. Regardless of what we think, feel, believe, and hope, life simply is. The sooner we understand and integrate this idea, the happier we will feel. 

7. Everything is a story. Everything is a myth.  Anything that you have ever been taught is made up by somebody. The reality is that everything humans are fighting about has to do with completely made up stories.  No matter how strongly we believe any story, it’s still a story. 

These are deep spiritual insights that have come to me over thousands of hours of meditation.  I share these with you as a gift as to the nature of reality.