Tag Archives: Hermann Hesse

Matter As Metaphor, Part Three — Expect Less … and More … from Your Wasps: The Rest of the World, Given the Chance, Is Out to Love You

The Teachings of Some Insect Planetmates: Knowing the Truth Doesn’t Make You Paranoic, It Makes You Pronoic. While not approaching the profundity of the above revelation from Hermann Hesse, I have an example of this sort of teaching coming from … Continue reading

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Have You Also Learned the Secret of the River That There is No Time? Everything Has Reality and Presence: Looking Deeply Into the Message of the World … and Siddhartha

Matter As Metaphor, Part Two: Taught by Nature, by That Which Is — The Heights of Learning and Transformation Possible in Wide-Angled Contemplation of the World The physical world is our indirect perception (for direct perception, look within) of spiritual … Continue reading

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Always Are We Helping You — Ritual As Shadow Experience, Part Eight: “Don’t Despair. There Are Others Doing It With You, and We’re Here, Too”

Sins of the Father and Cosmic Encouragement: What Real and Unritualized Spiritual Experience Looks Like — “But Always Are We Here Helping.” I wish now to provide another example of real, unritualized spiritual experience … this time from my own … Continue reading

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I Was Told “Once There Lived “Noble” Beings” and Now Is the Time for a Regeneration of Peoples to Regain What We Lost: A Cosmic Slap

Sure It’s Hard! But Always Are We Here Helping You,” Part Two: A Cosmic Slap. We Were Once Noble Humans and Now Is Time for Our Regeneration, They Said Summary of “Sure It’s Hard But Always Are We Here Helping … Continue reading

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“Sure It’s Hard! But Always Are We Here Helping You,” Part One: For Earth’s Sake, Get Real Already

“Sure It’s Hard! But Always Are We Here Helping You,” Part One: The Spiritual Quest, For Earth’s Sake! Summary of “Sure It’s Hard But Always Are We Here Helping You”: This details the spiritual experience I had in 1980 which … Continue reading

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