Stepping Outside the Mind

The question is, are we interested in stepping outside of the mind, or are we not interested? This isn’t a loaded question. There’s no right or wrong answer – it’s not a question of what we ought to do – but it is a crucial…

The Problem the Self is Trying to Fix is Itself

The problem the self is forever trying to fix is itself. Not that there is a problem in it, but rather that it itself is the problem. Naturally this is the last thing the self is ever going to allow itself to be aware of!…

The Enemy Is?

When we are afflicted with anxiety, anger, depression, self-criticism, bitterness or neurotic pain of any kind, we often tend to wonder where all this ‘apparently pointless’ suffering comes from. And although it is probably true that we only want to know where the pain comes…

Enmeshed

Our basic situation is that we are solidly, very solidly, enmeshed in the ongoing concrete drama of our lives. We’re caught up in it to the exclusion of anything else. It’s all we know or care about. This sounds like a stupid thing to say…