The Seven Homecomings Meditation
Click here to download a guided meditation of the 7 homecomings. I no longer use this particular recording, and I don’t mean to promote it, except as an example of one of the ways to walk through the 7 homecomings. A campfire is lit just after sunset, and about...
The 24 Questions
This is adapted mostly from Tim Ferriss’s 17 questions Annotated (Copy/paste version below) What would I actually do/have/be if I had unlimited wealth? What’s my real target monthly Income? Money should only be the goal while it’s actually not enough. It...
A Musician’s Defense of Rituals
“You’ll be able to keep the beat if you are constantly returning to it.” – Marcus Aurelius Keeping the Beat It’s literally impossible to “keep a beat”, but that’s exactly what all band members – and arguably all...
Answering The Existential Crisis
In meeting #1 of each Personal Exploration Space, I’d like to hear thoughtful answers to a single question I don’t know how to ask. There are lots of crappy ways to put it: The meaning of life Finding your purpose Finding yourself Doing what you’re...
The Safety of Failure
“We had to learn ourselves and teach the despairing men that it did not really matter what we expected from life, but rather what life expected from us. We needed to stop asking about the meaning of life, and instead to think of ourselves as those who were being...
To All My Current and Former Students
Yes! I remember you! I regularly get emails, texts, and voicemails that start, “I don’t know if you remember me…” Of course I remember you! In fact, I’ve wanted to reach out several times and say I love you, and I’m still rooting for...
Bill Gothard’s Character Clues
As a child, I sat up eagerly in my lower bunk bed each night as my dad quizzed me and my brother on several scripture memory verses and Bill Gothard’s 49 Character Clues. After he shuffled the deck of Character Clue cards, he would read a character trait and...
Suggestions for Global Logistics
The Need The Solution How It Feels How To Participate Code of Aspirations Code of Aspirations Explanations Logistics (you are here) This is not the right way to run one of these groups. It’s just how I do. For now. It’s already changed, and I still...