Rebuilding Real Spirituality
How to keep a sense of the sacred without supernatural claims, built on practice and discipline instead of belief or branding.
Hyper-Spirituality
Every page in the manual filed under this topic.
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Cult Dynamics & Charisma Addiction
How cults and charismatic leaders draw in smart, kind people, the warning signs to watch for, and how people get out.
Psychedelics & Ego Dissolution
What psychedelics do in the brain, the evidence for their benefits, the real risks, and why ego dissolution isn’t the same as growth.
Mystical Experiences & the Nervous System
What’s happening in the brain during mystical experiences, how to tell a breakthrough from a breakdown, and how to integrate what you felt.
The Trap of Spiritual Bypassing
How spiritual ideas get used to avoid painful emotions, what spiritual bypassing looks like in practice, and how to deal with what’s underneath.
The Undercurrent
A personal philosophy I go back to when belief systems and frameworks stop working.
The Religiosity Cup
What religion has given people, and how to keep its ethical, contemplative and community side without the parts you don’t believe.
Philosophy’s Shortcomings
Where philosophy goes wrong: arguments cut off from reality, problems made of words, and the gap between knowing and doing.
Our Social History
How humans learned to cooperate in large groups through gossip, language, shared stories and status.