Feb 16, 2021
A guided meditation supporting the Stage Five task of seeing others’ humanity through their ideology, guiding the listener to imagine how a disliked person’s past and circumstances shaped their beliefs, softening defensiveness into compassion.
Jan 19, 2021
A guided meditation supporting the Stage Four task of defining one’s ideology, leading the listener to trace chosen beliefs back to their root principles by repeatedly asking why, and to notice where beliefs and principles register in the body.
Apr 17, 2019
A description of the Stage Eight mandala from the Purna Asatti stages model — the comfort of complete organization, where people, ideologies, experiences, and the true self connect into a coherent whole while remaining at peace with what is still unknown.
Apr 15, 2019
A description of the Stage Seven mandala from the Purna Asatti stages model — the chaos of once-certain reality falling apart, where questioning and breakdown open onto the promise of freedom, the true self, the divine, and trust in intuition.
Feb 18, 2019
A Stage Eight teaching from the Purna Asatti journey on finding the common truths beneath all religions and political ideologies by looking past specific rules to shared principles and their emotional roots, deepening tolerance and connection to others.
Aug 3, 2018
A philosophical essay tracing how our sense of self evolves through stages of ideology toward ‘there is no self,’ warning against becoming trapped in identifying with our beliefs, and questioning why we look to spiritual and religious ideologies to tell us how to live.