From the film Wings of Desire. Complete text in Transcript. _______________________________________ Visit Jedvaita.com and receive a free copy of The Tao of the Large-Breasted Goddess with the Shapely Behind: The Story of the Writing of the Tao Te Ching ( a play in 6 acts), and to receive email updates when new content is made available. __________…

Prologue from Spiritual Enlightenment: The Damnedest Thing by Jed McKenna and Wisefool Press. Complete text here. _______________________________________ Visit Jedvaita.com and receive a free copy of The Tao of the Large-Breasted Goddess with the Shapely Behind: The Story of the Writing of the Tao Te Ching ( a play in 6 acts), and to receive email …

The Mysterious Stranger by Mark Twain. Chapter 11. Full text under Transcript. _______________________________________ Visit Jedvaita.com and receive a free copy of The Tao of the Large-Breasted Goddess with the Shapely Behind: The Story of the Writing of the Tao Te Ching ( a play in 6 acts), and to receive email updates when new content is made av…

The Tao Te Ching by Lao Tzu. Translated by Gia-Fu Feng and Jane English. See complete text in Transcript. _______________________________________ Visit Jedvaita.com and receive a free copy of The Tao of the Large-Breasted Goddess with the Shapely Behind: The Story of the Writing of the Tao Te Ching ( a play in 6 acts), and to receive email updates …

Reality – It's all in your head. Full text here. _______________________________________ Visit Jedvaita.com and receive a free copy of The Tao of the Large-Breasted Goddess with the Shapely Behind: The Story of the Writing of the Tao Te Ching ( a play in 6 acts), and to receive email updates when new content is made available. _____________________…

An excerpt from Thinking and Destiny, 1946. Full text here. _______________________________________ Visit Jedvaita.com and receive a free copy of The Tao of the Large-Breasted Goddess with the Shapely Behind: The Story of the Writing of the Tao Te Ching ( a play in 6 acts), and to receive email updates when new content is made available. __________…

Shocking but true: students prefer jolt of pain to being made to sit and think. Report from psychologists at Virginia and Harvard Universities tackles the question of why most of us find it so hard to do nothing. Full text here. _______________________________________ Visit Jedvaita.com and receive a free copy of The Tao of the Large-Breasted Godde…

These twenty questions were forwarded to me with a note saying they are generated by A.I. to challenge a nondual teacher. There are no challenging questions, so I tried to make it harder by answering in fifteen minutes. No problem. I also made myself a cup of coffee, checked spelling and punctuation, and rotated my tires in that time. Complete text…

"It's like I was playing some kind of game, but the rules don't make any sense to me. They're being made up by all the wrong people. I mean no one makes them up. They seem to make themselves up." -Ben Braddock, The Graduate, 1967 Full text here. _______________________________________ Visit Jedvaita.com and receive a free copy of The Tao of the Lar…

The Transcendentalist is a lecture and essay by American writer and thinker Ralph Waldo Emerson. It is one of the essays he wrote while establishing the doctrine of American Transcendentalism. The lecture was read at the Masonic Temple in Boston, Massachusetts in January 1842. Full text here. _______________________________________ Visit Jedvaita.c…

The Bhagavad Gita, often referred to as the Gita, is a revered scripture of Hindu philosophy and spirituality. Comprising 700 verses, it is a profound dialogue between Lord Krishna and the warrior prince Arjuna, set against the backdrop of the Mahabharata war. At its core, the Gita addresses the moral dilemma faced by Arjuna, torn between his duty …

The GOSPEL of TRUTH by Jed McKenna is the prologue to book three of Jed McKenna’s Enlightenment Trilogy; Spiritual Warfare. Think of it as a Christian version of the Bhagavad Gita. Full text here. _______________________________________ Visit Jedvaita.com and receive a free copy of The Tao of the Large-Breasted Goddess with the Shapely Behind: The …

"Are You Living In A Computer Simulation?" by Nick Bostrom explores the philosophical idea that our reality might be a simulation created by advanced beings. Bostrom argues that if it is possible to simulate consciousness and if future civilizations have the capability to create such simulations, then it is likely that we are living in one. He pres…

In his iconic speech "Truth is a Pathless Land," Jiddu Krishnamurti profoundly challenges the conventional notion of seeking truth through established paths or traditions. He posits that truth, being boundless and beyond the confines of any dogma or system, cannot be found through adherence to doctrines or institutions. Krishnamurti invites individ…

The Dhammapada is a timeless collection of sayings attributed to Siddhartha Gautama, known as the Buddha, compiled shortly after his passing around 483 BCE. As one of the most revered texts in Buddhism, it encapsulates the essence of the Buddha's teachings, offering profound insights into the nature of existence and the path to liberation from suff…

The Book of Ecclesiastes, nestled within the Old Testament of the Bible, is a philosophical and reflective work attributed to King Solomon. Comprising 12 chapters, it explores the enigmatic nature of life, its meaning, and the pursuit of wisdom. The narrator, often identified as Solomon himself, contemplates the futility of human endeavors, emphasi…

"The Metamorphosis" by Franz Kafka is a surreal and existential novella that tells the story of Gregor Samsa, a young man who wakes up one morning to discover that he has transformed into a giant insect. The narrative follows Gregor's attempts to cope with his new insectoid form and the profound impact it has on his relationships with his family an…

"Meditations on First Philosophy" by René Descartes is a seminal work in modern Western philosophy, composed of six meditations in which Descartes engages in a process of radical doubt to establish a foundation for certain knowledge. The work begins with Descartes doubting everything he believes to be true, including his senses, memories, and even …

Plato's Cave Allegory is a powerful metaphorical narrative found in Book VII of "The Republic." It illustrates his philosophical ideas about the nature of reality, knowledge, and the journey of enlightenment. In the allegory, prisoners are chained inside a dark cave since birth, facing a wall where shadows are projected by a fire behind them. The p…

"Walden; or, Life in the Woods" by Henry David Thoreau is a transcendentalist classic that chronicles Thoreau's experiment in simple living. Published in 1854, the book is based on Thoreau's two-year, two-month, and two-day stay near Walden Pond in Concord, Massachusetts. Thoreau reflects on the virtues of a deliberate and purposeful life, urging r…

"Seven Sermons to the Dead," written by Carl Gustav Jung in 1916, is a mystical and esoteric work that represents a departure from his more traditional psychological writings. In this treatise, Jung explores themes of spirituality, mysticism, and the psyche, addressing the dead as a symbolic representation of the unconscious. The sermons are presen…

"Song of Myself" by Walt Whitman is a seminal poem in American literature, part of his collection "Leaves of Grass." Published in 1855, this sprawling and celebratory work is a cornerstone of American transcendentalism and free verse poetry. Comprising 52 sections, Whitman's poem is an expansive exploration of the self, nature, and the interconnect…

"Song of the Open Road" by Walt Whitman is a poem that captures the spirit of exploration, freedom, and self-discovery. Part of his collection "Leaves of Grass," this work was first published in 1856. Whitman's poem is a celebration of the open road as a metaphor for life's journey, a call to embrace the possibilities of the unknown, and an asserti…

"The Prophet" by Kahlil Gibran, published in 1923, is a poetic and philosophical work that transcends cultural and religious boundaries. The book is structured as a series of poetic essays delivered by Almustafa, a prophet, as he prepares to depart from the city of Orphalese. Almustafa imparts his wisdom on various aspects of life, including love, …

The Ashtavakra Gita is a profound ancient Indian scripture that consists of a dialogue between Sage Ashtavakra and King Janaka. Comprising 20 chapters, this text delves into the essence of Advaita Vedanta, a philosophical school emphasizing non-dualism. The conversation unfolds when King Janaka, despite being a wise and accomplished ruler, seeks sp…

“Have you seen see?” Goober asks. See? Sea? C? I have a hard time understanding Goober sometimes, so I just sort of shake my head to encourage him to continue. Goober is my small engine repair guy, and one of the few people I talk to anymore. Everyone seems to call him Goober except his wife who calls him Edwin. I can’t call a grown man Goober, so …

If I bring Goober one tool to fix, he’ll put it aside and tell me to come back in a few days. If I bring him three or four, he’ll work on them right away. The difference is my time. If I want something fixed today, I have to bring other stuff for him to work on and wait around while he works on it. If I don’t have two or three hours to kill, I just…

In order to get same-day service from Goober, I have to bring multiple items in need of his attention. The only real problem I had this time was a gummed-up chainsaw carburetor, but he would have kept it for a week if I hadn’t brought in other items which include a string trimmer that works fine and two chainsaw chains in need of resharpening, even…

A person swimming in the ocean far from the shore deals exclusively with the world of waves and does not get into trouble no matter how big they are. If the same individual climbs up high on the shore and is facing only the world of solid forms, there is again no problem. It is the waterline, where the two worlds mix and neither of them can be expe…

“Am I an asshole?” Lisa doesn’t answer right away, which might be answer enough. We’re sitting in Adirondack chairs at the formal firepit, feet up, drinking a good white wine in her case and a peasant red in mine. Her stemware could cut diamonds, mine could pound nails. I started the fire an hour earlier so it would be settled by the time we sat do…

This is adapted from a letter Jed wrote in reply to a self-professed “serious seeker” who made an impassioned offer to turn over his belongings and himself in exchange for being accepted as Jed’s student. Full text here. _______________________________________ Visit Jedvaita.com and receive a free copy of The Tao of the Large-Breasted Goddess with …

At the beginning of The Matrix, Thomas Anderson is roughly where you are now; still a juvenile, still asleep in the matrix/dreamstate, but struggling with doubt. For Neo, it’s a splinter in the brain. For you, it’s somewhere between an itch and an icepick. Maybe you’ll learn to live with it, or maybe it will propel you into a different paradigm of …

What do you know? Really. What, with absolute certainty, do you know? Put aside all opinions, beliefs and theories for a moment and address this one simple question: What do you know for sure? Or, as Thoreau put it: “Let us settle ourselves, and work and wedge our feet downward through the mud and slush of opinion, and prejudice, and tradition, and…

Dear Imagined Reader, A recent email from one of my human-interface facilitators ended on this note: “P.S. You’re getting a lot of questions about current events.” To which I now reply that current events are, in the context of awakening in or from the dreamstate, completely irrelevant, and the most important thing you can do is not get caught up i…

After being redpilled by Morpheus and waking up aboard the Nebuchadnezzar, Neo and the audience believe that he is now out of the simulation and in the real world, but he’s not. At the end of the second movie, Neo uses his matrix powers outside the matrix, meaning he’s either a real-world superman, or the real world isn’t real. The common interpret…

My perspective is basically this: You are a human juvenile who wrongly believes yourself to be a human adult. By juvenile, I mean halfborn, herdbound, eyes-closed, fear-based child unknowingly stuck in the negative pole of your being, and by you, I mean everyone. _______________________________________ Visit Jedvaita.com and receive a free copy of …

Being critical of Buddhism isn’t easy. Buddhism is the most likable of the major religions, and Buddhists are the perennial good guys of modern spirituality. Beautiful traditions, lovely architecture, inspiring statuary, ancient history, the Dalai Lama; what’s not to like? Everything about Buddhism is just so — nice. No fatwahs or jihads, no inquis…

"The Transcendentalist" by Ralph Waldo Emerson, published in 1842, is a seminal essay that captures the essence of Transcendentalism, a philosophical and literary movement of the 19th century in the United States. Emerson, a key figure in the Transcendentalist movement, articulates the core principles of this philosophy, emphasizing the inherent go…

No man is a prophet in his own country. That line keeps running through my mind as I sit over lunch with my sister who I haven’t seen in several years. These days I’m the enlightened guy, but to her I’m just the bratty kid who couldn’t make eye contact when she wore a bikini. _______________________________________ Visit Jedvaita.com and receive a …

The last time I looked — probably in 2004 when What the Bleep Do We Know? came out — there was a lot of interest in manifestation by a variety of names; law of attraction, power of prayer, creative visualization, positive thinking, mind over matter, affirmations, wishcraft, and so on. _______________________________________ Visit Jedvaita.com and r…

Kamiel came prepared. He carries a bulging, well-worn, triple rubber-banded notebook full of thoughts, ideas, and questions accumulated during several years of reading spiritual books, attending spiritual gatherings, and participating in spiritual Internet discussion groups. Full text here. _______________________________________ Visit Jedvaita.com…

I like it here in my little niche. (Is it not totally mindblowing that, even in the so-called age of communications, truth remains a small and sparsely populated niche? Indeed, Maya is the greatest wonder.) I am reminded of how much I like my little niche anytime I poke my little head out and look around. It’s scary out there in the general populat…

I just finished speaking to a group of people in a small bookstore located two hours and one state away from my mountain home. Now I’m sitting in a nearby coffee shop jotting down some notes from the talk as a reminder for when I take more complete notes later. _______________________________________ Visit Jedvaita.com and receive a free copy of Th…