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What Death Taught Me About Time In death, I experienced the disappearance of time. It was just...gone. Things happened instantaneously and simultaneously, while also seemingly drawn out for what we could consider to be eons. Ultimately, there was a revelation in what I was shown that may help you more easily navigate your existence and its association with time. When Time Stopped During my near-death experience, time ceased to function in any recognizable way. Events occurred


Consciousness
Why Your Definition Is Keeping You From It Consciousness. It's probably the most overused term in spiritual circles today. We talk about it like it is a defined and measurable aspect of our reality. We speak about it like we can study it, control it, and understand it through an intellectual lens. However, the truth is far deeper and far more complicated than what your favorite guru or scientist might be telling you. What I Learned About Consciousness During my near-death exp


Roles
The parts we play which define separation You're in a role. Actually, you are playing many roles. Maybe you realize it, maybe you don't. You've taken an incarnation and have been given your baseline set of roles. However, you've adopted role after role throughout your lifetime. Some of them you've let go, others eventually, and some you refuse to let go. Most of them, you hold onto tightly. These roles tend to be the foundation of your identity. What is a Role? A part you rec


The Ceiling
The painful and inevitable stop along the way It's inevitable. You've taken up your spiritual progression consciously. You are feeling "more." Maybe you feel love. Things are beginning to click. You're on your way to enlightened understanding. You're metaphorically leaving your body behind, floating towards a greater understanding of existence. And then bang! You hit something that stops you in your tracks. It's your spiritual ceiling. The Ceiling Your spiritual ceiling is t


Love
Ever-present, misidentified, and wholly unavoidable This will be a long post, and deservedly so. Love demands depth. We hear a lot about love in our existence, loving others, loving yourself. Love, love, love. Conditional love, unconditional love, romantic love, brotherly love, sisterly love, love for our pets. It almost seems as if it is unavoidable. But beneath all of these terms, a question lingers: What actually is love? What is this thing, this force that we continue to


The Servant
Service through a redefined existence Why have you taken an existence in this strange place, in this melding of material and immaterial worlds? Why are you here? Most spiritually aligned people would answer by saying, “I’m here to learn,” or “I’m here to experience.” And while those answers are fine, they fall short of a deeper truth. In death, when the choice to return was placed before me, my answer wasn’t about growth or experience. My answer was simply to serve: “Yes.” Ye


The 100-Year Walk
How failure can expose the path to enlightenment We are here for a 100-year walk, give or take. Picture yourself on a perfectly flat sidewalk extending into the horizon for the entirety of your walk which represents your existence. The sidewalk is pristine—no cracks, no damage—just a long, even path stretching before you. The walk is well-paced and pleasant enough. You can speed up or slow down, but it’s still 100 years of walking. There’s just one thing: every 10 steps, you


The Desire to Help
A deeper look at compassion, judgment, and true spiritual assistance As we grow in spiritual understanding, something beautiful often emerges: compassion. And with it comes a natural desire to help others. This desire feels pure, even noble. Yet this same impulse can become a trap—one that keeps us bound to material thinking rather than opening us to deeper spiritual truth. This exploration may challenge your current understanding. But sometimes being challenged is exactly wh


The Veil
The mysterious curtain standing between you and more We hear it often in spiritual circles: “the veil.” That unseen curtain between worlds — a separation between the physical and spiritual, the known and the unknown. It’s said to conceal the divine from our direct understanding, to obscure ultimate truth from mortal eyes. Part of my experience in death was an understanding of, and a being behind , the veil. It felt like utter weightlessness — freedom from attachment, and a di


It Just Is. For you.
A Deeper Remembrance Beyond Reason Something powerful and lasting I took away from my near-death experience (NDE) was the profound...


Contrast – The Teacher in Disguise
How to Better Understand the Heartbeat of Existence One of the most profound understandings I brought back from my near-death experience...


A Heavy Bird-en
A short story about enlightenment in modern times. Within the sprawling chaos of a countryside garbage dump, towering mounds rose like...


Less Woo, More You, Pt.2
Spiritual Graduation: Why Transformation Requires More You and Less Woo In Less Woo, More You Pt. 1 , we discussed how our time here is...


Less Woo, More You, Pt.1
Understanding the Consciousness That Connects Us All The White Horse is Galloping—Are You Ready? Your time here is finite. The white...


Material Definition and the Immaterial Reasons Everything Exists
Awakening to the Unseen: The Spiritual Truth Behind Reality During my near-death experience (NDE), I encountered a vast and undeniable...


Embrace Your Divine Connection—Now
Strengthen Your Spiritual Understanding To Navigate the Rapid Changes Ahead The world is changing. And not just in the ways we see on the...


Beyond the Illusion: Discovering the Real You and the Path to Healing
Unveiling the Essence of Healing, Awareness, and Self-Love Who Are You? How well do you truly know yourself? Do you understand who and...


Fear and the Human Desire for Spiritual Knowledge
Exploring how fear shapes our pursuit of knowledge and the spiritual truth that exists beyond it. Defining Fear Fear, as defined by...


Do you see, what I see...I see Orbs of light.
Go outside on the next clear night and look up at the sky. What do you see? Do you see what I see? As you gaze upward, you may notice a...
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