An Origin Story — What? Me guru? I don’t think so. Call me “coach”. I can accept that. And I like it. But after a lifetime of living, I wound up with a lot to share on spirituality, meditation, and even weight loss! :__) Contents — A Strange Path to Spirituality (or typical?) —…

How and Why I Became a Spiritual Coach — I subscribe to what I call “The Theory of Random Reincarnation”. Because I do, and because I know that enlightenment is possible, I suspect that permanent enlightenment is possible only when we are all enlightened — which helps to explain why I became a “spiritual coach”. A long time ago…

My Gazelle Tour “Populair” absolutely rocks. I got an 8-speed Dutch bike recently to replace my single-speed version. And man, I love it. I loved the single-speed version, too, but any kind of hill was a pain. …

You don’t need to modify the jig. Just change how you use it. — Your Self-Centering Dowel jig probably has critical flaws that make it impossible to get accurate results. Maybe you blame yourself, or maybe you toss the jig. But if you ignore the instructions, you CAN get good results. YouTube “gee whiz” product demos are great. Everything works so flawlessly! After looking…

Four symptoms. One cause. Five levels of remedy. — Coughing and congestion — the bane of singers, terrible for athletes, not fun for anyone. You expect them when you’re sick with a cold or flu. But sometimes you have them for no apparent reason. You may blame allergies, but there could be a deeper cause. If you’re a singer…

Guru-based institutions have built-in limits. Is there a solution? — Don’t get me wrong. I LOVE the folks at Ananda. They couldn’t be nicer. Their program is excellent. And Yogananda is the inspiration behind ALL of my energy-flow techniques. But EVERY guru-based system has built-in limitations. Will Ananda be able to overcome them? To most people, Yogananda is best known…

My response to Gregg Braden’s half-brilliant / half-nonsense video — I wrote the comment below on the video, because I have so much respect for Gregg Braden. In this video, he brought to light some important scientific information that has a direct bearing on the human story — in his inimical, enviable style. But then he went, well, nuts… Here’s the YouTube video: (Click…

You shouldn’t NEED a mountain of patience — or discipline When you focus on energy flows, meditation becomes a whole lot easier — and enjoyable. If you enjoy it, you do it regularly. And because you do it regularly, you reap the rewards. …