Are You Sure?

This book has no purpose

This book has largely been a form of philosophical masturbation, an intellectualization of the great spiritual teachings with my observations on the here-and-now I find myself in. It is entertaining to talk about that which is ineffable and undefinable with words.

The first line of the Tao Te Ching states “The Tao that can be told is not the eternal Tao.” Curiously the rest of this chapter is followed by another 80 that attempt to articulate the Tao - The Way.

And it is important I believe to convey important information with entertaining underlayments, otherwise, people would be better suited with original source material, like an encyclopedia, map, scientific study, or dictionary.

But what if you don’t know how to read a map? Or you’re not a student with wide access to academic journals. Or you’re just like most folks who do not carry around a pocket thesaurus. So I like to write about stuff and wonder aloud how that might be.

A serious spiritual aspirant would find themselves better suited turning to the back of the book where I say we each have to do our own work and figure out our own liberation. Writing this is just my way, my path. Find yours.

The eye cannot see itself and it has taken the writing of this book for me to see for myself that words alone do not bring us any closer to Valhalla than the menu does so fill our bellies. Likewise, you must do your own work. I cannot do that for you, nor can anyone else. That is your property. As the late Carl Jung reminded the reader in his own works “Of course, this may all be wrong.”

With that, my friends, Caveat Emptor… Buyer Beware.