Two days before my birthday, in 2008, the movie Religulous came out, starring Bill Maher. I was living in Sedona, AZ at the time, and after I saw the previews I decided to go see it in theaters. I loved it! I like Bill Maher, I’ve seen some of his…

The Course is pretty blunt. The Course pulls no punches in reminding us that we are of God, we are powerful beyond measure and that this entire universe is a made up reality, it is a dream, an illusion, a simulation. This reality is a product of our sleeping mind. …

When I am feeling stuck, lost, anxious or depressed, I take a few deep breaths, get as calm as possible, and read the following prayer: I must have decided wrongly, because I am not at peace. I made the decision myself, but I can also decide otherwise. I want to decide otherwise, because I want to be at peace. I do not feel guilty, because the Holy Spirit will undo all the consequences of my…

There is a quote in The Course, something about all things are in the highest good of all, except from the perspective of the ego. …

A few years ago I was hiking in gorgeous Marin County, just north of San Francisco, with a dear friend of mine and we were having a deep conversation about life when I decided to share with her the story of my attempted suicide, from back when I was 21…

God is a dude with a beard hanging out up in the sky — he’s out there, outside of you. Heaven is a made up place, symbolizing an impossible perfection, a place of complete joy, happiness, unconditional love and is jokingly talked about as probably boring as hell. — So you have this reality, The Universe complete with this planet Earth, and then there is a fictional place referred to as Heaven and of course Heaven is fictional because the very idea of a nirvana-like Garden of Eden seems absurd to the rational mind.

Yes, we are All One. And yes, the belief in separation is at the core of all our guilt. Yes, we are all the same. But, in this Earthly reality we (seem to) have our own individual soul, stories, experiences, patterns, brains, thoughts and feelings. — We have our own unique curriculum that we get to go through to wake up, to heal. In other words, we remember that we are all the same when we peel all the layers back and re-experience the truth of who we really are. We see and experience ourselves as…

What is your heart asking of you? If your best friend, who knew you better than anyone and loved you unconditionally, was to encourage you to really come alive, encouraged you to live your dreams, what would that look like? …

When I was a kid, I have been on both sides of the bullying fence. Little Birdy was walking to school one day, happily skipping along and whistling such a beautiful song, as only a joyful happy Little Birdy can. …