Vic Shayne author The Self is a Belief: the idea that causes suffering Dreaming must be one of the most repeated themes in all of writing and poetry. We dream. We dream and yet our western culture does not provide for an intelligent, thorough discussion about dreaming and what we…

Vic Shayne author 13 Pillars of Enlightenment: How to realize your true nature and end suffering I cannot say what will happen if you enquire deeply into your sense of self, because only you will find out. And, though I can say what happened for me, this does not mean…

Vic Shayne author 13 Pillars of Enlightenment: How to realize your true nature and end suffering Knowing that “I am become Death” is a sobering realization beyond the ken of the conditioned mind, the one each person calls Me. …

Vic Shayne author 13 Pillars of Enlightenment: How to realize your true nature and end suffering Philosophers, poets, writers, and artists have talked about the wonders of communing with nature. What is the value of steeping yourself in a natural environment, away from the things of man? …

Vic Shayne author 13 Pillars of Enlightenment: How to realize your true nature and end suffering The pathless path of enlightenment is an inner journey showing you what you are and why you suffer; and at the end of this process you are said to awaken to who you are…

This article is really dense in its content and written with a lot of thought and thoroughness. I was struck by a couple of things, however, based on my own experience over many decades... You wrote: "An enlightened mystic...might have a profound understanding of the act’s reality, one that views…

Vic Shayne author 13 Pillars of Enlightenment: How to realize your true nature and end suffering We spend so much of our time inside our heads — thinking, calculating, wondering, pondering, scheming, planning, imagining, fearing, hoping, and visualizing…

Vic Shayne author 13 Pillars of Enlightenment: How to realize your true nature and end suffering Although we are all brought up differently, whether we are in the same family or as different nationalities anywhere in the world, there is one undeniable commonality that marks our lives: We are all…

Vic Shayne author The Self is a Belief: The idea that causes suffering Human beings have long created gods in their own image — imperfect and full of human traits. This is obvious to all who are free to see it, and it is denied by those who have invested…