spirit
On Being a Saint
Lincoln Stoller2021-05-05T09:59:39-07:00The fantasies of identity that we’re taught are the elementary particles of society and we are tempted to make ourselves of them.
Empathy III
Lincoln Stoller2021-04-21T18:22:09-07:00Understand that empathy and sympathy are practically opposites and move in different directions. This is the key to learning how to be and use empathy.
Psychedelics’ Anti-therapeutic Promise
Lincoln Stoller2021-03-10T23:25:40-08:00Psychedelics are quickly becoming a new drug of promise, not for what psychedelics can do, but for what mental health practitioners want.
What Makes A Vision Meaningful?
Lincoln Stoller2021-03-10T23:26:50-08:00A meaningful vision is one that comes back to us with impact. They all seem to have some enduring mystery, some kind of calling to something I don’t know.
COVID-19 and Spirit
Lincoln Stoller2020-05-18T16:07:12-07:00I don’t make a big deal of it, but I think questions of spirit are questions of meaning, reason, and purpose, and, in this regard, natural science has spirit.
Happiness, Failure, and Grace
Lincoln Stoller2019-11-05T10:40:17-08:00As Peter Drucker indicates, happiness, like money, comes when the system is working. You don’t aim for the money and you don’t aim for happiness, you aim to make the system work.
The Veil of Sanity
Lincoln Stoller2019-10-27T23:15:21-07:00I believe happiness and success are dispensable accessories to spiritual balance. You don't need either, and their pursuit is a distraction.
Becoming Lucid
Lincoln Stoller2020-01-22T19:45:56-08:00How do you get what you don’t have? The question of how you become more aware from a less aware state requires something that you do not yet have. This is a healthy spiritual exercise.
Sailing the Sea of Sleep
Lincoln Stoller2020-02-07T14:29:16-08:00Considering the role of your mind in the nature of your sleep.
Discovering the New World
Lincoln Stoller2020-02-06T14:02:39-08:00Discover the clarity that emerges from approaching sleep through relaxation, imagination, and emotion.
Into The Road
Lincoln Stoller2020-12-17T01:35:16-08:00“You step into the Road, and if you don't keep your feet, there is no knowing where you might be swept off to.”— Bilbo Baggins, from The Lord of the Rings
Loving, Learning, and the Learning Project
Lincoln Stoller2019-05-27T00:31:17-07:00All our lives we’re told to develop discernment, exercise judgement, and find the importance in things, but I found scarce few who were doing it. Around 2000 I decided to retrace my steps, and ask those people who were living a committed life what they were doing, and why.