Sunday Sessions | The Book, the Cocoon, and Learning to Hold Intensity Without the Edge (A Personal Sunday Reckoning)

Yesterday morning – again – I read an argument on X before coffee. We know better, but we don’t always do better. In it, two people certain they were the villain-identifiers of history. Both missed the point entirely. I thought about how Scripture named what I was looking at a long time ago, and, inspired, I closed the app, chuckled, and proceeded to gut and rearrange my entire bedroom. What I built instead reminded of something, and changed something. This is that story.

When Compromise Becomes Complicity: Why Speaking Truth Is No Longer Optional

I saw a post recently about Susan Rice advocating for reeducation camps for those who haven’t adopted her worldview. Why this approach? Because persuasion has failed. When you can’t convince people through reason or evidence, the next step becomes force. This reveals something crucial about the current moment: we are witnessing the breakdown of sharedContinueContinue reading “When Compromise Becomes Complicity: Why Speaking Truth Is No Longer Optional”

The Retardation of Reason

For months, I’ve been struggling with diagnostic fatigue when it comes to this blog. I realized long ago that I speak from upstream of a culture that has deliberately moved downstream and dammed itself there. Only recently did it fully land that this does not render the work pointless. It simply means the audience wasContinueContinue reading “The Retardation of Reason”

As Above, So Below: The Biblical Mirrors of the Hermetic Principles

What Jesus Actually Said vs. What People Think Is ‘Sinful’ “Thy will be done on earth, as it is in heaven.” — Matthew 6:10 This line, straight from The Lord’s Prayer—the one Jesus Himself offered as a model for how to pray—is the biblical heartbeat of the ancient Hermetic axiom: “As above, so below.” IContinueContinue reading “As Above, So Below: The Biblical Mirrors of the Hermetic Principles”

Authenticity Unveiled | Labeled by Design: Why Today’s Youth Are Angry—and Why It’s Not Their Fault

It is almost infuriating to hear people complain about and be angry with the youth of our nation—and the world—today. This has weighed on my heart for quite some time, and I believe it’s time to change the script. Before you get defensive and begin to respond that the youth are sorry, lazy, greedy, andContinueContinue reading “Authenticity Unveiled | Labeled by Design: Why Today’s Youth Are Angry—and Why It’s Not Their Fault”

Returning to True Oneness: Rebuilding Spirituality from the Ground Up

In my last post, I talked about how spirituality as a whole is undergoing a massive transformation — a death and rebirth — as the old structures of religion collapse under their own weight. As that crumbling accelerates, many people are waking up to the need for something deeper, something real. But rebuilding true spiritualContinueContinue reading “Returning to True Oneness: Rebuilding Spirituality from the Ground Up”

Science & Spirituality | Not Just Another Day: The Gate Is Open and It’s Time to Choose

See, I am doing a new thing! Now it springs up; do you not perceive it? I am making a way in the wilderness and streams in the wasteland. —Isaiah 43:19 Something has shifted. Do you feel it? You may not be able to explain it—not in logical terms, not in words that feel entirelyContinueContinue reading “Science & Spirituality | Not Just Another Day: The Gate Is Open and It’s Time to Choose”

Broken, But Not Destroyed: What Every Sacred Text Says About Suffering

There comes a point where suffering isn’t just something you go through—it becomes you. Where life strips away everything you thought you were, everything you thought you had, and leaves you standing in the wreckage, wondering if you were ever real to begin with. And what then? What do you do when you aren’t justContinueContinue reading “Broken, But Not Destroyed: What Every Sacred Text Says About Suffering”

Sunday Sessions | It’s a Beautiful Day

There’s a song I think we’ve all heard at least once in passing, whether on social media, in reels, or shorts: “Lord, thank you for sunshine, thank you for rain. Thank you for joy, thank you for pain. It’s a beautiful day. It’s a beautiful day.” I haven’t been on social media much lately. TheContinueContinue reading “Sunday Sessions | It’s a Beautiful Day”

Sunday Sessions: Blame It on the Moon

Spirit was on one this morning. I kept running into sign after sign, message after message, all tying into the moon—not just its quiet beauty in the night sky, but its deep, undeniable influence on the world. During breaks from working on some big projects around the house (which completely knocked the energy out ofContinueContinue reading “Sunday Sessions: Blame It on the Moon”

The Virtue of Temperance: A Path to Balance and Freedom

Temperance is one of the oldest virtues known to humanity, and it remains as relevant today as it was in ancient times. Historically, temperance has been associated with combating the sin of gluttony—not just in terms of physical indulgence, but also in how we allow ourselves to be consumed by excessive desires or passions. MoreContinueContinue reading “The Virtue of Temperance: A Path to Balance and Freedom”

Hollow Pillars: How Institutions Failed and What They Must Become

A false balance is abomination to the Lord: but a just weight is His delight. (Proverbs 11:1) Balance. It’s the foundation of wisdom, morality, and meaningful progress. Yet, when I look at the state of modern institutions—religious, political, and educational—I see that balance has been utterly abandoned. Institutions that once served as pillars of societyContinueContinue reading “Hollow Pillars: How Institutions Failed and What They Must Become”

The Universe as a Cognitive Entity (CTMU Series)

Building on our exploration of information theory and its foundational role in the Cognitive-Theoretic Model of the Universe (CTMU), this post delves into the profound idea of the universe as a cognitive entity. If information is the fabric of reality, as discussed in the previous post, then cognition emerges as the process that gives thatContinueContinue reading “The Universe as a Cognitive Entity (CTMU Series)”

The Role of Logic and Language in CTMU

At the foundation of the Cognitive-Theoretic Model of the Universe (CTMU) are two key tools that allow us to explore and understand the connection between cognition and the universe: logic and language. Building on our previous exploration of how the mind works and processes cognition, this post delves deeper into the mechanisms that enable thatContinueContinue reading “The Role of Logic and Language in CTMU”

Understanding Cognition: How the Mind Processes Reality

In our last post, we explored The Purpose of CTMU: Bridging Cognition and the Universe, discussing how this framework unites thought and existence into a single interconnected system. With this foundation in mind, we can now take a closer look at cognition itself—the mechanism through which the mind interprets and interacts with the universe. IfContinueContinue reading “Understanding Cognition: How the Mind Processes Reality”

The Purpose of CTMU: Bridging Cognition and the Universe

The Cognitive-Theoretic Model of the Universe (CTMU) presents a bold idea: cognition and the universe are not separate, unrelated entities. Instead, they are deeply interconnected, two facets of the same underlying process. This connection lies at the heart of the CTMU and represents its most profound purpose—to bridge the gap between how we think andContinueContinue reading “The Purpose of CTMU: Bridging Cognition and the Universe”