“ You have much to do. You have to write. You have to speak … you have to shout from the rooftops. And I will be there shouting through you, don’t be worried. You just start, and the remainder I will do.” Osho, The Passion...
I'm applying for a doctoral program and they require an Autobiographical Statement. Here's my life organized as a progression toward a PhD:Perhaps being born into an all-American dysfunctional family is an auspicious beginning for a future psychotherapist. It took the next fifty years to overcome...
Hundreds of botánicas populate L.A., and most of us don’t know that they are the tip of the iceberg of a rich spiritual universe. On the surface, these little shops, literally “plant stores” or dispensaries of medicinal herbs, sell items of spiritual import similar to...
Turns out you don’t have to travel to India to meet a guru – one’s available right here in L.A. The concept of a guru is misunderstood in the West, but to many people worldwide it means help from someone more evolved than oneself. Many...
The pulsating aliveness of a tree … the sensuous softness of a kiss … the mind being blessedly silent and only consciousness exists: These are experiences of mindfulness, whether brought to our attention by psychedelics or meditative awareness.“When the mind disappears and thoughts disappear you...
The first time I visited the Hollywood Vedanta Temple, I nearly passed out from the spiritual energy there. I had wanted to check it out because of its affiliation with the glamorous group of writers and mystics who gathered around
Are UFOs and aliens spiritual beings? Do they belong in a book about LA Spirituality? Plenty of people in the Southland believe they do. More Angelenos than you might imagine have interacted with entities from other planets who amazed, instructed, and enlightened them. Three areas in Greater LA report heightened UFO activity:
Hopi Indian legend told of Snake Brothers who built and occupied underground cities in what are now California, Arizona, Mexico and Central America. These people and settlements were believed to have vanished five thousand years ago.In 1934, an article was published in the Los Angeles Times that one of the Hopi lost cities was believed to be underneath downtown LA. This settlement was believed to be in the shape of a lizard: the head by Dodger Stadium and the tail beneath the Central Library. Warren Shufelt, a mining engineer, was so sure the remains of the city would be found that he was ready to dig up the downtown financial district. His research was actually authorized by the City Council, but later dropped.
Three hours from LA, way out beyond Palm Springs and the Salton Sea, lays Salvation Mountain, one man’s spiritual gift to the world. Proclaimed by Senator Barbara Boxer as a national treasure, this “mountain” is covered in multi-colored paint and proclaims the message that 
Few of the daily commuters passing the PRS building on Los Feliz Boulevard have ever imagined that it holds one of the world’s foremost occult libraries with over 50,000 books. There are so many books on spirituality, religion, and metaphysics that there are even rumored to be secret