
Essays at the frontier of the ordinary
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“Shiv—it seems like the world is getting more chaotic day by day. This nation feels more unhinged each day, the headlines speak of AI destroying humanity in ten years, and there are flash floods the size of tsunamis wiping out entire cities...
On the end of living and the beginning of life
I’ve been writing for a long time. I’ve lost count of how many essays I have published, though they are well into the thousands. So many words … all dedicated to the expression of one thing. O...
Darkness contains a hidden light.
“Hi Shiv - I appreciated your framing of the descent being a prerequisite, or perhaps a tandem direction of movement, as the ascent. Beyond the tree metaphor you used, I am curious why you believe a psycho...
“Shiv—If there is nowhere to get to, what is the function of spiritual inquiry at all? Why does anyone write, meditate, examine the psyche, or spend years investigating consciousness? Why not simply live?”
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Because simply living...
Why transcendence isn’t the point of spiritual inquiry
“Hi Shiv, you spoke about how the transcendent can become a form of escape. I can see how this can happen to pretty much anyone. If there was a way to step out of the drama of sufferin...
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