On a walk yesterday, I was thinking about and jotted down (typed really) a few quick notes about labels and the pressure from all around to label oneself this or that. I’m sure you relate to this pressure in one way or another. For example, in my own experience theists desperately want me to be…
Hello again everyone. If you keep up with my content, you’ll have surely noticed that I’ve been on a hiatus for the last 6 or 7 months. I’ve taken a break entirely from writing, creating videos, doing live talks, Q&A’s, and interviews. From this side looking back, the break was a natural one. In other…
Mindfulness has become somewhat of a buzzword in recent times. “Be mindful” is the popular mantra of many. In this post, The Myth of Mindfulness, I want to shed light on what mindfulness is not (hyperfixation on “things” or “actions”, nor a quick fix for all of life’s supposed problems) and consider what it truly…
Monday, I had the absolute privilege of being a guest on Farhan Qureshi’s (ex-Muslim) podcast along with David Avedon (ex-Christian pastor)! What a great experience and opportunity to have an insightful and thought-provoking conversation with others who have found themselves on a path of self-realization. Coming from such different, but also in many ways similar…
I would like to follow up on a previous post titled “3 Practices to Experience Nonduality” and dive just a bit deeper into the vast ocean of being that is all things. Deeper into this profound realization as we understand our true nature as existence itself, and offer a practice to help experience this great…
In this post we’ll discuss why we truly have nothing to fear, why leaving Christianity can help us lose all fear, and how understanding the nondual nature of existence can help us find the peace that surpasses understanding. Fear, the Ultimate Hook When I have my live discussions on one of my social media platforms,…
Ah, the ocean! I have always been drawn to the water. I grew up going with my grandparents to the coast of Louisiana to swim and find shark teeth, as we would walk along the water’s edge looking for the shine of the fossilized, serrated, black gems. It felt as though I had found pirate’s…
True Love Beyond Religion: A Nondual Understanding of Love In this post we’ll take a look at the topic of love and explore why true love is an impossibility in traditional religions like Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. We’ll discover that true love emerges only when it arises from our very being. In other words love…
In this post I will attempt to describe what is ultimately indescribable, but more importantly, I will give suggested practices and meditations to help in the actual experience of this unnamed indescribable_______ (I’ll refrain from naming it here). (To read about my journey from Christianity to the path of nonduality, click here.) What is nonduality?…
Welcome to Rick Questions Things! For more information about me, please visit the About page! In brief I am a former Christian pastor (deconstructed Christian, as many are terming it these days) who has been interested in Eastern nondual philosophies for around a decade (as of 2023). After getting my Master’s degree in Religion from…
