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 the realm of nonduality the idea of “no thought” is frequently thrown around as a state of mind that is to be achieved and maintained. But what does “no thought” actually mean? In this post we’ll explore this concept of “no thought” and discover its true meaning and its relation to the meditative life.…
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?…
A Powerful Nutshell Version of a Pastor Walking Away from Christianity ~In this post I will briefly discuss the intellectual reasons I left Christianity, with a focus on the doctrine of hell, the second coming of Jesus, and the historical context of the New Testament.~ I suppose I should begin this blog by giving a…
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…
