Introduction to “Zen Mind, Thinker’s Mind”

July 7, 2020
[Note: I have finished writing and editing my new book "Zen Mind, Thinker's Mind." I will begin the process of preparing the cover and lay-out, and when that is done, it will be self-published. This book took months longer than I had anticipated to write and edit, because I kept adding material, and it took me at least 15 read-throughs to work out the "glitches." But I'm very happy with the final manuscript. Here's the Introduction, so you know what to look forward to when it becomes available.]

In 2018, I decided that my next writing project would be a Buddhist “trilogy” consisting of texts on Dzogchen, Zen, and Pali Buddhism. I was motivated to undertake this project because I believe that Buddhism is in need of an “upgrade.” As I see it, there isn’t a single living Buddhism teacher or writer who has “cracked the code” and is able to properly elaborate on Buddhadharma, Consciousness, and Awakening. Given my view of the “fallen state” of Buddhism and my belief in my ability to “resurrect” it, I began my project.

I started my “trilogy” with the Dzogchen text, but at the point I was half-done writing it, a series of epiphanies convinced me to put it aside and instead focus on this Zen text.… Read the full article

Update on my Books

September 13, 2019
I have finished two books—one on power-of-now meditation and one on Zen—but I have decided to wait until 2020 to publish them. This is the case because I am currently preoccupied with various non-related problems and projects; hence, I don’t have the time or energy to devote to the publishing and marketing process. Moreover, I prefer to devote whatever free time I can find to refining and finishing my Dzogchen text. With this in mind, my goal is to consecutively publish all three texts next year, then start Facebook groups on power-of-now meditation and Buddhism.

After I publish these three books, my plan is to start work on a Kabbalah/Qabalah text. I had originally planned to next write a book on the Buddha’s teachings, thereby completing my Buddhist “trilogy” (Paleo, Zen, and Tibetan Buddhism), but I need a break from Buddhism, and working on a hermetic Kabbalah/Qabalah text, which should be fun and challenging, will provide it.

Finally, if time permits, I will also edit my 300 or so deleted-by-Amazon spiritual book reviews, and put them together into a Kindle text. Moreover, I also plan to write a half-dozen or so new book reviews, and include them in the Kindle text.… Read the full article

A Brief Update

April 9, 2019
If you click on the Book Reviews tab at the top of the page, you’ll see that I am now (gradually) posting my 300 + reviews that Amazon unceremoniously deleted. These (or at least 90+ % of them) should all be posted by summer of 2020. And eventually, I’ll edit them and also publish them as an inexpensive Kindle book.

I have finished writing two books—"The Power of Now Meditation Guide” and a Zen Book—and I will start the publishing process on them within the next few months. I am also 75% done with a Dzogchen book, and that should be published no later than early next year. To complete a Buddhist trilogy, I also plan to write a book on Original (Pali) Buddhism, but because I’m a little burnt out on Buddhism right now, before I write this book, I’m going to write a couple of others—a Qabalah book, and “A Letter to Sam Harris” (which I’ve already done some work on). After I finish the Harris book, I plan to start doing YouTube videos , which should prove challenging and fun, especially since I’ll be deconstructing clowns like Sam “the Sham.”… Read the full article

Amazon Has Deleted My Book Reviews

February 11, 2019
Without notice and without providing specifics, Amazon, a few days  deleted my 350 + book reviews, which took me thousands of hours to write. Although I doubt that it will do any good, you are welcome to complain to Amazon and ask that they re-post them. Below is their final response to me on this matter:

"We took this action because your Customer Content violated our guidelines and Conditions of Use. We won't reinstate your posting permissions for this account.

For more information, see our Customer Review Guidelines (and Conditions of Use:


I understand you're upset, and I'm sorry we haven't been able to address your concerns to your satisfaction. However, we won't be able to offer any additional insight or action on this matter.

Thanks for your understanding."

However, all is not lost. I have about 90% of the reviews in a Word document (though the reviews often don't identify the title or author), and many are available through the Way Back Machine. In the coming months, I will gradually post the reviews that I can salvage and that are worth posting. After I'm done posting all of them, I will arrange them in categories.
… Read the full article

Geistians, Zeitgeistians, and Trans-zeitgeistians

November 8, 2018
The word “Geist” is German, and means Spirit or Ghost. A “Geistian” is a person who lives in the timeless Holy Spirit (or Ghost). Such a person lives in the world, but is not of the world, is not of the zeitgeist, the spirit of the times. A Geistian is, spontaneously, a trans-zeitgeistian, for he always transcends, and is not implicated by, the zeitgeist, the temporal sociocultural milieu.


An individual can be a trans-zeitgeistian without being a Geistian. Such non-conformists and esotericists are “outsiders” who recoil from the madness and mediocrity of the mainstream sociocultural milieu, but their alienation is devoid of a Transcendental Abode that offers Sanctuary from the time-bound madness. These individuals understand the “phenomenology of the spirit (of the times),” but until they grok the “noumenology of the Holy (or Sacred) Spirit,” they will be stuck in “no-man’s land,” a place between the zeitgeist and the Geist.

… Read the full article

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