“If you bare witness to yourself, you will be unable to lie or do wrong and your ways will always be direct and upright. Just like a compass that points out North or South.”
- Ajahn Chah
Favorite Upanishad Quote
“Om Asato maa sad-gamaya;
tamaso maa jyotir-ga-maya;
mrtyor-maa amrutam gamaya.
Om Shaantih Shaantih Shaantih.
In English:
O Lord lead me from the unreal to the real.
Lead me from the darkness to light.
Lead me from death to immortality.
May there be peace, peace, and perfect peace.”
-Doc
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Joseph Campbell
Joe, I’m sorry if you object my classifying you as a “mystic”. Even though you never formally described yourself as such, I think we were all deeply moved on a “psycho-spiritual” level by reading, but most of all by listening to your words.
Joseph Campbell (March 26, 1904 – October 30, 1987), was a scholar who taught at Sarah Lawrence College from 1934 to 1972. Campbell’s The Hero with a Thousand Faces has been publicly noted as the inspiration behind the movie Star Wars by George Lucas. 
It is Campbell’s idea that the West and America in particular are woefully misinformed with regard to the world’s myths and cultures. While at the same time, Joe was able to show westerners the way through the bible (prevalent religious text of the day), by reinterpreting the symbols of the judeo-christian mythology.
Joseph Campbell died at the age of 83 on October 30, 1987 at his home in Honolulu, Hawaii, from complications of esophageal cancer. Before his death he had completed filming the series of interviews with Bill Moyers. these interviews are called The Power of Myth and exist in both print and video formats. In fact, you can find these and other videos of Joe on Netflix.
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“when we realize that God and man are One not two, we shall love both. We shall love man, as an expression of God, and God as the life principle in all.”
-Ernest Holmes, The Hidden Power of the Bible
Ernest Holmes
Ernest Holmes (1887–1960) and is a spiritual, philosophical and metaphysical religious movement within the New Thought movement.
According to its literature, Religious Science is “closely affiliated with the great monistic traditions of the ages, with the ancient Vedic hymns, Hindu Brahmanism, Taoism, the mystics of all ages.
Ernest Holmes was born in 1887 on a small Maine farm, the youngest of nine sons. As a teenager, he attended Bethel preparatory school, but he spent most of his time out-of-doors, asking himself “What is God? Who am I? Why am I here?”
Holmes spiritual insight into the potential and possibilities of man for man to maintain peace of mind in today’s times. His works are something every student searching for reality must read. His style is provocative and contains satisfying answers for the seeking mind.
One of my favorite books by Holmes is The Science of Mind. This book is Holmes’ magnum opus, and summarizes the theories behind The Church of Religious Science.
Holmes died April 7, 1960, in Los Angeles. The Church of Religious Science continues as the United Church of Religious Science and the association continues as Religious Science International.
- Lex