Q: how to know when to accept the hand you’re dealt health wise vs keep trying to heal / improve    A: So my guru has four extremely extreme chronic illnesses. He has Parkinson's; his lungs are collapsed, just to give you an example among other things. He's never had a good day of health since he was 40 years old. He's 85 now so for the last 11 years I've been watching him be sick. But something that he has been unrelenting  about for the last 11 years is continuously trying to feel better.  ...

Q: Is there a way to do selfless service in the same/similar way if you don't have access to an ashram? (& if so, what states of mind make that experience more of a selfless service in the spiritual tradition rather than just, say, volunteering?) Might be a good topic for a video!   A: I am going to do a talk about this on Patreon . But for now, I'm just going to answer it briefly here on email.   I was at the ashram last night and I actually asked Guru this question. His response was that...

Q: What is a victim mindset? A: This is one of my favorite topics because1.) it’s so easily misunderstood (I love explaining misunderstood topics), and2.) I love personal responsibility (so of course this is a topic I need to cover).   Let’s unpack what a victim mindset is by starting with what a victim is.   This is something all of us can understand, and most of us have been a victim of one thing or another in our lives, to varying degrees of intensity. Basically: a victim is someone who...