The Way of Perfection carries the message that the lives we lead and the world we lead them in are all perfect, in every respect. This is called the “perfection view.” The perfection view is not limited to just parts of our lives or parts of this world nor does it have in mind a future perfectibility. It holds that perfection was the nature of creation from the outset and remains fully present in us and everything else. This is certainly not a mainstream view, at least not yet. Ordinary consciousness tends to focus on differences. The news focuses on conflict between people and their groups; art focuses on…

What Do We Believe? Various international studies conclude that somewhere between 85-93% of the world’s population believes in God. According to an April 2018 study, conducted by the Pew Research Center, 9 out of 10 Americans believe in a higher power, but only a slim majority believes in God as described in the Bible.  In the words of David Foster Wallace author of Infinite Jest, “In the day-to-day trenches of adult life, there is actually no such thing as atheism. There is no such thing as not worshiping. Everybody worships. The only choice we get is what to worship.” Should it be surprising that so many of us believe in…