Tag: Enlightenment

What Enlightenment Feels Like

Everyone has different reasons for developing a spiritual practice. For some, it’s meeting a spiritual person whose expression of “self” has a profoundly inspiring effect on them, motivating them to seek the same medicine. For others, it’s a tragedy, it’s the expe...

Missing the Mark of Enlightenment

I was walking through my neighborhood in Venice, California, while speaking to an investor on the phone. As I looked down, I noticed the grass pulsating and moving. I had been having these visual distortions for months at this point, and they seemed to be getting more frequent. I wasn’t sure w...

The Enlightenment Economy ??? How to Invest in the Next Meth Lab

During my last rant about the enlightenment economy, which also happened to be 7 minutes and 1 cup of mushroom-infused coffee (adaptogenic, not psychedelic mushrooms, please; I’m not going to admit to that in writing), I was standing at my sit/stand desk, basking in the light of three mon...

The Chronicles of Dr. Watson and the Quest for Gene Therapy Enlightenment

My tale begins on an unusually bright and crisp morning in London, a rarity that Sherlock Holmes, with his unparalleled deductive acumen, attributed to a temporary shift in the Atlantic air currents — a deduction that, while impressively precise, did nothing to prepare me for the whirlwind adv...

Enlightenment in the Arts

Accomplished artist Vian Borchert has been creating artwork professionally for decades. The artist believes in the power of art and its transformational abilities not only for herself but also arts benefits within the community. Borchert, who is a graduate and a “Notable Alumni” from Cor...