About

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In the late summer of 2018, I created a Facebook blog page on a whim and began writing articles which cast a sober yet satirical glance on contemporary spirituality and the culture that is woven around it. The page was called  Advaitaholics  Anonymous and within a very short time it won a strong support among many seasoned seekers; individuals who had followed various ‘spiritual’ teachers, read all the literature, practiced various meditative techniques yet were left with the vacant feeling that in the end it had all been a form of escape. 

Advaitaholics Anonymous was also published in book form by New Sarum Press in the Fall of 2020 with the subtitle: Sobering Insights for Spiritual Addicts. A second volume was published in the Fall of 2021 titled: A Manifesto for Spiritual Anarchy. Finally, a third volume was published in the Fall of 2022 titled: An Antidote to Spiritual Enlightenment.

‘Advaitaholic’ is a term that I coined in reference to the phenomenon of spiritual addiction; an addiction that plagues so many seekers who claim to be in search of a higher truth, transcendence, awakening, enlightenment, liberation or whatever other form that holy grail may take. And although the term appears to single out Advaita as its focus, it is much broader than that. It encompasses all forms of spiritual belief systems and doctrine. 

Spirituality is a highly personal business. It is a person’s unique relationship with reality. Yet, the moment it is taken out of the person and objectified in the form of a system of thought it is no longer a personal affair. Once it is made concrete for others to congregate and build a community or culture around then that spirituality—our own relationship with reality—ceases to be the focal point. 

When common sense becomes the highest form of wisdom to which we can aspire, and sanity the greatest kind of enlightenment, then it is safe to say that the path of recovery has truly begun.