A Sustainable Life

Everything you need to know to fulfill your destiny.

The great mystics and prophets understood that our survival as a species depends on recognizing our interconnectedness. Every decision and action we take as individuals directly affects all sentient beings. Awakening to the immutable truth that everything you do matters can feel overwhelming. Below is practical advice on manifesting a sustainable life—one that brings out your best self while supporting the evolution of all beings.

The Hierarchy of Health

 Many of us feel the need to help this world that is in such turmoil.  Our capacity to help is defined by the degree of our well-being on all levels, not just physical stamina but emotional stability, mental clarity, and spiritual connection as well.  To alleviate world suffering, we must first alleviate our own.  Understanding the Hierarchy of Health will help.

The Hierarchy of Health puts into perspective those aspects of our lives that will most support our health and evolution.  This Hierarchy has seven tiers. The higher the tier, the greater its overall influence on your health.    These seven tiers are, in order of relevance

The Spiritual

  • O mitakue o yasin (To all my relations)  We walk through the world—the illusion of independence fortified by Foodland and Safeway, Medicare, and Medicaid. We turn on the tap, and the water appears; we turn up the thermostat, and we are heated and warmed. Look at us. So independent. I need no thing nor no one.  The illusion of independence, the arrogance that any one individual is capable of survival, is the end of us all.
  • The Only Culture War Worth Fighting—Our desire for separation and identity will be our downfall and demise.
    As the world squirms under the pressure of evolution, we return to the safety of separation. We demand that our cultural and nationalistic beliefs be aggrandized — folks of all colors, genders, faiths, and nations grasping for something, anything, to identify with, to keep them from the unbearable recognition of the emptiness of their lives, and the impending doom of all sentient life.
    This desire for identity is the exact opposite of what needs to happen if we are to survive as a species. We need to transcend every last belief within us which supports the illusion of separateness.  A terrifying task—for terrifying times. You are our only hope!
  • The Longing
  • On Gender