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Have you ever been sure something was going to be terrible, and it ended up being really good in the end?
With the U.S. midterms coming up, I keep hearing people say how worried they are. In this short video, I look at that worry from the bridge between science and spirit: why we’re not really good judges in the moment, the weird loop of imagining how bad we’ll feel about something that might never happen, and why I try not to label things good or bad at all.
This isn’t a prediction. It’s an invitation: whatever happens, we will find a way through.
What’s your “bad thing” that turned out to be good? I’d love to hear it in the comments.
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16 Oct 2026
Why Consciousness Is Forbidden
I’ve been sitting on this video for a while, and that’s sort of the point of it. Back in 2013 I wrote a book called Create or Die. The original idea behind it was metaphysical: that this universe exists to create, and that there’s a force of creativity flowing through us. A book advisor told me to tone it down and make it practical, so I did. People who read it enjoyed it, but I felt like I had failed myself. That pattern of holding back has followed me ever since, into my writing and into why I haven’t been posting much lately.
I come from an academic family, and I spent much of my life as a professor doing Human Genome Project–type work. In those circles, suggesting that consciousness might exist beyond the brain’s hardware is just verboten. What gets me is that science is supposed to be an open-minded process of asking questions. In the video I talk about the Princeton PEAR project, Dan Shechtman’s quasicrystals, and the well-known colleague who once asked me whether this was all “a bit of wishful thinking.” I also admit that I’m pissed off about how much shame I’ve carried, and about the practicing scientists I know who feel they have to hide in the closet with their own curiosity. I don’t let the spiritual community off the hook either: I receive channels all the time these days, and I question every one of them.
So this is my commitment, said out loud on camera: I’m getting back to writing and recording regularly about my own lowercase-s scientific journey into what’s going on right now. If you’ve ever felt ashamed for asking these questions, or felt you had to keep them to yourself, I’d really like to hear from you. Leave a comment here or on the video, under an alias if you need to. We’re all scientists of life, and I’d like to have these conversations in the open.
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30 Sept 2026
Leaving Duality Would Be Boring
I recently heard someone describe it that way, and my first reaction wasn’t awe. It was “how boring is that?” A world with no contrast would have no blue sky against a slate-blue lake, no hot and cold, no mountain winters giving way to summer. That contrast is what makes up our entire life.
As a former science professor, I don’t take popular ideas on faith, even spiritual ones. So I went digging into what non-duality actually means, and what I found surprised me. It pulled me back to a freezing night in a sleeping bag not rated for the cold, to David Hawkins’ scale of consciousness, and to one of the darkest stretches of my career, a string of grant rejections that had me convinced I was doomed. Each of those pointed to the same thing, and it isn’t what most people mean when they talk about “leaving duality.”
If you’ve ever felt pressure to transcend your emotions, rise above struggle, or wait for the day life finally flattens out into peace, this one is for you. I’ll share where I landed on what awakening might really change, and what I hope it leaves exactly as it is. Read on, then tell me: which of your challenges did you choose, and which ones just keep showing up?
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