Notes on Liberation Bruce Sanguin's blog
The Sin of Self-Omission
Recovering the Image of God Within Us The word sin has suffered a tragic fate. For many people it conjures images of guilt, shame, moral failure, or an angry God keeping score of human behaviour. It has become one of the least useful words in the spiritual vocabulary because it has been reduced to a … Read more
Your Spiritual Task Is to Become Yourself
It sounds almost too simple. We often imagine that spirituality is about becoming more loving, more enlightened, more disciplined, or somehow closer to God. But after years of studying psychology, theology, philosophy, and human development—and after decades of accompanying people through their deepest struggles—I keep returning to a surprisingly simple conclusion: Our deepest calling is … Read more
Healthy Disagreement: Can You Stay Yourself Without Making an Enemy?
There was a moment over dinner recently that has stayed with me. The conversation was lively. Several thoughtful people around the table were discussing philosophy, politics, and the future of the world. As the evening unfolded—and perhaps helped along by a glass or two of wine—one person began speaking at length. Eventually, another friend interrupted. … Read more
Real Spirituality Makes You More You
One of the most common assumptions in modern spirituality is that the highest goal is to transcend the self. We’re told that we’re all one. That we’re the ocean, not merely the wave. That awakening means dissolving the illusion of separation. There’s deep wisdom in these teachings. But I’ve begun to wonder whether they’re sometimes … Read more
Why Spiritual Awakening Feels Like Dying
Is My Life Falling Apart? There comes a moment on almost every authentic spiritual journey when it feels as though life is coming apart. Not simply because circumstances have changed. Not because a relationship has ended. Not because a career has collapsed. But because something far more fundamental is happening. The very identity you’ve relied … Read more
Henry David Thoreau and the Courage to Live Your Own Life
Most people know one thing about Henry David Thoreau. He went to live in a small cabin beside Walden Pond. For many, that’s where the story ends. Thoreau becomes the eccentric philosopher who escaped civilization to commune with nature. But when you read Walden, a very different picture emerges. Thoreau wasn’t running away from life. … Read more
Manifestation, Trauma, and the Alignment of Heart and Mind
I’ve been thinking lately about manifestation. Not the pop-spiritual version that reduces reality to positive thinking. Nor the cynical dismissal that treats all manifestation language as fantasy. I mean something deeper: the relationship between consciousness, trauma, desire, perception, and the reality we participate in creating. I increasingly suspect that most manifestation teachings miss the central … Read more
The Divided Mind, the Heart Self, and the Recovery of Radical Aliveness
I’ve been reflecting lately on the possibility that we don’t actually possess a single unified value system. We possess two. One belongs to the nervous systeorganized around survival. The other belongs to what I call the Heart Self — the dimension of us oriented toward truth, beauty, goodness, creativity, wonder, and aliveness. The survival self … Read more
When Life Doesn’t Go Your Way
We all know the feeling.A missed appointment.A sudden change of plans.A wrench thrown into the day you had carefully designed. And then there are the big ones—the failures, the illnesses, the heartbreaks,the sudden losses that leave us breathless,staring at a future we didn’t choose. These are moments when life wrests the steering wheel from our … Read more
When Expression Became Impression
We all had a day when play became a strategy.When expression became impression.When “being” quietly turned into “being impressive.”That’s the day we left the garden. Not with drama.With self-consciousness.A watcher took a seat in the front row of our mind and never stopped judging the show. Maybe you couldn’t penetrate a parent’s narcissism.No matter what … Read more
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The Goodness Trap:
How to End People-Pleasing and Live Your Own Heart-Centred Life
This book describes how to end the people-pleasing identity and shift into your true, heart-centred self.
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