Entries by vc@risestrategic.com

The Company Town: What We Gave Up, and What We Can Grow Again

I’ve driven across the American West and Midwest more times than I can count—through endless rows of corn, past Walmarts on the edge of towns, past Dollar Generals where a hardware store used to be. And every time, I feel the same quiet ache. It’s the sensation of driving through a land that looks less […]

René Guénon (1886–1951): Guardian of the Primordial Tradition

“There is no ‘Western’ or ‘Eastern’ metaphysics—only metaphysics, which is universal and timeless.” René Guénon, a French metaphysician and philosopher born in 1886, devoted his life to unveiling the perennial truths embedded in the world’s great spiritual traditions. In an era increasingly dominated by materialism and fragmentation, Guénon stood as a beacon of synthesis—bridging Hinduism, […]

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Is the Sun Conscious?

Modern science tells us that living beings maintain order by using free energy—primarily from the Sun. Plants absorb sunlight to create sugars. Animals eat the plants, burn that energy, and in doing so—move, breathe, think. All of the intelligence we associate with life is, in a very literal way, powered by the Sun. But here’s […]

Telepathy, Morphic Resonance, and the Expanding Field of Consciousness

In an era where technology connects us instantly across continents, it’s perhaps unsurprising that attention is returning to an older, subtler form of connection — telepathy. Once relegated to the realm of science fiction and parapsychology, evidence is accumulating that telepathic phenomena may have a legitimate, even scientifically defensible basis. The groundwork for this reexamination […]

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You Are Not the Doer

Notes from Inside a Life After more than fifty years of trying to steer this life, I’ve come to a quiet and unshakable conclusion: I’m not the one driving. This isn’t a belief. It’s an observation. After a long enough time inside this particular personality, this body, this life—watching how things arise, how they dissolve, […]

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The worldview presented in The Gnosis and The Law aligns with Vedic, Tibetan, and Kabbalistic cosmologies in several key aspects, particularly concerning realms of being, the work of higher dimensions, and the transmigration of souls. Below is a comparative analysis: 1. Realms of Being and the Cosmic Hierarchy • The Gnosis and The Law: Describes […]

Systems vs. Forms: Navigating the Present Without Being Bound by the Past

The Limits of Systems Systems are inherently backward-looking. They codify past understanding and attempt to impose structure on the future, requiring that we meet new and unknown circumstances with formulized knowledge rather than fresh observation. While systems offer efficiency, they also reinforce limitations—binding us to patterns that were, by necessity, created for a past reality […]

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The Resonance of Consciousness: Morphic Fields, Metta, and the Extended Mind

For millennia, wisdom traditions have taught that human consciousness is not isolated within the brain but is part of a vast, interconnected field. Today, biologist Rupert Sheldrake’s hypothesis of morphic resonance offers a scientific lens on this ancient insight. His work suggests that memory, behavior, and even consciousness itself may be transmitted through morphic fields, […]