Monday, September 7, 2026
Many of us have built lives from which we need a vacation. When we take one, we end up needing a vacation from that—usually a return trip “home” to the very hell we needed to escape in the first place.
Taking time “off” should be no different than being “on the clock.” For most people, this lifelong goal is deferred until retirement. To “get there,” you must accumulate a specific amount of money. Consequently, this model of life is fundamentally unworkable; by the time you “finally arrive,” you are often sick and old.
This is the unworkable life, in much the same way that dogma can create an unworkable religion. Nobody else gets to be the boss’s son. It is as if God shot His only wad on the single individual ever to claim victory over the fear of death, while the rest of us are doomed to be worms.
So what do we do? Do we live in the hell of this vicious circle forever? No. We build in a state of vacation—a state of true liberation.
Starting with the first five minutes of your day, vacate. Do nothing. Have no responsibilities whatsoever for those five minutes. Sit still and silent. As you build this inner kingdom, you will sense it expanding into your vicious circle. Five minutes will eventually become twenty. Ultimately, you will cultivate a timeless, vacating sensation.
If you can move through the whole day with great lightheartedness—free from reaction, free from thought, carrying no heavy burdens, no cares, and no responsibilities—you will have planted the seeds of liberation. You will no longer feel separate from God; instead, you will feel separate from an illusion of there being a separate being “out there” other than the one and only who is reading this.
The vicious circle breaks, and the mind separates from the illusion of being held to a separate standard.