Some Texts Reflecting My Spiritual Experiences

By Corey Schmidt

This book is a compendium of texts I wrote as 'homework assignments' for my original guru, Hans, and a couple of texts composed at a later date. It reflects some of my adventures, thoughts, and experiences on the spiritual path.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Lulu.com
• Release date: Sep 21, 2014
• ISBN: 9781312539631

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Some Texts Reflecting My Spiritual Experiences

Some Texts Reflecting My Spiritual Experiences

by Corey Schmidt

Copyright 2014

by Corey Schmidt

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This book or any portion thereof may not be reproduced or used in any manner whatsoever without the express written permission of the author except for the use of brief quotations in a book review or scholarly journal.

ISBN 978-1-312-53963-1

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How I went from wasting time with High School, College, and Drugs, to being Self-Employed

September 13, 2011

I am currently a self-employed carpenter living in an idyllic, paradise-like setting in Halibut Cove, Alaska, USA.

I have a humble job

and lifestyle, but I am well-fed,

(above: locally harvested kelp drying by the fireplace)

am blessed with good friends,

(above: vehicle toilet papered during meeting of 'secret society')

and earning enough money to travel the world

(above: Indian sadhus demonstrate technique at kumbh mela, Haridwar 2010)

or do volunteer work in the winter

(above: hard working volunteers)

- in my own simple way, I am free and prosperous. Just 8 years ago, however, I was a recent college graduate with no real life skills and somewhat debilitated by the use of alcohol and marijuana.   To keep this post to the point- the point of this post being how I made, and, by extension, anyone else can make, the transition from unemployed to self-employed, I will skip a lot of boring historical information, and instead focus mainly on the attitudes and behaviors that have been helpful for me.

1. First, through suffering, and what i interpret as good karma from the past, and the grace of God and Guru, I got really interested-interested to the point of actually making