Dear Steele: My state of wonder is a constant oscillation between thinking I am full of wisdom and full of shit. What would it be like to experience life in a constant state of euphoria, like a perpetual moment before an organism without the culmination? The Yogi from Sex and the City says that is what his celibacy is all …
When everything turns to dust
She was my companion. She didn’t understand me, I didn’t understand her, and the mystery of our attachment was the misunderstanding of love. Everything that was important to us was fleeting and temporary, just the thought of which caused disappointment and pain. Inside ourselves we possessed a more powerful and eternal force that was the source of peace. When she …
Steele’s life in prayer
Dear God: As I stare into the here and now I wonder what awaits me in the now and then. The road I walked on last brought me here. I wasn’t alone, but I often felt alone, navigating through all the immensities in life with a sense of longing to manifest your greatness. I talk to myself without using words, …
What type of death do I have planned?
Dear Steele: Sometimes I am afraid of the dark. I woke up to use the bathroom this morning and the sound of the wind rustling in the trees frightened me. I was gripped by a fear that sent my heart racing and a shot of tension throughout my entire body. I stood there squatting over the toilet and the pee …
Shall we love the lord God?
Try this exercise: Below is a list of Bible verses about fearing God. Replace the word fear with love in each instance. Imagine if this was the mistranslation of the past few millennia. Seriously, just do it for the fun of it.