Rational Spirituality

• Have you come to doubt your faith? 

• Have you come to question the teachings of your religion or spiritual tradition?

• Does your religious community expect you to believe in God, but fail to teach you how? 

• Are you "faking it" because you are afraid to admit to yourself or others that you are not certain? Are you living a lie?

• Does your non-dualist ("advaita vedanta") teacher contradict him-/herself again and again, claiming that it is inevitable because 'it' cannot be said?

• Does your (vipassana) meditation teacher teach you to be mindful of things (instead of teaching you to be mindful that they are just things)?

• Does Buddhism seem right but take too many lifetimes?

• Does your teacher claim that there is no path?

• Have prayers and meditations, church sessions and satsangs, books and retreats, altars and offerings, diets and tea ceremonies, incense and chanting, tai chi and yoga, and other spiritual practices from east and west, not had the desired effect? 

• Did you start studying philosophy to get answers to the fundamental questions of life, but discovered that contemporary academic philosophy is not going to help you to get them?

• Do you want a way out of the the madness, the confusion, the chaos,  the absurdity?

If you answered "yes" to any of these questions, you can benefit from no-nonsense rational spirituality. 

Is it suitable for you?

For rational spirituality to work, you need to be of a rational disposition and be sincere.  That means you should be ready to investigate your beliefs, and discard your belief in what you can be absolutely certain of,  for yourself, here and now.

It does not matter if you are an atheist, Christian, Muslim, Jew, Buddhist, Hindu, Advaitin/Non-dualist, or other. I am comfortable with a variety of secular, religious, and spiritual traditions and their vocabularies. 

Rational spirituality can be (especially) useful for priests, monks, and other spiritual professionals. It is never too late to get rid of doubt. Your confidentiality is guaranteed.

What does it cost?

The standard deal is a 5-day, one-on-one session, at USD 19,950.-. It takes place at a remote location in the Spanish Pyrenees to ensure that we will not be disturbed by anybody during your entire stay. You will stay in your own apartment in a restored farmhouse. I will stay in the same house, in my own apartment, directly underneath your apartment, and am available 24 hours per day. The house can also sleep your chauffeur, bodyguards, or medical staff. All food and beverages are included. Transfers from and to Barcelona airport or Girona airport are included. There is a nearby helipad. Depending on arrival and departure times, arrival and departure days do not count as session-days. If your security or medical requirements do not allow you to visit me, I can come to you. (Travel costs charged separately.) For non-standard requests, please contact me.

The purpose of rational spirituality is to help you attain enlightenment, salvation, liberation, divine union, inner peace, wisdom, or whatever you call that which is the ultimate goal of all religions and of philosophy. The method of rational spirituality is reason (i.e., ratio) -- as opposed to other methods like devotion, meditation, renunciation, etc.  That the method is rational does not mean that you must be very intelligent; You only need to be fearlessly rational: only accept what you can know to be true for yourself, here and now, and discard all else, regardless of the consequences.

Disclaimer: Rational spirituality is compatible with all religions and spiritual traditions. You need not drop your current religion or spiritual tradition. In fact, rational spirituality may help you to finally appreciate your current religion or spiritual tradition, and —perhaps for the first time— fully and unconditionally.