Tobin Blake

Twenty years ago I hit a wall, flat out. I had been living my life mindlessly, which is to say without either direction or purpose, when suddenly I realized I was completely miserable. I was deeply depressed -- though I had not even realized it then -- my relationship with my wife at the time was about to be hanged until dead like an evil gunslinger in a cheap 1940's spaghetti western, and I was more than a little angry with life. In fact who I am today is so different from that miserable person of my past, it feels like some alien lifetime I never lived, but only witnessed from afar. In desperation I reached out blindly to the universe, and for the first time in my life since childhood, I prayed for help. I was sick to death of my own misery, and I was finally ready listen.  

The answers trickled in gradually, arriving in installments through a variety of forms, but the one core lesson was as clear as it was unified: In order to come to peace with the world, it is first necessary to come to peace with yourself. It isn't the world outside you that makes you miserable, but the one within.

So it was that I took those hard first steps that began transforming my life from the inside out. These included daily meditation, the serious study of great spiritual teachings, and, most importantly, the gathering realization that forgiveness, the development of unconditional love, and direct contact with my Core Self were my path out of hell, back into the Heaven which is within each of us. 

Since then I've learned what a joy life can be when we cease our incessant need to attack and judge, and begin viewing ourselves as spiritual beings instead of flesh and blood and ego. I have also learned what a joy it is to share this grand journey of awakening with others. Perhaps like me, you too are looking for answers. If so, I have answers for you, and yet they are answers that go beyond what mere words can relate. This is not a journey through words, but one of direct experience, of deepening peace. I invite you to join me on this ancient path, so old it has been around long before you and I. It is older than the Earth and stars, and even older than time itself. Yet the instant your feet take to it, you will know you are on your way back home. 

This humble website is dedicated to helping you, whoever you are, to learn the lessons of peaceful and joyful living. This is a collaborative venture, and so I welcome your feedback. Here you will find information on meditation and related topics, books, workshops, and more. Please let me know how I can better serve your needs. But most of all, welcome!   

Namaste!
Tobin