Richard Young, Ph.D.

I'm a psychotherapist and child custody evaluator in private practice for 42 years, and published author who is married to the most amazing woman.

[Richard Young, Ph.D. @drdick123]

Humans generally look at the world through a keyhole. A few learn how to open the door to a wider view. Fewer still ever climb the mountain to see the entire panorama.

[Richard Young, Ph.D. @drdick123]

At the relative level of apparent existence, we express ourselves from our current level of consciousness development. Never mistake your current position as permanent or "right." As consciousness continues to unfold, you will come to understand things somewhat differently.

[Richard Young, Ph.D. @drdick123]

Empathy and compassion are the language of the awakened, and LOVE is their gift to the world.

[Richard Young, Ph.D. @drdick123]

@TRUMP_ARMY_ No. I support due process.

[Richard Young, Ph.D. @drdick123]

@elonmuskADO No.

[Richard Young, Ph.D. @drdick123]

We imbibe knowledge we did not have previously from numerous sources (I most like books and education, but there are infinite ways). Wisdom is created out of that knowledge when it is combined with and validated by repeated experience.

[Richard Young, Ph.D. @drdick123]

U. G. Krishnamurti on enlightenment:

"Maybe I can convince you not to waste a lot of time and energy looking for a state that does not exist except in your imagination . . . The natural state is acausal: it just happens."

[Richard Young, Ph.D. @drdick123]

@dnonduality 😅😅😅

[Richard Young, Ph.D. @drdick123]

Is it true that everyone who enters the state of Texas is issued a gun? Asking for a friend. 😅

[Richard Young, Ph.D. @drdick123]

"Satsang" is a sanskrit word that literally means a meeting with the truth or being with what is. I like to call it "shitsang." If you can hear the harmony of the crap in your life and sit with it patiently, then you're really on to something.

[Richard Young, Ph.D. @drdick123]

I think developing the ability to observe the stream of thought objectively, with curiosity and without judgment, is key to freedom from negative narratives and the needless suffering they often create.

[Richard Young, Ph.D. @drdick123]

We are all members of the Godhead, to borrow Meister Eckhart's term. Indeed, we are so absorbed in it that we are Godhead Itself, that is to say, LOVE divine and incarnate. To know this beyond any doubt is pure blessing and beatitude.

[Richard Young, Ph.D. @drdick123]

Happy 9th anniversary to my bright, gorgeous, and highly accomplished Dr. Jeea!! For those who know her, she smiles like that all the time.

[Richard Young, Ph.D. @drdick123]

The desire to give up the self is a spiritual project of the self. Do you still want a spiritual practice? Okay, simply observe the self. That is all. Oh, and let me know when you find it. 😉

*As I have said many times, for me, it started with this guy. Thomas Merton.

[Richard Young, Ph.D. @drdick123]

Adam transitioned eight years ago. He was my spiritual teacher for his entire 35 years. I will always be grateful.

[Richard Young, Ph.D. @drdick123]

Elon Musk is a fucking fascist.

Let's see if this one gets censored.

[Richard Young, Ph.D. @drdick123]

Why have we evolved so that defending our ideas, opinions, and beliefs and trying to convince others of the "rightness" of those ideas is so important to our sense of safety and survival. What is it about our mental lives that is so vulnerable that we MUST have others agree?

[Richard Young, Ph.D. @drdick123]

The goal of the spiritual life is NOT relationship with God, Consciousness, Awareness. That establishes separation permanently. The goal is Oneness with God. Love by any other name.

[Richard Young, Ph.D. @drdick123]

As a child and adolescent, my friends and sometimes total strangers would tell me their problems and ask my advice. Now, I make my living as a psychotherapist. It was either that or a hairstlist or bartender. Did I manifest this career, or is it just coincidence? You be the judge