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Mission

Stonyhill is dedicated to exploring and teaching the middlepath concepts required for authentic spiritual growth and the intentional evolution and growth of both human consciousness and individual self-awareness. The Primitive Ego Theory of Human Development© developed at Stonyhill offers an important evolutionary understanding of human development from the narcissism of the primitive ego to an enlightened consciousness.

As a writer and teacher, Dick draws on the rapidly growing bodies of knowledge about human psychological development and the spiritual disciplines and teachings of the worlds major religions. The spiritual wisdom and spiritual practices found in all of the worlds various religions teach us that happiness and love are found only when we learn to intentionally evolve our consciousness through growth in self-awareness.

Diversity, complexity, growth in self-awareness, developing a middlepath spirituality, and learning the spiritual skills required to walk the middlepath in day to day life are at the heart and core of the articles and workshops that Dick offers. Middlepath consciousness is defined simply as the ability to live life in the gray of paradox, ambiguity, uncertainty, and not knowing; a psychological place of emptiness where the love and gentle compassion of Jesus, Buddha and all the great spiritual teachers of history are encountered.

Compassionate community will not emerge on it's own. The insights and skills required to develop compassionate community can be learned, but they require discipline and a commitment to exploring how each of us unconsciously bring the seeds of conflict into the world. A deep commitment to doing no harm to others or the world is an essential first step to achieving a compassionate global community.

This web site is designed to encourage discussion regarding the integration of spirituality and human development. It is also Dick's hope that the ideas and concepts that he presents in the articles on this website and in the Stonyhill Newsletter will bring enlightenment, happiness and hope to anyone who wishes to walk a path of authentic spiritual growth and evolve consciously.

Guiding Principles

Stonyhill is dedicated to authentic spiritual growth, awakening, and growth in self-awareness. The Stonyhill Newsletters and all articles published on this website are based on the following principles:

AWARENESS AND AWAKENING: All personal authentic spiritual growth is based on growth in self-awareness and our conscious awakening to the dangerous illusions created by our primitive egos.

MIDDLE PATH: All truth is paradox and is found only in the gray between black and white either/or thinking where opposites are held in dynamic tension. No one possesses absolute truth.

UNITY: There is no "other", we are all connected. We are all part of the Consciousness that created the universe. Diversity is part of creation, and "otherness" is an illusion of the primitive ego.

LIVING IN THE PRESENT: Reality, truth, beauty, faith, love, happiness, spirituality and peace can only be found by developing the spiritual skills of living in the present moment.

SILENCE AND LISTENING: The journey into authentic spiritual growth leads us into solitude, silence and the ability to listen to others with a compassionate heart.

CO-CREATION: As self-conscious beings, we are co-creators with the Creator of the Universe. We have the ability to create form: both good and evil (suffering, and violence).

LIVING THE PRINCIPLES OF GENTLE KINDNESS: Spirituality requires the development of formal spiritual practices. We grow spiritually by living gently, developing deep self-awareness and doing no harm to others or the earth we live on.

BUILDING COMMUNITY: Living together peacefully and building compassionate community requires emptiness; the ability to let go of our primitive ego beliefs, certainties, fears and prejudices that reside in each of us and create otherness, violence, conflict, and suffering in the world.

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