Are we all individual aspects of part of a cosmic consciousness.  

Finding your life purpose is important but not as straight forward as some will make it. Sometimes the more you search or pursue some things the less you are able to actually find what you are looking for. Ross explains that sometimes our life purpose is found behind our fears.

Ross explains the concept of Addiction as soul sickness. Soul Sickness is a predetermining factor in shamanic cultures and is usually the birth of a healer. Although many will not perceive it as such, working with other recovering addicts is essentially practicing the role as a healer. Ross celebrates 90 days free from using drugs ( one of them being alcohol) and talk's about addiction being a product of your consumer culture that's focus is on productivity.

Ross talks about what he calls The Philosophy of Personal Neutralism. The Philosophy of Personal Neutralism can be defined simply as Love. Although we do not seek battles, we do not shy away from them when they threaten our neutrality, unity, the greater good, life or the planet. The Philosophy of Personal Neutralism is simple but not easy. It is focused on maintaining balance, as balance is what the world lacks. We admit we have both good and negative tendencies. While we strive to live in the light and do good, we don't let ourselves get too full of ourselves and rise too high. We also don't let ourselves sink to the ultimate depths of despair.

Does positivity have a dark side? Absolutely.  It's actually Ross' experience that positivity can become incredibly damaging to most people.

Most of us wear masks and we don't even know it. We hide who we really are for fear of what others would think if they got to know the real us. Different situations require different masks and over time we risk becoming more of our masks than ourselves. It is only through removing our masks that we can really begin to move forward with healing ourselves and living healthier, happier lives.

Materialism is a scourge on the Earth, flattening every experience to mechanical causes at its worst and object worship at it's best. Mysticism is a cure for this but is not without its downsides as well. In the battle of Materialism Vs Mysticism, the only way to clearly win is balancing both.

How does science stand up in spiritual experiences? Ross discusses just that in objectivity Vs Spirituality. How can one be objective, and how can one be objective about an internalized experience. Ross talks about how objectivity is impossible and an outsider viewing what one perceives as a spiritual experience may be defined by our culture as mental illness.

Enlightenment 2.0 is the concept that we are in the age where enlightenment is both easier and more difficult than ever. We possess the ability to be as ignorant or as informed as we choose to be. However, this overload of information can make it difficult to find our paths as it is easy to get bogged down in the mire of misinformation.

Letting go of character defects can be difficult, especially if we don't recognize that we have any. It is common in our culture for people to assume they are the pinnacle of humanity or justify asinine behavior. The more honest you are with yourself, the easier this becomes.