Dear friends,
Today is my birthday, and I have a birthday wish for those of you with a couple of minutes to spare.
Some of you have followed my work for a while and will have noticed the changes it’s gone through in the last couple of years. These include new formats (podcasts, livestreams, a newsletter, etc.), new platforms (Substack, Patreon), a digital product (the Shadow Workbook), and exclusive benefits for channel supporters.
Some of these experiments have been more successful than others, and I’ve learned a lot from all of them… But now it’s time for some reflection, and for decisions on where to go with my work.
That is why, on the occasion of my birthday, I want to initiate a rebirth of SEEKER TO SEEKER. I already have a few ideas on what to change, what to return, and what to abandon. But before I set course, I would love to hear your feedback.
The distance you have from this work (and your own experience of it) is something I can’t reproduce from the inside. Any feedback and constructive criticism will be precious to me, and will help shape the future of SEEKER TO SEEKER.
I have created this anonymous, 5-minute form for you to share your thoughts on my work.
I will read every response, and I will share what I’ve learned—and my decisions—in the coming weeks.
Thank you for all the support, inspiration, and feedback you have already given me. I would not be able to do this work without you, and walking this path with you is the privilege of a lifetime.
With love and gratitude,
Simeon
Focus on your strengths, which should be the subject or subjects that come most easily and naturally to you. In teaching, take the position you wish others to know and pull them toward you. Do not try to push them there from behind them.
My reading of your posts tells me that position is mainly in Buddhist expressions. There is a world of complexity in Buddhism, owing to (if I may) the structure of Tibetan Buddhism that offers a university-like structure of different schools, with each school an exercise in deconstruction of the tenets of that school.
Simplify this complexity of schools in your own words, focusing more on the principal concepts and anti-concepts, and less on the lesser provisional methods. Use your language and visual skills to convey to people the core or the heart of wisdom. Mention in passing, the provisional school-specific differences as such, and not necessarily as the schools themselves mention these things in order to differentiate themselves from one another.
Focus on clarity and directness.
For example, at the common level of understanding, there seem to be great differences between Advaita and Mahayana. But at the core of both of these great traditions it is easy to see how Mahayana evolved from Advaita, and also to see how Advaita has changed because of Mahayana. In spite of the differences between these two, there are significant overlaps in shared primary texts and concepts. Translate these similarities into the language of the culture you wish to serve; notice but do not dwell on irreconcilable differences.
> Take the position you wish others to know and pull them toward you using their own words and insights. <
Wishing you a very Happy Birthday 2026, and Birthday Week as well as goodness with each incoming day, Simeon. Much appreciation and admiration for all you offer us, nurturing our lives as you evolve in your own.