Q: Jed McKenna is a “Buddha” I need to “kill”. Read everything of his for over a decade and I'm starting to see how his message falls short so it may be a good time, but how do I do it?

A: The instinct to “kill your Buddha” is healthy, but how you do it matters. People often get sideways on this one and think they need to pathologize the teacher.

McKenna isn’t a problem for you because he’s wrong. He’s a problem because he’s become a structural reference point, a compass, a voice in your head that still tells you what’s real and what is…