Welcome!

My name is David “Davidya” Buckland.

The spiritual journey brings rich rewards but also deep challenges. Our unhealed trauma can confront us. We may have mysterious experiences that threaten our sense of self and the world. Our friends can fall away when we no longer relate to them. Many changes can come on the path. But many benefits, too.

If you have questions about your experience, the nature of reality, consciousness, and the journey of life itself, you’ll find lots of articles here. I explore what it means to live life approaching, transitioning, and living in post-personal stages of development; what we often call enlightenment.

I also offer guidance if you need personal support. 

I post articles as they arise, so please subscribe to receive notifications of the latest.

This site began in 2007 and contains over 2,400 articles. These are not correct concepts or “truth” but ways of seeing the spiritual journey, oneself, and the world. Use them to support your journey, but don’t confuse a map with the road. Let your direct experience guide you.

Davidya

 

 

 

And now, the latest blog posts…

Meeting The Need

In healing work, I’ve talked about 2 arenas. There is the reactivity, the unresolved energy or emotion, the vasana. Then there is the pattern or impression, the samskara underlying the reactivity. And then, underneath that …

Self-Worth

Part of our sense of identity is a measure of self-worth. This develops when we’re young from feedback we get from others and our own certainty about self. Often, feedback is an attempt to control …

Somatic Foundations

Regular readers know I studied somatic therapy last year at The Centre For Healing. This was a movement to clear samskaras from the body to help with embodiment. Because of my nature, adaptations, and upbringing, …

The Dara Trilogy

Recently, Dara has written a trilogy on power, responsibility, and the restoration of relationships. You have the option of reading the essays or listening to her recordings. 1) Sovereignty in an Age of Shadow How …

Resolving Karma

Karma means action. According to the Yoga Sutra, the cause of suffering is grasping at events we want more of and resisting what we don’t want.  Part of the art of living is learning to …

In and Out

One way of relating to our contractions (what we’re resisting) is being inside or outside them. When we’re inside them, we see life through the lens (energy) of that resistance. Founded on a past unresolved …

Update – Missed Posts

Ah, the joys of technology. After upgrading my email provider, I installed another plugin. Its recommended settings blocked the feed for email notifications. Finally figured out the issue today.  Since On Astrology, there have been …

Human Evolutionary Models

One model of evolutionary development is “Triune Brain” theory. This suggests that our brains reflect our evolutionary development. It has three primary levels of development: 1) the innermost Lizard or instinctive brain and our stress …

Human Design

I was first introduced to Human Design many years ago, when a friend got a reader to show me my chart. The one thing I remembered from that conversation was the surprising Strategy, the way …

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