Handling Mud
Spiritual practices raise our light but also move the shadows, exposing mud. When we see muddy situations coming up in our experience, we have a few choices. 1) allow the mud to arise to be …
When It’s Time
Nature works hard to fulfill all our desires. That may sound like a goofy and idealistic statement, but let’s explore. First, what do I mean by nature? Within universal consciousness, there are three aspects: the …
Grooves After Healing
I’ve spoken before about vasanas and samskaras. I wanted to share further insight. Vasanas are those unresolved experiences stored with an energetic charge. The energy comes from incomplete karma, plus further suppression that’s used to …
AWS Webcast
Something I’ve mentioned before, and on the About page, is that the awakening here happened listening to Lorn Hoff on a conference call. He’s still offering them free on Sunday evenings (Pacific time) but now …
Sensitive
Something we recognize over time is how much we’ve built up crusts and resistance to our experience of being human in the modern world. It’s like we walk around armoured up, careful about letting anything …
Ooops
A “major incident” took place at my web host early Saturday, taking down over a dozen servers and deleting thousands of web sites, including this one. Sounds like a hack. They had to do a …
Memory
Memory is a very curious thing. For example, there is a perspective in which everything that’s ever happened has been recorded. There is another perspective where nothing has ever happened. And another where everything we …
Templates
The level (kosha) of the intellect is one of relationship, also known as subtle or sacred geometry. Points of awareness create relationships that lead to geometry and structure. Sound modulates this, giving rise to form. …
On Anger
In correspondence, the topic of anger came up. Unresolved anger is a common issue for many, even if you’ve had a long practice. While the focus of this article is anger, the same principles are …
Moha, Delusion
It’s struck me how much of my old karma is directly related to past choices, often a decision to avoid something. And how so many people, even with conscious choice, will choose the dark side. …
On Anxiety
I’ve written occasionally on anxiety as it’s so prevalent in Western society. They define anxiety as uneasiness and apprehension about the future. Fear of possible change. Anxiety tells us we’re resisting. Like worry, it shows …
Transformation – Elements and Gunas
The stages of enlightenment are not a goal but a platform for living a better quality of life. Even the movement in that direction improves life, both personally and collectively. I’ve often written about the …