Food and Addiction
I’ve occasionally explored subjects like craving and food here. Several articles have come up recently on the topic I thought interesting. Firstly, in North America, research lead to an anti-fat movement in the 1960’s. We …
The Kingdom of Heaven
Recently, I heard that the Kingdom of Heaven was mentioned 80 times in the Bible. It was a key teaching of Jesus, that the Kingdom of Heaven was within. Not in the sky, not “out …
Varna Shiksha and Sanskrit Gender
A very old text on Sanskrit grammar was found by accident, unlabelled and mis-catalogued in a university library in Mysore. Named the Varna Shiksha, it describes a number of qualities of the letters of the …
The Lords Prayer
If you’ve grown up in the west, you’ve probably been exposed to The Lords Prayer – perhaps quite regularly and for many years. The best known version is this, with only spelling updates from the …
Seeing the One through the Many
In a December conference call, Lorne made a few comments I quite enjoyed. On Self Realization “It’s something that sees itself when we stop looking.” On Unity “Through the appearance of many, the one can …
Silence Becomes
“Imagine a mass of deep silence. If it could be aware of itself what it would find would be silence. According to the laws of quantum mechanics, in becoming aware of itself, the observer (silence) …
On Reincarnation
This is from a recent discussion in another forum on reincarnation. The subject focus jumps around into other topics and back. Edited for context. When I was younger, I went through a period of questioning …
Developing Intuition
This is a response to a question about intuition in another forum. I explore how it develops. It’s edited slightly for context. Firstly, claiming to get messages from God or preaching your beliefs or concepts …
Why Bliss?
In The Power of Myth, Joseph Campbell said “Follow you Bliss.” In more detail: “Follow your bliss. If you do follow your bliss, you put yourself on a kind of track that has been there …
Metanoia
Metanoia is curious word. In psychology, it means “experiencing a psychotic “break down” and subsequent, positive psychological re-building or “healing”.” Philosophically, it means rejecting consumerism and materialism as the basis of progress. And in theological …
The Physics of Hagelin
In this interview, Dr. John Hagelin discusses current physics and consciousness and the nature of reality. He’s an award-winning physicist that has appeared in What the Bleep and The Secret films. They talk about samadhi, …
Update
When I went live, 2 short articles that were published prior did not go out to all subscribers – just some. The links to recent articles were in the newsletter but that too depends on …