A Q&A
I’m working on a rather large article, reframing the stages model a bit. But this month has been unusually busy with family, so it’s been sitting for a couple of weeks. Meanwhile, in a non-duality …
Unity unto Brahman
In Unity we discover how deeply true it is that all we experience – ourselves and the world – arises in consciousness. And all of this flows from consciousness becoming self-aware or aware of itself. …
What is Witnessing?
There is a subject I’ve not explored quite like this before. That’s of the 3 kinds of witnessing. Many don’t notice the first kinds but they’re prevalent enough that some teachers describe a stage before …
A Day at the Park
Kostas Kiriakakis is an illustrator. In an illustrated cartoon muse, he explores the collection of Questions and Answers. Not your typical cartoon.
The Foundations of Soma
Previously, I wrote about the nadis or energy channels of the body in Foundations. This also relates directly to the chakra databanks Rose Rosetree writes about. I’d like to explore this in a little more …
The Source of Thought
Awhile back, I wrote about where thoughts come from. Some arise from physical or emotional activity, triggering activity in the mind. Some are triggered by sensory information. Some from thought activity interacting with itself. And …
Peace
In case you are unaware, tomorrow is the UN International Day of Peace. There are events happening all over the world. Some are being live-streamed in a 24 hour schedule. (PDF) They ask: Who will …
The Time of Yoga
The Yoga Sutras are a key text in our understanding of yoga, meditation, non-violence and other spiritual practices. It underlies the various “schools” of Yoga, even to modern bastardizations like “hot” yoga. The author of …
The Fear of Unity
I’ve spoken before about what is typically the last barrier to Unity – a deep fear arising in the deep past from the experience of separation from the divine. In his conversation with Adyashanti, Loch …
The Three Parts of Awakening
Recently I was on a retreat in which someone had an eventful Awakening, not unlike their personality. A subject came up in later discussions I thought it useful to go over here – the three …
The Value of a Life – Guru Dev
Periodically in history there comes someone who radiates presence so profoundly, they move a generation who go on to change the world. While the changers are celebrated, we can lose sight of the source of …
Break
I’m back from a double-header: 2 retreats with Lorne and Lucia and a short holiday in between. Hanging out with the awake on a kiwi farm by the ocean. Wonderful food, weather, and company. Deep …