The Worlds, Part 2
< Part 1 Lokas On the subject of lokas, there is a considerable mis-emphasis in interpretation of someone else’s subjective experience. Often, it turns into a debate on who is “right” when it’s just different …
The Worlds and Gayatri – part 1
Recently, a discussion brought up the Gayatri mantra and the Lokas or worlds described in some of the eastern texts. I’ve touched on the lokas before, but more from the context of layers. The world …
A Christian Perspective on Awakening
In June 2013, Francis Bennett did a 2 hour talk and Q&A at Morning Star Studios in Fairfield, Iowa. He was long a Trappist monk who explored world faiths and paths and awoke during a …
Brain, Mind, and Consciousness
This is a summary of some discussion points made in another forum on the topic of the origin of consciousness. This is one of those chicken and egg arguments. First, that consciousness is an effect …
Belief or Experience
When talking about God or angels and related topics, the discussion usually revolves around belief. One’s statements are categorized as Theist (believer), Agnostic (dubious), and Atheist (Non-believer). Militant atheists like Dawkins go so far as …
Pride and Humility
Back on the Aura Reading post, my joke about stubbornness lead to an off-line question. In sharing the response here, it evolved into something new. I wouldn’t describe stubbornness as necessarily associated with pride. It …
Karma?
In another non-spiritual forum, the idea of karma came up and some pretty poor ideas were expressed about it. I wrote an article to explain it. I’ve edited it here for context and supplemented it …
The Sacred Heart(s) (4+1)
When I was speaking with Denise Hagan after a small concert recently, I realized I’d left something off the recent article on Hridaya, the divine heart. And that is Hrit, the heart sub-chakra. For review, …
Aura Reading
Over the years on this blog I’ve talked about refined perception, the koshas or auras, and other aspects of our energetic nature. Recently I’ve been talking some about Rose Rosetree and chakra databanks. Rose has …
Mantra Use
I’ve talked here a number of times about mantras, but mainly in the context of meditation. Recently I talked some about how everything is vibration and thus Word or mantra. In the west, we see …
What is Awakening?
As I recently mentioned on Global News, we live in a remarkable time of spiritual development. Thousands of people around the world are awakening to their true nature as the cosmic Self or spirit. This …
Spirituality and Religion
“Many people are already aware of the difference between spirituality and religion. They realize that having a belief system — a set of thoughts that you regard as the absolute truth — does not make …