The State of Illusion
Finally got a chance to see Austin Vickers film People vs The State of Illusion. As a former lawyer, he sets the story of the film in a trial and prison as metaphors for the …
Householder and Monk
We’ve been slowly rising out of a dark age spiritually. For some time, real spiritual progress was best achieved by withdrawing from the heaviness of the world. Thus, for hundreds of years, the most illustrious …
What Supports Happiness?
Really the question should be: What gets in the way of Happiness? Happiness is innate, it is the subjective experience of the flow of life itself. If we are alive, simply being, we should be …
What is Consciousness Published
I do almost no publicity or networking for this blog. It has grown by word of mouth and happenstance. Until recently, I blogged under an alias. A few months back, I was invited to contribute …
What do Concepts Feed?
This blog is all words. Words are symbols for concepts. “Taking concepts to be reality. That’s the basic human dysfunction that we call maya or illusion or original sin… we form all these concepts in …
Front Row Seat
Imagine you’re watching a play at the theatre. It is a vast spectacle and you have a front row seat. In fact, that play is a custom play, written and performed just for you. While …
Holy Now
There is a curious gap in western spiritual dialogue. We talk of awakening and we talk of oneness. What of the awakening heart and the unfolding of celestial perception known as God Consciousness? We have …
Souls, Groups, and Flames
An interesting discussion came up in a forum and I thought it useful to touch on a few things around souls and soul connections. Not a topic I’d want to over-emphasize, but it’s useful to …
Emotions and Energy
When I read about Non-Violent Communication (NVC) in the past, I saw it as a way to help resolve conflict between groups. I hadn’t seen it as a healing tool, especially not for self-talk. But …
Non-Violent Communication
Much of our emotional pain and struggles in life are due to unmet needs. These have developed through resistance and denial of what is and being trained that some emotions are unacceptable. This is most …
How Many Dimensions?
In a recent interview I watched, they described finer values of existence using the term “dimension.” This is a common error I’ve seen even physics PhD’s make. For example, say we call astral the 4th …