5 Love Languages
Recently, I read a book that I found unexpectedly potent so I thought I’d share it with you. I’d heard the term “love language” but didn’t really have much context. Then, while visiting a friend’s …
A Certain Future
In the second, or rather 5th Star Wars film, there’s a great exchange between Yoda and Luke: Luke: I saw – I saw a city in the clouds. Yoda: [nods] Friends you have there. Luke: …
Concepts and Reality
As this blog has lots of concepts batted around, I though this quote from Ram Das would be a good reminder. Most concepts tell only one-half of a Yin-Yang totality. For example, let’s take the …
The Living Universe
I don’t know anything about Eligio or his Imagery process but I thought this experience was quite interesting. “…I then felt myself being whisked off into the cosmos, further and further, beyond the sun, beyond …
Simple, Simple
I’ve talked before about simplicity. At its essence life is simple. It will always take the most simple, direct and efficient route to get the job done. Thus, if we are seeking the right solution …
The Bad Ego (not)
There’s an important point about ego that came up in correspondence. In many spiritual circles, people demonize the ego. Even if the teacher doesn’t, the tendency is still there. Seekers tend to feel bad about …
Where stories surrender sweetly
Generally, when I quote other blogs, I just excerpt them and link to the rest of the content. But poems lose something if you break them up. Here is one, intact, from Ameeta Kaul. We …
Remembering Dharma
In the past when I’ve spoken on Dharma, I generally translated it as Purpose. For example, in the traditional 4 Levels of Purpose (Universal, community, life period, and personal). However, on a deeper level, Dharma …
The River Flows
Life is like a flowing river. This is because life is, in essence, the flow of awareness. The flow of attention by wholeness and all those points of focus, of us, within that. We experience …
Why Yogi’s Don’t Meditate
I’ve written here periodically about the key value of meditation in any spiritual journey. Without a systematic way to connect to our source within, our journey can be superficial and more conceptual than spiritual. While …
I am That
Please excuse the long lag. The studies continue. But i thought you might enjoy this little story. I have no idea of it’s source or validity. But it amuses. Long ago in India a mighty …
Sleep vs Inertia
Getting enough rest is key if we’re going to enjoy life consistently and have good experiences in our spiritual practice. With the availability of the electric light, we have the choice to stay up and …