Deepak Chopra in Vancouver
Last week, through a curious circumstance, I won a ticket to see Deepak Chopra speak here. It was a good seat too, up front and center. The talk was to cover the content of 2 …
Chopra Center Vancouver
One of the more interesting details about last nights talk by Deepak Chopra was that they’re opening the first branch of the Chopra Center in downtown Vancouver this winter. All of the things they’ll be …
The Seven Spiritual Laws
Many years ago, I read Deepak Chopra’s book “The Seven Spiritual Laws of Success“. Last night at his talk in Vancouver, 2 different tables had little weekly reminder fold-out cards, a day for each law. …
Opportunity
One of the more important but curious aspects of life is opportunity. Sometimes we see it but let it slip by, like the beautiful woman who smiled back. Often times we don’t see it at …
The Knowable Future
Is the future knowable? Certainly lots of people build models to try to predict economic trends, population growth, and so forth. And we can say that the future is built of the consequences of the …
Super, Natural BC
And on that theme, while not as fun, my home… http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HXqKORNdDh4 [now set Private] You gotta be here…. 😉
Inspired by Iceland
And now for something Completely Different, as Monty Python liked to say… http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=npawmHVaf-E Who knew Iceland could be so much fun… Thanks Maja 😉
Knowing Death
One of the curious things about some spiritual communities is that while they speak in great detail about higher states of consciousness, they barely touch on death. While they consider exalted states of being highly …
On Deathlessness
And yet another email, this one coincidental. Dr. David Frawley wrote an article called “On Deathlessness“. It begins: The greatest fear that all living beings have is the fear of death. The fear of death …
The Great Death
Due to recent circumstances and posts, a friend of mine sent me a link to an Adyashanti talk from 2002 called The Great Death. While the title is a reference to awakening, much of the …
Dead Ends
Most of us find certain points in our life’s journey where we face what can seem like an impossible decision. A damned if you do, damned if you don’t scenario. These can be so prominent …
The Reality of the World
In a number of spiritual texts, you read that the world is an illusion, that apparent form is just a mirage, a Maya. Yet Maya itself comes in 3 forms, not just as illusion. What …