Conversations with Dan
As I mentioned in Passing Contact, my friend Dan recently passed on. He had engaged in a number of on-line conversations on reality. In particular, there was a long ongoing 1 on 1 conversation on …
Passing Contact
A week ago, a long distance friend of mine named Dan died. While still a young man, he had a profound spiritual connection and was one of only a few I know who was as …
Take Care
Take care of your thoughts because they will become words. Take care of your words because they will become actions Take care of your actions because they will become habits. Take care of your habits …
Where?
Life flows Where does the river flow? we know where it’s going Why do we always ask? do we think we can control the river? do we think we need to control the river? Just …
Sinking in a Dream
The Cosmic dream bubble broke, and I sank in the sea-heart. The little bubble of my perception sank in the Infinite. I bounded over creation’s dream waves; my bosom heaved in the sea; I breathed …
What Happens?
What happens when we remember our pain and tell a story of what went wrong? What happens when we remember our joys and smile at everyone we meet? What happens when we remember who we …
The Story Tells a Story
If you’ve done any self-work to any depth, you’ve undoubtedly run into our story-telling nature. We love a good story. But sadly, we also like lousy stories, stories that bring us pain and sadness. People …
Memory Continues
Last month I spoke of the subtler values of Memory, what is called Smriti in Sanskrit. We could say consciousness is remembering itself through us. Reality is structured in the core intelligence of being. But …
The Barn Dance
Recently, my writing group had the opportunity to get pre-release copies of James Twyman’s upcoming book The Barn Dance. (September release date) I have mixed feelings about Twyman’s work. His film Moses Code was a …
Peace
“Peace is not something you wish for; it’s something you make, something you do, something you are, something you give away.” — Robert Fulghum Author of All I Really Needed to Know I Learned in …
Practice after Awakening
In reading the Yog Vasistha (slowly), I have come to the part where Rama has awakened and Vasistha is telling him the next steps. He does so by relating a story from a time he …
Change Control?
Last night, former US President Bill Clinton spoke in town. Evidently, he gave a wide-ranging talk on a number of global issues. On Haiti, his current project, he spoke in essence of the “teach a …