Update
Apologies for the lag in posts. I have begun a book project, combining the content from the project in 2007 with more recent material and other sources. That is then divided out into more modest …
Understanding God Realization
To explore God Realization in our culture, first you have to surmount our deeply embedded ideas about “God”. For one, they’ll be the initial do believe/ don’t believe/ don’t know. As if deity has something …
Healing the Animal
There’s an aspect of spiritual awakening that is not always talked about. The process of awakening is a movement to total integration. This means not only awakening to our higher spiritual selves but to our …
Who is Doing, Anyway?
Recently, I received the following question. The answer seemed worth sharing. Just read your post Wisdom Intention. Intention implies wanting and in turn doing. If this is true, who is wanting and doing? How does …
Enlightenment will make it Better
In a discussion in another forum a couple of weeks ago, the idea that Enlightenment will fix our broken selves came up. What you have to remember is that this business of “living up to …
The Roots of Relationship, Part 2
Part 1 People thus show up in our life for 2 reasons. The first is to help us come to balance. To purify or complete things we may have held together. Perhaps we have an …
The Roots of Relationship, Part 1 of 2
Starting a new relationship can be a wonderful time. But beginnings can also be a little bumpy. Understanding the dynamics can help to avoid the pitfalls and establish a deeper connection. There are 2 aspects …
Awakening the Body
We tend to think of enlightenment as an abstract future promise. A place where the transcendent peace we’ve experienced becomes an ongoing reality. Where we find an inner freedom. This place is known as Moksha …
To Battle and Surrender
“God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference.” — Reinhold Niebuhr, American theologian, 1892-1971 That classic …
Wisdom Intention
Intention is the driver of all things in the world. It brings everything into our life and propels us forward. But there are, we could say, 2 kinds of intention. There are the intentions that …
What is Enlightenment?
Takuin recently responded to the question What is Enlightenment? on his blog. His answer is excellent. “Enlightenment is limitless expansion within a limited field.” “The limited field is this physical world we all live within. …
The 4 Immeasurables
In Buddhism, they say 4 things will make the mind immeasurable. Brahma-Vihara is the 4 apramana or Immeasurables. Also known as the 4 virtues or most sublime attitudes. They are: Metta – loving-kindness Karuna – …