The Song of the Brain
Many people associate their mind with their brain. Their thinking self with the physical mass in the upper skull. But the physical brain is more like a receiver. Like a portable radio, tuned to your …
A Secret of Manifestation
An off-line discussion lead to a few interesting points worth touching on. There’s a little trick to making things happen that’s useful to know. The mind doesn’t always differentiate between a dream, a memory and …
Pure Intention
Pure intention is best described as a wave or vector of intelligence. A clear intent. As it moves into mind, we experience an idea or concept, an inspiration, a focus. Into emotions, a desire, wish …
Behind all Pain is Happiness
During a recent discussion on Shared Vision and Untethered Perception, a key point came up. That behind all pain or suffering is pure happiness. I’ve touched on this in several prior posts such as Clearing …
What is Consciousness?
In 2004, an unusual film was released called What the BLEEP do we Know? It was a series of interviews with various scientists and philosophers, told over a dramatic back-story. The theme was what modern …
Seer and Seen
In a discussion on Reframing Emotions, personal vs. impersonal perspectives arose. Seeing with the heart vs. seeing with the intellect. I’ve spoken of this a number of times, both on it’s role in the awakening …
Untethering Perception
In a discussion over on Shared Vision, some questions came up that drew out an answer worth posting. Is attention tethered perception? Does having an intention also create a tethering…? Can there be layers of …
Boundless Faith
Humans are at root social creatures. We have a need to relate and to belong. Thus, the popularity of social media on-line. The neighbourhood pub or cafe. Gathering together for celebrations, sports, and memorials. For …
Reframing Emotions
For many people, there are “good” emotions and “bad” emotions. Good emotions “make” us feel better, bad emotions “make” us feel worse. (“make” only because we identify with them as “mine”) As we’ve been discussing …
Success vs. Control
In a recent correspondence with a reader, I was asked how it is that some “spiritual” teachers talk of success, mastering the mind, and motivation, while others like Tom Stine speak of having absolutely no …
The Medium is Consciousness
I find it quite interesting how some articles will flow out completely differently than first intentions or original notes. For example, Fixing Negative Emotions was just going to be a compilation of some email correspondence. …
Fixing Negative Emotions
In a recent correspondence with one of the readers of the blog, I was asked how to change or fix negative emotions. They feel they had done the work but were still catching themselves responding …