Getting it Straight
We carry so many habits of mind… As we move along our spiritual journey, circumstances bring various habits of thinking to the surface to be seen. Some habits are good ones. To be nice. To …
Clearing Clarity
Sometimes, we can be disturbed by surfacing emotions. Or a sense of something being unresolved, incomplete. A shadow is cast over our day. We may even notice physical sensations. This is something we just allow. …
Peace Pandemic
INNER PEACE SYNDROME by Saskia Davis, R.N. First identified 25 years ago, the INNER PEACE SYNDROME is sweeping nations, worldwide. Insidious and highly contagious, it creeps silently through societies, infecting one heart at a time. …
Practical Maya
In the past, I’ve written about the 3 forms of Maya, the dream of the world. When inertia (tamas) is dominant, Maya presents a covering. It hides. When activity (rajas) is dominant Maya is the …
The Bestest Present Ever
I’d like to give you a gift. The best present you’ll ever have. But it’s not something I can give you because you already have it. But perhaps I can point it out to you. …
2009 Gone
Another year gone as we cross a conceptual boundary. The New Year is not a natural point of change, like Spring or Winter. It is simply the point at which the calendar turns over a …
New Years Intentions
This is the time of year when many people write New Years Resolutions, goals for the year that often soon fade. This fading part illustrates a weakness in the resolution. We may get into blaming …
Discipline and Freedom
Tom Stine has written a new post, Discipline and Freedom, basically on how to get through the maze of techniques of awakening. I’ve said some similar things in a little different way. Worth a read. …
Everything Wakes
There is an interesting aspect of awakening that is not too often covered. Awakening is not about what you or I are doing, it’s what everything is doing. Everything wakes. Of course, it’s not possible …
Coming Home
Some describe the experience of the spiritual journey as a coming home. This is surprisingly literal. Maharishi Mahesh Yogi used to use the phrase “mother is at home” to describe the security one felt in …
Habits of Ignorance
The mind is a habit machine. That’s how we learn to ride a bike, drive a car, and read. But it’s also how we respond automatically and inappropriately to some circumstances. Like learning to spell …