Healing Intention
Recently, I wrote about how Intention is key – practices like visualization are based on the creative drive or intention behind it. I’ve written before about Adam, the Dreamhealer. He has recently launched a web …
Guardians
I’ve always enjoyed a cartoon’s ability to capture the essence of a story, idea, or vision. Both word and picture have to be refined to an aphorism. What they call in Sanskrit a sutra, meaning …
Astonishing!
I am still regularly astonished with what happens. Many of us live in resistance to what shows up in our life. Ironically, we can be fighting what we want because it came in the wrong …
Levels of Existence
One of the things I’ve found fascinating is how the basic truths of reality can be found throughout the history of human thought: in religions, philosophies, and writings of old. Often they are encumbered with …
Noble Intention
In a recent discussion over on Takuin’s blog, several people talked of not reading spiritual books for a time. Being in a place where such concepts no longer appealed. I went through a similar phase, …
The Problem with Problems
Sometimes, problems can be a real problem. (laughs) In fact, so much so that I’ve seen people die over problems and dashed expectations. But the real problem with problems is perception. The ego has an …
The End of Evil
Recently, a rather intellectual comment showed up on a post from last year. In checking out their blog, a conversation ensued on the inclusive nature of unity and they brought up the ‘Problem of Evil’. …
The Evolution of Bliss
While I can’t say there is standard evolution in how we experience bliss, I can suggest some of the broad points. This is because the world is expressed in layers, each a reflection of the …
The Colour of the Dream
Recently I ran into another quote from the Isha Upanishad, part of the body of work known as Vedanta or end of the Veda. Veda means knowledge so Vedanta is the end of knowledge, the …
Denise Hagan
Friday night, I had the great pleasure of experiencing a livingroom concert by Denise Hagan. Her Irish roots brought out the story telling, giving background to her many moving songs. When I first spoke of …
Artists and the Future
At the end of last year, I wrote an article on the last What the Bleep newsletter. It was dominated by several articles on past lives. One of these lead to my reading and reviewing …
Unmasking Brahman
Recently, I’ve spoken of how the experience of source as emptiness or nothingness is a phase. It seems you take everything away and you’re left with nothing. But this is only due to the habit …