I Am
I am the Silence I am the ever awakeness I am the lively stirring flow I am the heart of God, becoming I am creation, God’s dream I am the seed of the universe I …
Laws of Nature Evolve
In the past I’ve spoken of the objective vs subjective perspective, the impersonal vs personal. How the world can be perceived as the play of laws of nature or the play of energetic beings, the …
The Progression of the Observer
A few discussions lately have raised this process. People talk of the shift to the observer, but it goes far deeper than this. – no sense of separate observer – I am the body and/or …
Half Awake
Tom Stine recently wrote a piece on being “Half Awake”, To Be Half-Awake (and Half-Asleep). While there has been an awakening or Self Realization, vestiges of a ‘me’ remain. Adyashanti says it is quite common …
Make Peace
Tom Stine posted a short and sweet post I quote below in it’s entirety. It is such an important thing. It is ending this internal battle that will end war. End suffering. End unhappiness. It …
The New Sleep
…from a recent newsletter by Neelam. The image is not discussed but is certainly a curious message. Turns out to be the album art for an Aussie musician named Ben Lee. He designed it himself. …
Charter for Compassion released
About a year ago, I blogged about a project to draft a Charter for Compassion. The world was invited to contribute, especially leaders of faiths. “Later this week millions of Muslims, Christians, and Jews will …
Waking Up is Hard to Do…
This is out of context, but I couldn’t resist. Someone should do this on awakening… http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WOrjcLJ2IE0
Introducing Silence
This began from discussion in comments at Takuins blog – The End, the Beginning. Tom Stine raised the question of a silent post, were it any shorter. Lune then introduced the Silent post. I commented …
Perspectives on the Past
Over on The End of Evil, LiberatedSelf asked about past lives. The feedback that emerged is worth sharing, edited for this scenario. “I’m kind of interested (why wouldn’t the ego be?) in getting to know …
Seeing without Believing
There is a famous saying – “seeing is believing“. When it’s our experience, we know it’s true. And this is true on one level. But it is the mechanism of illusion on another – the …