Velcrow’s Calling
Or I could say, Ripping Purpose. Fierce Velcrow. There are lots of playful ways I could describe a workshop with filmmaker Velcrow Ripper. He’s the guy behind the films Scared Sacred and Fierce Light. The …
The Big Red Book
The collective unconscious. Archetypes. Dream interpretation. Many of the ideas that float around modern “New Age” thinking are derived from the musings of Carl G. Jung in his development of analytical psychology. What we commonly …
Cycles of Faith
The word Faith is often associated with strong belief and religion. For me, it long meant blindness, as in blind faith. A surrender to someone else’s vision rather than our own. But that is delusion …
Unintentional Devotion
Devotion is a word often associated with such ideas as ardent love, the path of the heart, bhakti yoga and some forms of prayer. It is often tinged with thoughts of idolatry and blind faith …
Waking Up – a poem
A budding lotus In a womb of luminous green Vibrant, happy, and comforting. The fresh white petals are so delicate And so fine, With clear drops of dew Forming and sliding down. The gentle petals …
Passion and the pot holder
Ran into this quote today in a completely different context – a design newsletter. But it seemed apropos in this context as well. “Technique alone is never enough. You have to have passion. Technique alone …
The Gita
“Even a little study of the Bhagavad Gita, like a drop of the flow of nectar, is sufficient for enlightenment.” — Shankaracharya, Bhaja Govindam 20 The Bhagavad Gita translates as The Song of God. It …
Going Cosmic
“Lord, said David, since you do not need us, why did you create these two worlds? Reality replied: O prisoner of time, I was a secret treasure of kindness and generosity, and I wished this …
More God Realization
Understanding God Realization was largely a perspective piece. Where it fits into the scheme of things. But what of experience? How does it show up? This is not something anyone can describe as it is …
Understanding God Realization from a Western standpoint
Each major change in state of consciousness tends to have a lead up, an actual shift, then a process of integration. Disintegration, growth, integration, and balance. The same process happens with all of the smaller …
This Blog
In many ways, this blog is part of my own journey. While I have a prominently perceptual path, there is a strong underflow of gyan. The draw of the intellect to understand, even in the …
The Open Mind
One of the most important things you can bring to your spiritual journey is an open mind. While a teaching is very useful for giving one a sense of how and where to put our …