Slarty’s Wisdom
One of the funniest lines in the Movie version of Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy is this little bit of philosophy. It speaks nicely to the failings of many belief systems. While an idea may …
Seeing Death
In a discussion over on Takuin’s blog on Oneness, the subject of death came up. As an example, it was suggested death was unknowable. I suggested otherwise, which lead to this: On Death after Awakening: …
The Story
Today I was called to explain the Story briefly to someone without background in this. The essential idea is that in our evolutionary journey, there is a cycle of stepping away and a cycle of …
Follow the Love
Muse recently wrote an article on the song “Don’t Go With Your Song Inside You“. It’s evidently the song that closes Wayne Dyer’s new flick The Shift. Joseph Campbell famously said “follow your bliss“. Let …
Surrendering Enlightenment
I’ve often spoken of the surrender or allowing of the spiritual journey. It shows up in many ways, at many stages. There is the acceptance of ourselves and feelings while we clear our emotional dramas. …
Layers of the Soul
The challenge with using Sanskrit terms is that, though the meaning is often more precise, English doesn’t always have an equivalent concept. For example, I’ve avoided the term Atman as it’s understood poorly and it’s …
Mostly Eternal
An interesting bit of Sanskrit showed up recently. “Pripad Asyamritam Divi”. This basically means 3/4’s is Amrit. Amrit is typically thought to mean nectar or ambrosia, specifically the nectar of immortality. It’s literal meaning is …
Adyashanti comes to town
This week, Adyashanti was in town for 2 evening satsangs. Although I talk about him fairly often on this blog, he is one of the few such teachers that I’ve not actually met. At one …
Natural Music
Last week when I heard Rupert Sheldrakes talk, I also heard a talk by his wife, Jill Purce. While the theme of the evening was Resonance, Jill comes from a very different place than Rupert. …
Sheldrakes Habits
Last week I got a chance to hear Rupert Sheldrake speak again. He spoke of 2 competing paradigms of science in recent history – the model of fixed laws and the evolutionary model, giving examples …
Divine Relationship
In a number of spiritual and religious traditions, there is the role of Bhakti or devotion. The path of the heart. Usually, it is presented as a devotion to God or a representative of God …