What is the Illusion?
Over on Soul Awakens, Kris raised an important point that needs to be recognized. The illusion of self The illusion of self is not that your existence is an illusion. The illusion is the idea …
Progression
There is a concept in Vedanta that creation arises from the formless, without qualities. What causes creation to arise? We could say recognition of Self. Self aware of Itself. And what is that recognition? It …
The Soul’s Past
When I was reading When the Soul Awakens, they mentioned that past lives become remembered after soul awakening. I had not considered this before but it was true for me and a few others I …
The Good Story
As we move through the spiritual journey, who we are changes several times. This means that what we perceive changes and thus what we choose. The choice we make. For example, our relationship with the …
Bodily History
At a recent event, a number of family members ended up together. An observation was made that sometimes, when my mother is annoyed with me, she calls me by my uncles name – her younger …
Tulku, the film
Today was the World Premier of Tulku, a film about the practice of recognizing a reborn Buddhist master. Sadly, I wasn’t able to see it, yet. But I thought the description of the film was …
Shaktipat
Shaktipat is a Sanskrit term referring to energy transfer. Typically, it’s understood around a guru giving a students energy a kick. The classic illustration is the teacher tapping the students third eye. Kazap! But Shaktipat …
When the Soul Awakens
At the end of last year, I wrote an article on the final What the Bleep newsletter. It had several articles on past lives, including Knowing You’ve Lived Before by Martin Vieweg and Nancy Seifer. …
Isha, Ishaya
One of the hazards of a public forum like a blog is that some articles bring out the disappointed and the angry. People with a story to tell/vent about this or that teacher or system. …
What Do You Want?
During the Monday morning discussion on Adyashanti’s August ’07 retreat (file 1-14), they get into false dilemnas life appears to present. Seemingly impossible conflicts or decisions. “Should I be at my mothers deathbed?” “In the …
Meaning, More or Less
In various discussions of Adyashanti’s new book, The End of Your World, the points raised around the loss of meaning drew the most feedback here. I’ve begun listening to the audio of the retreat from …
Biocentrism
The most recent issue of Discover magazine has an interesting article on “Biocentrism”. The basic idea is that the physical universe is created by life or consciousness and time and space are mental constructs. As …