Genius Without
At the recent TED conference, Elizabeth Gilbert, the author of Eat, Pray, Love, spoke about genius and creativity. She mused about the impossible things we expect from creatives and geniuses, then explored the origins of …
The Primacy of Consciousness
This evening, I saw a talk by the philosopher Peter Russell called The Primacy of Consciousness. He starts us out with the typical current paradigm where consciousness is seen as present only in humans and …
Writing on Spirit
What is the value of writing about spirit, something that cannot be described? What is the value of words about reality when each of us has a unique one? When words are dead things, symbols …
Choices
Today while I was at a street vendors, I had a chat with a fellow in his ’60’s who lives off the streets. This was not obvious as he was clean and carried new shopping …
Allowing to Clear
On the recent Fear post, Uzma asked about allowing vs going into fear. It seemed useful to share the response and go into it a bit more. Many in fields such as psychology advocate going …
Fear
The mechanism of suffering is quite simple. We experience a shadow or cloud that obscures the experience of love. There is no change in the flow of love, only in our awareness or perception of …
Leap!
Take the Leap or stay asleep. Leap! is the name of a new film that opened in December to mostly spiritual venues. The filmmakers explore the idea that the world is an illusion, that your …
The Quantum Activist
Dr Amit Goswami was one of the scientists in the film What the Bleep? He spoke here at the Bleep conference a few years ago. He was also in Dalai Lama Renaissance. Recently, he published …
It’s Our Duty to Enjoy
In response to feedback, Lucia has produced a beautiful reminder for the awake. Before awakening, being watchful of the mind is an important tool. After awakening, the duty is to enjoy, to bring bliss to …
Isira
Today I came across an Aussie teacher named Isira Sananda. She is part aboriginal and clearly awake. In this blog post, she talks about the process of awakening. She speaks of the falling away of …
Endings
On the journey, there are typically a series of openings that either follow or produce a falling away. The end of the old. Periodically, such falling away has a profound effect on one’s world view …
Letting Go
Takuin has written a post on Letting Go – the difference between allowing what is – letting go of the controller, and the concept of letting go – making ‘what is’ wrong or not enough. …