How to Listen
Recently, the art of correct listening has come up several times here and elsewhere. As Nirmala observed, a spiritual teachers job is to point the student at what is already present. The student’s job on …
Money Troubles
A friend of mine is struggling with debt and asked for some advice. This was the response, edited for the medium. First, it’s useful to understand a few things. For one, the nature of money. …
The Spiritual Teacher
In a few posts here, I’ve written about finding a teacher. In his latest newsletter, Nirmala quotes an article on how a spiritual teacher’s role is a little different than a regualr teacher: “In general, …
Refinement
In several places over the last couple of days, the subject of refined perception has come up. One fellow described how on a walk, everything seemed to come alive and be brighter, more 3D. Another …
Surrender
When we are in the world, we are in the field of action, of doing. We need to think and plan and act and accomplish. On the spiritual path some of the same attention is …
The Pill
Over on Beyond Happiness, Kaushik asked: “The question: What is the red pill of awakening? I can now see why I’ve lived in the “dualistic” mind for most of my life. Let’s call this the …
February
If you understand that our world arises in consciousness and is projected out then fed back through our senses, many things are much more easily understood. One of the consequences of this model is that …
Beyond Happiness
Mature cosmic awakening is typically characterized by freedom from all limitation, deep inner peace, and sustained happiness, all of which overshadow any drama that may remain in the life. Even deep sleep is not a …
Only Love
Right after I wrote Moving today, I listened to a beautifully complementary talk that was centered on Love. “Love that is emotional, sentimental, is human love, not pure Divine Love.” “All creation is born out …
Moving
What moves? What changes? There is only silent awareness, moving within Itself. Appearing as this aspect or that form due to how it is perceived, by the mind we perceive through. It is mind that …
Joy
“I slept and dreamt that life was joy. I awoke and saw that life was service. I acted and behold service was joy.” — Rabindranath Tagore
Breaking up without Breaking
Periodically here, I’ve written on the subjects of love and relationship. Posts such as Finding Love, Eternal Love Is, or Understanding the Opposite Sex. Actually, under the category of Love, there’s over 40 posts. Still …