Clearing the heart
One of things that the recent history of eastern teachers coming to the west has left out is healing the heart. In eastern cultures, there is more community and a greater focus on relationship. In …
Ripe for Waking
Many people are very ripe for waking and waking up is now very easy. The problem for many long term on the path is that they are seeking their ideas of what enlightenment is. They …
Judith Orloff
Judith is a highly intuitive Psychiatrist I met in Vancouver about a year ago. She gave a presentation on empathy and empathics. Recently, she has been releasing a series of short videos on YouTube. “I’ll …
Fullness and Resistance
In recent explorations of the human growth and development cycle, it became apparent to me that each stage of the growth spiral requires a release. A letting go. Letting go of the group to become …
Adya on completion
“There is a saying in Zen, “When the realization is deep, your whole being is dancing.” For realization to be complete it has to hit on 3 levels – head, heart, and gut. You can …
Tolle on being
“To offer no resistance to life is to be in a state of grace, ease, and lightness. This state is not dependent upon things being a certain way, good, or bad. Watch any animal and …
Relationship
A key part of our experience of the world is in relationship. Relationship with lovers, parents, children, co-workers, and friends. And more importantly, relationship with ourselves. Who we conceive ourselves to be and how we …
Embedded Intention
Inherent within all life and laws of nature is Intention. Directed consciousness. Energy with direction. “[T]here’s a kind of intention, a kind of goal-directedness inherent in the very nature of life in the most fundamental …
Fine-tuned universe
Having a really interesting discussion with a friend of mine about sciences supposition that energy somehow produces order, based on things like fractals that reveal order within disorder. “In fact, if the time frame is …
Eckhart Tolle on health and Self
Eckhart Tolle A potent article on how our inner relationship with ourselves affects health and aging. With exercises. http://commonground.ca/iss/0708193/cg193_eckhart.shtml
Lipton and Sheldrake meet
Here is a participants response to a recent Axiom conference in Seattle with Bruce Lipton and Rupert Sheldrake: “A paradigm shift can only occur when there’s an alternate model provided,” said Rupert Sheldrake at the …
Alchemy of Abundance
Rick Jarow gave a presentation on his Alchemy of Abundance at the Planetarium last Sunday at SCDL. I was not able to make it, but here are a friends notes: The 3 steps to the …