The Nine Drives
On Allowing vs Indulging, I commented on Burt Harding’s newsletter on transforming Anger into Love and seeing the difference between Indulging and Allowing. That newsletter is now posted at the link above. Yesterday, I got …
Degrees of Separation
When I was young, there was a popular saying to the effect that everyone knows someone who knows someone who knows the President. (US culture rather spills over the border) This is based on the …
Quite Enough?
Eric Idle of Monty Python fame sings on the scale of things. “…So remember when you’re feeling very small and insecure, How amazingly unlikely is your birth…” The stats he uses have various scales. Here’s …
Allowing vs Indulging
Many teachers speak of the art of Allowing. Being OK with what is. Being present in the moment. Surrender. Let it be. Self acceptance. Forgiveness. Much of our life, we have learned to use effort …
Sat Chit Ananda
Sat Chit Ananda, a description of fully established enlightenment Self Realization. Literally, it means Absolute Consciousness Bliss, or in proper English, Absolute Bliss Consciousness. This is the experience even in established first awakening. We are …
Underwater unknown
The TED talks have some real gems. I’m mentioned others here before. In this talk, David Gallo shows some recent underwater footage, some from the deep sea, some from shallow waters. We’re talking Times Square …
Choice by Attention
“Each of us literally chooses by his way of attending to things, what sort of universe he shall appear to himself to inhabit.” — William James in The Principles of Psychology
Time Comes
It is interesting to see how the media is evolving. In the ’70’s, I used to explore large magazine and book shops, trolling for articles (ideas). Nowadays, while the media corporations consolidate and target lowest …
imageless
Yes, I will return to posting images with the content. I am simply working to catch up. We could say its a reflection of the silence…
The Source of Confidence
Shilpan wrote a popular article about building self-confidence, using Forrest Gump as a model. In a discussion in comments, Jean Browman drew out a point I had not considered before. From whence arises confidence? She …
10 steps to Achieving
In Self Effort, I reviewed the value of correct effort in accomplishing our goals. There is an old saying, well begun is half done. This is the key to productive action and rich results. Stepping …
All arises from Self Effort
Presently, I am reading the Yog Vasishta, a long discourse of great renown between Rama and the sage Vasishta. As is common in such books, the story is told by one sage to another about …