The Pout
Earlier I posted on Expectations and the root of suffering. As we begin to see through the illusion and see the stories playing out in our life, it can sometimes be a little surprising. As …
The Real Dream
Whats a real dream, you may ask? Look around. Thats a real dream, a dream that seems real. If you have followed my posts here, you may find it a little confusing. On the one …
Expectations = Suffering
I’ve talked here about expectations. Also about being present, in the moment. Essentially, our mind has a tendency to be attached to certain results. We desire and crave certain things. Desiring is natural, it is …
Maxwell not Maxwell?
James Clerk Maxwell wrote a series of equations that defined classical electromagnetism, establishing the properties of electricity and magnetism and that light was an electromagnetic wave. The individual equations bear the names of others, all …
Aliens Are My Brother
So says Father Gabriel Funes, director of the Vatican Observatory. The search for forms of extraterrestrial life, he says, does not contradict belief in God. And some aliens could even be free from original sin, …
David Lynch on the creative flow
A short interview with the filmmaker David Lynch on enhancing the creative flow and the role of consciousness as the container and meditation as the tool. Lynch has recently been touring the world with Donovan …
The One Truth
I talk a lot on this blog about perspective and reality. I harp a lot about what is true or real because a lot of people don’t quite grasp what these are. We are in …
What is the sub-conscious?
Once again over at Tom Stine’s blog, we discussed this question – what is the sub-conscious and does it actually exist? Certainly there are many theories about it. And some experiential details. For example, its …
Solving all problems
“The problems that exist in the world today cannot be solved by the level of thinking that created them.” — Albert Einstein * see comments He made this same statement several different ways. He also …
Stop, Look, Listen
Over at Tom Stine’s blog, the discussion about thoughts continues. To a client he said “You will discover, if you are open to it, that much of what goes through your head, your thoughts and …
Living the Dream
The world we live in is all a dream. There is no “out there”. Everything is “in here”, but that inner is a much bigger inner than our heads. It is an inner than encompasses …
The Usurper
The ego identity is quite the cunning fox. It will take anything that comes up – events, feelings, thoughts, and intuitions – and bend them to suit its story. The ego loves doubt as that …