What is Happiness?
If you ask the average person about happiness, they may describe excitement or thrills. Perhaps they know satisfaction from accomplishment. But this is only a glimmer of happiness. Short, passing experiences. Often, we have a …
On Compassion
We were exploring compassion in a class recently. Like mindfulness, many people have ideas about compassion and what it looks like. But often this is cognitive; compassion as a concept. Many spiritual approaches dismiss the …
Connection
Recently, I’ve had a growing awareness of karma completing in some areas of life. The unresolved part ends, leaving only memory, a neutral history. This amplifies the distinction between what happened (the past, memory) and …
Fulfillment
“Integrated is the expression of knowledge, an assembly is significant in unity, united are their minds while full of desires. For you I make use of the integrated expression of knowledge. By virtue of unitedness …
Archetypes
An archetype serves as a prototype for other things. In Jungian psychology, they describe archetypes as patterns in the collective we can draw from. For example, the hero, the maiden, or the wizard. Many personality …
The Power of Attention
There is the old saying: What you put your attention on grows stronger. This may seem abstract or New Age, but it’s a fundamental principle. If we consider that the world arises from and in …
Embodiment Post-Brahman – Interview
In my first interview with Maggie on Humanising Awakening, we discussed the stages of enlightenment and the unfolding here. In this second interview, Maggie and I discussed the process of embodiment unfolding here over the …
Reclaiming Our Power
When we’re young, we adapt to fit into our family and society. Often, those around us do not know how to calm themselves and they live with unresolved trauma. Thus, we learn how to contract …
Embodied Enquiry
Inquiry is a practice from non-dual teachings, a practice of self-discovery. It’s used to question our minds‘ habits about reality. For example, we can observe that our thoughts are experiences and are therefore content. They’re …
Susanne and Rick on Self
Some time ago, Rick Archer, Adyashanti, and Susanne Marie had a conversation I wrote about as it had some interesting distinctions in the experience of self and identity. Recently, Susanne, John Rogers, and I had …
Humanising Awakening
Recently, I told my awakening story to Maggie on the Humanising Awakening channel. I talk about the process, from learning to meditate through ParaBrahman, with lots of asides for context and variations. We’ve also recorded …
Disidentification vs Disassociation
While studying how to bring new services out, I’ve also been studying the second level of Embodied Processing. This includes Embodied Enquiry, a more somatic and embodied form of inquiry. And this study leads to …