Update
For those who have been asking, an update on the health challenge I brought up in December. Treatment has been a long process, but yes, I’m feeling alright. This summer, the treatment peaked and I’m …
Choices
Recently, I completed reading my younger son’s latest graphic novel, another over 300 pages. It’s a tale of revenge and forgiveness, of how hate leads to endless strife while love cuts through. The pages touched …
Sentience
Artificial Intelligence (AI) has been developing more rapidly than most people realize. There are already AI chatbots like Replika that you can hold conversations with. However, these are of the programmed response variety. They’re surprisingly …
Gaining Enlightenment
This title is misleading. We don’t “gain” enlightenment. Rather, the cosmic Self or presence wakes up to itself and we shed the personal me. Losing our sense of who we are may seem a major …
Blessings
We cannot underestimate the value of a spiritual practice. Preparing the ground so the physiology can support higher stages of development is key. This benefits both this life and those that follow as development of …
Opening
One of the challenging things about a human life is that some transformations can take us through our most arduous experiences. As a teacher used to say, life’s challenges “polish the stone” and can ultimately …
On Time and Gravity
I’ve spoken before about time. Physics models time as a fourth dimension of spacetime. I agree time has some properties similar to space but also some that are quite distinct. For example, time flows whereas …
The Possessed Self
The distinctions between aspects of self have been a regular topic here. The I-sense ego (Ahamkara) is that sense of being distinct, separate from others and objects of the world. This is my hand (self) …
Before Meditation
Readers of this blog know I recommend an effortless meditation as a foundational spiritual practice. This is because it cultures samadhi, the basis of Yoga. The repeated experience of pure consciousness reveals itself as our …
The Three Qualities of Consciousness
Recently, I saw reference to a talk by Maharishi Mahesh Yogi called “The Three Qualities of Transcendental Consciousness: Unboundedness, Bliss, and the Home of All Knowledge.” Transcendental Consciousness is another term for pure consciousness, consciousness …
Experiencing the Cosmic Body
The Cosmic Body is the body of all bodies. It is a deep idea-form in cosmic mind (on the level I call creation) that is the model for our form and contains all bodies in …
The Yugas Discussed
I’ve mentioned the Yugas or ages in various articles. These mark the rising and falling of collective consciousness in the seasons of time. I summarized the Yukteswar interpretation of their timing previously (see comments there …