The Book Box
When my first box of books arrived near the beginning of the month, I decided to take a picture of it. I discovered an interesting lighting effect and took a short video, also offered at …
Rick Ties It Up
As Monty Python used to say “And now for something completely different…” By request, here’s a video of Rick Archer demonstrating shoe tying techniques. It repeats in slo-mo. We’re waiting for tables to be gathered …
Some SAND17 Stories
This months Science and Nonduality conference in San Jose, CA was a different experience from 2015. Two years ago, we started with a large panel and spent much of the conference together. This year, 6 …
The Wisdom of Heartbreak
A friend of mine sent me this video by Michael Rodriguez. I’ve spoken similarly about the 2 kinds of love and the opening of the heart but I enjoyed his wording. I agree that the …
Balanced Enlightenment
Well-established Self Realization (Cosmic Consciousness) is known as Sat Chit Ananda or Absolute Bliss Consciousness. Why? Because those are the key markers of the state: Established in the absolute, established in Self (consciousness), and established …
Emerging @ SAND17
More info SAND17 My talk and panel Adyashanti, whom I’ve written about regularly, is also a featured presenter.
Our Natural Potential Officially Launched!
Our Natural Potential is officially available everywhere today, Wednesday October 11. Those of you who pre-ordered the Kindle version should see it show up on your Kindle. Print and other ebook pre-orders will now ship …
A Common Barrier to Unity
In the book Conversations with Maharishi, Vol. 1, Vernon Katz has transcribed some of the side conversations he had with Maharishi Mahesh Yogi while they were translating the Brahma Sutra in the late 1960’s. (p …
The Last Surrenders
Just as we’re composed of body, emotions, mind, intellect and ego individually, so too are we structured this way cosmically. Some cultures refer to the cosmic aspects as gods. The I-sense for an individual person …
Space and Time in Consciousness
I’ve spoken before about how space and time are both nested. The space of our universe is nested in the space of creation, for example. Our inner world may seem to be within the outer …
Awakening The Body
As I wrote about back on Melting the Body, the process of purification and clarity moves from our becoming a good reflector of consciousness into the mind, senses, emotions, then physical body. Enlightenment is just …
Listening to Someone Awake
After someone awakens, they begin to notice the difference between speaking from the mind and speaking from deeper within. Sometimes we notice silence speaking through us, perhaps saying things we didn’t know personally. Of course, …