The Coverings
We can also view the awakening process as the gradual removal of coverings or veils. While there can be various specific hindrances to deeper sensing like the noise of unresolved emotions, there are 2 broad …
Degrees of Presence
Seems I’m on a scales thing these days… While everything we experience originates in the dynamics of consciousness, how much of that is embodied in form varies widely. For example, simple objects like rocks are …
Perspectives on Awakening
From the perspective of a person waking up, there is a falling away of a sense of individuality and a “waking” to our cosmic or universal Self. Hence it is called Self Realization or Cosmic …
The Dalai Lama’s Atlas of Emotions
Recently, a friend sent me news of a unique collaboration. The Dalai Lama had asked an American scientist to help him form an Atlas of Emotions. Dr. Paul Ekman surveyed scientists in related fields the …
Stages of Brahman
Of course, Brahman doesn’t have stages. But we do typically experience stages in the unfolding of Brahman. I’ve mentioned before how there are process similarities between the Brahman (BC) shift and Self Realization (Cosmic Consciousness …
Stages of Refinement
Readers of this blog know I talk about the refinement process in parallel to the awakening and unfolding of consciousness to itself. Our first order is the transformation of tamas guna (inertia) into sattva (clarity, …
Knowing, Before and After
This post is a little more exploratory, looking for language. In a recent Livestream talk, Lorne Hoff made a brief comment I found quite insightful. “The creator of the creator… she doesn’t want to be …
Depth of Surrender
In considering a different article, I realized there was a way to describe layers to the process of surrender. Similar to the process of consciousness unfolding to itself, there is 2 intertwined processes. One is …
On Appearances
The world is an appearance, Maya. Some would say it’s an illusion. Or it’s the divine play, Lila. Or it never happened in the first place. Or it’s the flow of divine nectar. These are …
On Samadhi
Samadhi is a Sanskrit term from the Vedic tradition that describes pure consciousness or pure being. Turiya (the fourth) or transcendental consciousness are other terms used. Samadhi comes from the roots: sama = evenness and …
The Value of Practices
I’ve written a few times on the value of a practice. Like this from Rumi. Or a discussion of Grace vs Practice for awakening. Recently, I was reading a commentary on the Bhagavad Gita 8:9 …
Death of a Yogi
Recently I was reading a commentary on Chapter 8 of the Bhagavad Gita (Song of God). The chapter is called The Yoga of the Imperishable Absolute. One topic was the nature of death for a …