A Conversation with Eva
Recently, Eva Muller and I had a conversation about the stages of enlightenment, exploring various nuances of the process. We started with an overview of the process. Then we went into witnessing and Self Realization. …
Validation
For the average person, our mind runs the show, getting most of its information about the world from the senses and memory. Because the identified mind is focused this way, we look outside of ourselves …
The Puzzle
When we’re working on a project, the process of creation can be like assembling a puzzle. For example, publishing a book requires writing, editing, cover design, page layout, ebook conversion, ISBN, setting up a web …
Truth Has No Sides, Second Conversation
I had two interviews with the Truth Has No Sides podcast in August. The first interview went up in September. We explored some of the spiritual journey and various related topics. In this second interview, …
Rising vs Descending Awakening
Recently, I saw a talk on rising vs descending awakening. They classified a lot of religious and spiritual approaches as rising awakening – up and out. This is more masculine and mental. Heaven & God …
Eva’s Stages
Healer Eva Müller posted an article talking about the stages of enlightenment, as reflected in her own journey. It’s a bit different from the model I use, but much of this is common variations in …
Inner Relationship Focusing
Inner Relationship Focusing is the name of an awareness technique for emotional healing and accessing “positive life-forward energy.” Ann Weiser Cornell and Barbara McGavin developed it from their own client practice and the Focusing work …
Our Greatest Resource
Our culture often focuses on money or material things. Many are in a fear of survival or having enough. But we can’t take any of the content of our life with us. What lasts is …
Listening
One issue with living in a mind-dominated culture is that many never gain the art of listening. When someone is sharing with us, we’re often in the mind thinking about what we’re going to say …
The Shadow of Money
In recent correspondence, some points came up worth sharing. Some people talk about dark beings (or malevolent aliens) controlling money. This comes out of a fear-based perspective that is personalized, in seeing laws of nature …
Rumi on Death
I Died as a Mineral I died as a mineral and became a plant, I died as plant and rose to animal, I died as animal and I was Man. Why should I fear? When …
Interfaith Bot
As regulars here know, last year I added a search bot to this site, hosted by ServiceSpace. This helps search through the over 2,300 articles here to answer questions with a conversational-style response. Recently, ServiceSpace …