This came out of correspondence with a friend of mine, seeking understanding of newly flowering experiences after a move. Edited for context. Firstly, the environment. Some places are more “pure” or sattvic than others. This …
English has a major lack of terminology for certain stages of development. One of the key aspects of spiritual development revolves around our sense of being. Early on, we recognize I Am. I exist. More …
On a recent retreat, Lorne Hoff spoke on pure devotion. This isn’t the devotion of earlier stages of development in the awakening heart. Rather there is continuous devotion when all of creation has become recognized …
When we first hear about enlightenment, we may be inspired. But we’re likely to see it as something we can achieve or get. Perhaps we think “I can get enlightened, then all of my problems …
The Cosmic body is the body of all bodies, the one body, and functions within creation from outside our universe. It moves into our universe (which is a part of itself) through differentiation into all …
Corresponding with a friend, they mentioned being a “collective edifice of our thoughts”. I responded that I see the person more like the collective edifice of the laws of nature focused here. That leads to …
The word Cosmic comes from the word Cosmos, a word originated by Pythagoras meaning ‘order’ and ‘adornment’. “The Pythgoreans viewed the visible heavens as an ‘adornment’ of pure principles, the number of visible planets relating …
Recently, I watched Rick’s interview with Stan Grof at SAND. I realized that one of the founders of Transpersonal Psychology defined “transpersonal” not as post-personal development but as the collective unconscious which he divides into …
This is a more personal article. My younger son Sam is a prolific graphic artist. He’s completed 2 large graphic novels. For an Xmas present, he gave me a picture, below. As you might have …
When I say “Variations in Brahman” I don’t mean variations in Brahman itself but rather in how it is known. How a person shifting into Brahman knows it. At the high end of Unity consciousness, …
There is a perspective which suggests all of creation is here for That, consciousness, to know itself in more detail. How can you know something if there’s nothing? Creation is expressed to bring out the …
Consciousness flows out into both experiencer and into form as objects of experience. Then local attention (point of experiencer) flows to the objects, reflecting them back as sensing. Onto the screen of our local awareness, …