Some SAND Stories
Rick Archer is quite the networker. He was connecting people throughout the conference. It started long before the conference but began in person in the San Francisco airport where a group of us gathered and …
SAND Update
I’m at the SAND conference in San Jose. It’s been a very full schedule, rich with connections. There hasn’t been time for much else. I’ll be tackling comments and messages later this week. My talk …
Contact Ooops
I just discovered that the Contact form entries are not being received. Not sure when this broke but if you’ve attempted to contact me using this form in the last couple of weeks, I never …
Update
Welcome to the latest subscribers. There has been a lot going on that people are asking about, so I thought I’d post a small update. The BATGAP interview has had a largely warm reception. There …
Ecstatic Surrender
I’ve spoken here before about the layers of bliss. The bliss kosha or layer of being is already universal but as we settle deeper into higher stages of development, we shift out of experiencing ourselves …
The Transition
One of the changes people may experience with a major shift in consciousness is in the drivers of life. What used to drive us to action falls away to be replaced by something much deeper. …
BATGAP Interview Live
The Buddha at the Gas Pump interview is live on Youtube now and will be live on the BATGAP site shortly. If you didn’t see it, here’s a little context for where the interview is …
The Budai Buddha
Budai was a Chinese monk who lived in the 900’s. He is also known as the “Laughing Buddha” and is often portrayed in images and figures. In the west, he is often confused with Siddhartha …
Interview Follow-up
Above is an aerial shot of the lodge property where we enjoyed the potent retreat along with interviewer Rick Archer. The BATGAP interview took place Friday, Sept. 25 at Kiwi Cove Lodge as planned. The …
The Seeing Seer (Cognition)
Occasionally on this site I’ve touched on the nature of cognition, a form of experience where all knowledge about the object of perception is known. Not just the surface of the object facing us but …
On Channeling
In a discussion on another forum on some channeled material, I was asked what I mean by channelling and why I had issues with it. I thought it useful to share my response here. OK …
Efforting
There is a subtle but profound difference between simple acting and efforting. Hawkins called this Power vs Force. Our culture celebrates individual effort but does not discriminate between these. The result is many people trying …