Surrender to Discrimination
Several recent events have reminded me of a key point worth clarifying. The spiritual path is dominated by surrender. It requires we let go of attachments, of the grasping “me”, of suffering, of whatever binds …
Deep Yoga
Last year, I did a series of articles on the Yoga Sutra, emphasizing how Yoga (union) was much more than postures. It’s also useful to be reminded that Yoga is much older than the commonly …
Layers of Clearing
Awakening doesn’t require you be perfect, totally free of stress, etc. It just requires enough, so that sufficient clarity is there for the recognition to take place, then for grace to step in for the …
More Extraordinary
“You’ll never bump into anything more extraordinary, more amazing, more mysterious than life without your idea about it.” – Adyashanti, from a recent newsletter I can add, even your life without your idea about it. …
Merciful God
[Maharishi asks himself this question] “How do you know that God has been merciful in creating Man? “God has created eternal bliss in the innermost area of Man’s personality. In the innermost region of Man, …
What is Nonduality?
Recently, this article rolled out and I thought it might be suitable for the SAND web site. I’m giving the stages talk at their conference this fall. They agreed and the article goes live next …
The Hero’s Journey
Recently I watched the film Finding Joe, an overview of the Hero’s Journey. This journey is a summation of the worlds great myths, as presented by the late Joseph Campbell. The Star Wars film series …
No-Self
I’ve written periodically about the term “no-self”. It’s a prominent term in Buddhism but its meaning is used somewhat variably in the larger spiritual community. For example, as in not-me or post ego. Or as …
Consciousness as the Ultimate Reality
Rick Archer of Buddha at the Gas Pump fame shared this article. I quite enjoyed it and asked if I could post it here. by Rick Archer At this year’s [SAND] conference I’ll be moderating …
What God Made
Once you take away most of the personal expectations and begin living life “in the flow” of the divine, your life becomes much simpler (typically) and smoother. But life can take some unexpected turns, such …
site update
I’m just migrating the site and domain to a new host. This is happening sooner and faster than expected and when both go together, there can sometimes be downtime. Should be back to normal pretty …
Exploring Consciousness @ SAND
Rick Archer is of BATGAP fame. He plans to introduce my SAND talk, and interview me September 25 for BAT. Pamela Wilson is of the Ramana linage. We are a few of dozens of speakers …