The Value of Context
This came up in another forum and I thought it worth sharing here. Edited slightly for context. While they raise excellent points (referring to another source), the 2 or 3 worlds framework used is incomplete …
Intimacy Requires a Division
When exploring the dynamics of Unity and devotion, there’s a key concept in the Vedas known as Lesha Avidya, the faint remains of ignorance. They use the analogy of a ball of butter. After you’ve …
The Dynamics of Self
On a recent retreat, Lorne Hoff briefly mentioned the correspondence of individual and cosmic. It’s a useful note to make. As is described in philosophies like the Indian Samkhya, our personhood has a three-fold structure …
Emotional Diversity
There’s an interesting change in group consciousness that’s happened in very recent times I’ve heard a couple of people mention but which is largely unrecognised in the wider community. And yet it has made a …
Witnessing vs Awakening
There is an important distinction between when someone starts to witness and the Self Realization of awakening. I spoke to this prior on Stages of Witnessing but its worth exploring in various ways. The witness …
You Can’t Escape
Life gives us the opportunity to grow in astonishing ways, to overcome vast obstacles, and to heal the most profound traumas. But there are some things you can’t overcome or escape. We come in with …
Once…
A little joke i got today: Ego says: “Once everything falls into place, I will find peace.” Spirit says: “Find peace and everything falls into place.”
The Origins of Addiction
We tend to think of addiction as an uncontrollable need to repeat behaviours that are less than desirable. Perhaps by “addiction” we think of substance addictions, like to drugs or alcohol. Or to “impulse control” …
Life Joy
Here’s a couple of clips with Lorne & Lucia I’ve enjoyed. Life Joy: the most important thing to “get”. On YouTube Being the Now: it’s not personal On YouTube This second clip is from a …
Correction vs Evolution
The experience of living life after a well-established awakening is quite distinct. Not everyone speaks of this or even notices the change if it came gradually. Only in retrospect or in seeing someone else struggle …
Oneness Declarations
An interesting trend. Awhile back Neale Donald Walsch, author of the Conversations with God series, established a Oneness Declaration and an organization dedicated to it. Over 94,000 people have signed it now. But without the …
The 5 Elements
Early cultures the world over described basic elements or fundamental qualities of the physical world. These principles are core to many traditional practices and understanding in health, architecture, event timing, and more. Common to India …