Practical Oneness
Recently, I heard another talk by Constance Kellough. In this talk, she spoke of Oneness, a term exemplified by the heartfelt name of her company, Namaste Publishing. She spoke of how karma was not retribution …
Category: Books
Enlightenment East and West
Recently, I became aware of a book by local philosopher Leonard Angel. It’s called Enlightenment East and West. I’ve not had a chance to read the book but did go over it. He covers a …
Sheldrakes Habits
Last week I got a chance to hear Rupert Sheldrake speak again. He spoke of 2 competing paradigms of science in recent history – the model of fixed laws and the evolutionary model, giving examples …
The Leap
Last weekend, I heard a short talk by Constance Kellough. Constance was once a management consultant with a private spiritual practice. She felt that inner restlessness, then realized she wanted a group practice or sangha. …
The Dao
Recently, I’ve seen a couple of books on the Tao Te Ching, originally written by Lao Tzu some 2,500 years ago. Just 81 short verses, it is widely translated in many versions. The 2 versions …
The Shadow Knows
In the opening of Within Bliss, I joked about the ‘spiritually positive’. Some New Age and New Thought communities are rife with ‘Think Positivists’, the idea that if you think happy you’ll be happy. Now, …
When the Soul Awakens
At the end of last year, I wrote an article on the final What the Bleep newsletter. It had several articles on past lives, including Knowing You’ve Lived Before by Martin Vieweg and Nancy Seifer. …
Meaning, More or Less
In various discussions of Adyashanti’s new book, The End of Your World, the points raised around the loss of meaning drew the most feedback here. I’ve begun listening to the audio of the retreat from …
Emotional Style?
Recently I read an overview of Emotional Alchemy, a book by Tara Bennett-Goleman. The review was rather poor, simply listing the “emotional styles” without any further background or links. “Emotional styles” are essentially styles of …
Awakening and Motivation
As readers of this blog know, I like to explore different ways of seeing the awakening process. Although the process is broadly consistent, how it is experienced and the terminology one might use varies widely. …
Secrets of Success – Addendum
Lists from part one. Richard St. John found 8 common factors: 1) Passion – for love, not money 2) Work – it’s hard work but fun when in passion. “Workafrolic” 3) Good – get good …
Secrets of Success, Part 1 of 5
One of the curious things about life is that success and happiness are it’s nature. The very function of it’s movement through our lives. Yet while many of us live a life, we find happiness …