Love is pain
For many people, love is pain. Conscious or not, they carry a story of disappointment and heartbreak. We see this backstory throughout our culture, with dysfunctional relationships portrayed as the norm. In the “new thought” …
Category: Heart
It IS Bliss
Back on Jed or Jedi, I touched on Tom Stine’s recent posts on the books of Jed McKenna. In a further post by Tom, a readers email suggested Jed makes enlightenment sound empty and boring. …
Sex and Spirituality
In a discussion on the Self Realization post, one commenter raised the question of celibacy and the spiritual path, suggesting abstinence and many years of continual celibacy were necessary for enlightenment. Until recent times, there …
Into Balance, into Fullness, into Love
In past posts, I’ve written about how in the fullness of awareness, the moments of surrender merge to become a perpetual surrender. But how is it possible to surrender perpetually if it takes many, many …
How small the Person
One way of looking at what is – Totality, wholeness, fullness, source is all. To know itself, to experience itself, it “looks”, it intends, it surrenders to itself. In that allowing, fullness collapses into a …
Fatigue
Making progress on our spiritual journey involves many factors, often out of our control. Indeed, even the idea that we have control is a barrier. (laughs) Please note that there is nothing wrong. There is …
The Living Story
Had an interesting insight this evening I thought worth sharing. In the past, I’ve talked about the Story, the shadow story of illusion that ego uses to explain the world. But it also keeps us …
Understanding the Vedas
In another discussion, I was invited to contribute to an on-line article on Sama Veda. I thought you might find the overview useful. I would not begin to consider myself an expert on Sama Veda. …
Grace
When I was young, we were involved in various summer camps and family cottage gatherings, learning a number of “campfire” songs. This was probably the basis of how I remember grace. My mother encouraged us …
Prayer of Peace
Lord, make me an instrument of Thy peace; where there is hatred, let me sow love; where there is injury, pardon; where there is doubt, faith; where there is despair, hope; where there is darkness, …
Deepest Release
It is fascinating to see the depth to which we can go with allowing, with letting it be as it is. When we first begin on the path, we are long used to doing to …
Moving
Moving home or work can have interesting effects. When I was younger and moved more often, I noticed things seemed to get better after a move. Some people study best places for a person using …