Paradoxes of Perception
Back in Not Yet Enlightenment in August, I commented on Tom Stine’s blog post of similar title. Discussion there has continued in comments and it seems a point was worth touching on here. As the …
Category: Consciousness
Digesting Genpo
After yesterdays post on The Cyclic Path, I thought it would be worth exploring what further arose from Genpo Roshi’s The Path of the Human Being talk. As I noted Genpo was speaking from his …
The Quest for Peace
Isha contributed an article to the recent Bleeping Herald (from the makers of the What the Bleep movie) called The Quest for Peace. The article has a footnote that links to a short interview on …
Always Practicing
You may not have thought about it this way before, but you are always practicing. Every moment of your awake day, you are thinking and feeling and doing. The question is, what are you thinking …
Deepak on Jesus
Deepak Chopra is a man who was raised in India and educated in the west. He was a senior doctor for many years, becoming increasingly involved in the TM movement. He helped them develop an …
Isha Live
Last night, Isha spoke here in Vancouver as part of her new book tour. While largely unknown in the north, in South America where she has been teaching for a decade, thousands show up. This …
The End of Illusion
I have written here about the dream or Maya, the illusion of the world we wake up from on the journey home. With first awakening, we wake from the dream of being an individual. Then …
Imagining the 10th Dimension
One of the more curious concepts people play with is Dimensions. Coming from a place where we see the world in relation to ourselves, new values of reality tend to be described by other dimensions. …
Character is Destiny
In a discussion elsewhere, the quote “Character is Destiny” came up. This is a quote from the Greek Heraclitus. This lead to an interesting discussion on the difference between destiny and purpose. We may see …
The Primacy of Clarity
When we are clear, we understand. We feel certainty. We have emotional comfort. We allow events, however rough, to occur. We go with the flow. We are OK with what is. When we are not …
Tat Wale Baba Q&A
After his talk, some questions were asked. Previously, I ran into a short write up of the visit where some questions were noted. More were posted at the interview site. Here is a selection of …
Tat Wale Baba talk
Tat Wale Baba was a famous recluse in India. He was known as the “naked saint” as he wore only an ocher loin cloth. He was also called “the wise man of the mountains”. Tat …