Stages or Process
From the Process Model of Awakening post, there have been several related discussion threads. Jerry Freeman and I agree that the Oneness and Emptiness threads are the same thread at different stages or from different …
Category: Consciousness
Shankara Said…
I have frequently mentioned the quote: “The world is unreal Only Brahman is real The world is Brahman” – Shankara This statement is accurate, but Jerry Freeman pointed out that there is no evidence Shankara …
Seven Factors of Awakening
I ran into a Wikipedia article on the Seven Factors of Awakening (sapta bodhyanga) from Buddhism. This is a different tradition than mine, but one that points in the same direction. I found some good …
A Process Model of Awakening
Gareth of Endless Possibilities interviewed awake scientist Pierce Salguero. Pierce has proposed a non-stages model of awakening with 4 “threads” that we might think of as styles of experiencing the process. It’s a very inclusive …
We Are
We are emanations of the Divine We are uncreated We are one We are consciousness We are cosmic, even the body We are love We are eternal We are the universe We are joy We …
Questions about Existence and Creation
Recently, a reader had some questions I thought worth sharing. I’ve updated the responses for context. Q: What is the difference between existence and creation? A: Existence is a sense created by awareness noticing itself. …
Now or Not?
Roger Penrose suggested the Andromeda Paradox because of the Rietdijk–Putnam argument from Special Relativity in Physics. 2 people are passing each other on the street. Both look up at the Andromeda galaxy at the same …
Our Natural Self
What is the Natural Self? First, let’s explore the words. Natural: a state of being relaxed, with no resistance to the present moment. We discover we are the present. Self: our sense of who we …
Embodied Enquiry
Inquiry is a practice from non-dual teachings, a practice of self-discovery. It’s used to question our minds‘ habits about reality. For example, we can observe that our thoughts are experiences and are therefore content. They’re …
Susanne and Rick on Self
Some time ago, Rick Archer, Adyashanti, and Susanne Marie had a conversation I wrote about as it had some interesting distinctions in the experience of self and identity. Recently, Susanne, John Rogers, and I had …
Disidentification vs Disassociation
While studying how to bring new services out, I’ve also been studying the second level of Embodied Processing. This includes Embodied Enquiry, a more somatic and embodied form of inquiry. And this study leads to …
How Does Perception Work?
A reader asked me about the idea that perception is the “collapse of the wave function.” Physics experiments imply the idea that attention collapses a probability wave into a specific particle, solidifying matter & perception. …