A Map of Embodied Awakening
Recently, I was reminded of an article by CC Leigh. I’ve read some of her work over the years and always enjoyed her perspective. She’s a teacher in Trillium Awakening (previously Waking Down). Also a …
Category: Consciousness
The Trinity in Tantra
Kavitha Chinnaiyan posted about Tripura on Facebook. She is an MD and teacher in a non-dual lineage of tantra. “The primordial principle of Śrī Vidyā is Tripura – the three-fold, which refers to the supremacy …
The Soul
A recent discussion on the soul led to some points I may not have shared here. At a very deep level, qualities of the Divine interact to become self-aware and global consciousness emerges as a …
What is the Subconscious Mind?
In a recent Embodied Processing class, the instructors described our body as the subconscious mind. While I find this a little imprecise, they went on to explain that this is because our body is an …
What is Embodied?
When I talk about the move here to more physically embody the opening, it’s useful to ask – what is being embodied? We can embody our identity, drama, and/or suffering. We can embody various levels …
The Duality of the Heart
While we may experience the heart as unitive, its fundamental nature is a polarity, a relationship. Love flows from one to another, uniting duality. This reflects the nature of consciousness to flow from observer to …
The 26 Qualities Discussed
Gareth really liked my The 26 Qualities of the Liberated post, so he and Eva had a 2-part discussion about them. Remember that awakening itself is instant: the Self recognizing ItSelf. However, the integration and …
Dead or Alive
We can imbue things around us, including objects, sounds, thoughts, and emotions, with other qualities. We can read their natural qualities, like produce in a grocery store or the flavours of emotions rolling through us. …
Who Am I?
Stephen Chang has written a 3-part series on “A Journey into Awakening,” ‘Who Am I’ in the different stages of the process. While he frames some things slightly differently from how I do, he writes …
Where Are We Speaking From?
In the ancient Vedic tradition of India, they described 4 levels of speech: Vaikhari: Spoken or voiced Madhyama: “middle one”, mental speech, the monkey mind Pashyanti: the first impulse, fine feelings, intuition, flow Para: being, …
Delusion
Delusion is a byproduct of the ignorance of our true nature. When we don’t know who we are, we build our discrimination on an identified ego. The ego has an agenda to be right, even …
Spiritual Lunacy Interview
In this podcast, I’m interviewed by Nandita. We discuss terminology, transcending, karma, integration, awakening, enlightenment, subtle beings, and the collective. On Spotify She tells me it’s also on Amazon, Google, Reason, and more. Enjoy! Davidya …