The Illusion of Consciousness
In the process of shifting from being a me, identified with a body-mind, and becoming Atman, the cosmic Self, there is a series of stages. I typically describe this in terms of stages of development …
Category: Consciousness
Exploring the Nature of Consciousness
I quite enjoyed this clip with some of the speakers for next months SAND conference in Italy, an attempt to bridge science and spirituality. As mentioned prior, I’ll be speaking at the larger SAND conference …
The Risen Christ
I heard a talk last Sunday on Palm Sunday and Easter. The talk of the risen Christ reminded me of how some people use the term Ascension. It’s a word I generally avoid as people …
NonDuality and the Divine
A friend of mine raised a series of reasons why he felt someone who considers themselves a “nondualist” in modern thinking might object to the Guides and Awakening video done by Kristin Kirk that I …
InterSpecies Communication
When we communicate with animals and plants, it’s not about about the physical. It’s not the body language and it’s not the words. Other species don’t use English or Spanish and body language can have …
Resolving Problems
I’ve written before on very practical ways of solving problems. I’d like to take a more energetic look at the subject because sometimes the problems are showing up due to how we’re being internally. For …
Four Kinds of Happiness
In a recent article on Huffington Post, they mention: “In his book Learned Optimism, Martin Seligman, a leading authority in the fields of Positive Psychology and resilience who studies emotionally successful lives, identifies three distinct …
Memories Are Made Of
“When you remember a past event, you are actually remembering the last time you remembered it, not the actual event. ” (unknown) As various experiments have shown, our memories tend to evolve over time. The …
On Guides and Awakening
In this talk on Guides and Awakening, healer and spiritual teacher Kristin Kirk talks about their role in her own shift and how this is not contrary to non-duality. She uses the word “Guides” in …
The Value of Context
This came up in another forum and I thought it worth sharing here. Edited slightly for context. While they raise excellent points (referring to another source), the 2 or 3 worlds framework used is incomplete …
Intimacy Requires a Division
When exploring the dynamics of Unity and devotion, there’s a key concept in the Vedas known as Lesha Avidya, the faint remains of ignorance. They use the analogy of a ball of butter. After you’ve …
The Dynamics of Self
On a recent retreat, Lorne Hoff briefly mentioned the correspondence of individual and cosmic. It’s a useful note to make. As is described in philosophies like the Indian Samkhya, our personhood has a three-fold structure …