The Three Parts of Awakening
Recently I was on a retreat in which someone had an eventful Awakening, not unlike their personality. A subject came up in later discussions I thought it useful to go over here – the three …
Category: Consciousness
The Worlds, Part 2
< Part 1 Lokas On the subject of lokas, there is a considerable mis-emphasis in interpretation of someone else’s subjective experience. Often, it turns into a debate on who is “right” when it’s just different …
The Worlds and Gayatri – part 1
Recently, a discussion brought up the Gayatri mantra and the Lokas or worlds described in some of the eastern texts. I’ve touched on the lokas before, but more from the context of layers. The world …
A Christian Perspective on Awakening
In June 2013, Francis Bennett did a 2 hour talk and Q&A at Morning Star Studios in Fairfield, Iowa. He was long a Trappist monk who explored world faiths and paths and awoke during a …
Brain, Mind, and Consciousness
This is a summary of some discussion points made in another forum on the topic of the origin of consciousness. This is one of those chicken and egg arguments. First, that consciousness is an effect …
What is Awakening?
As I recently mentioned on Global News, we live in a remarkable time of spiritual development. Thousands of people around the world are awakening to their true nature as the cosmic Self or spirit. This …
Spirituality and Religion
“Many people are already aware of the difference between spirituality and religion. They realize that having a belief system — a set of thoughts that you regard as the absolute truth — does not make …
A Compulsion to Recreate the Past
A long while back, I wrote a bit about Eva Pierrakos, a channel who brought out Pathwork in the 50’s through 70’s. I’ve only read a little of the material but found it quite insightful. …
Mantra and the World
As readers of this blog know, I recommend an effortless mantra meditation rather than one using concentration or similar. This is because a mantra is a sound with known effects. If we try to use …
Hridaya, the Divine Heart
In a number of ways, I’ve talked about the progression of higher stages of consciousness here. How Self Realization unfolds into Unity or Oneness. I’ve spoken about the post-personal stages of development, about the descent …
Intention in Meditation
The foundation of Yoga, indeed the foundation of spiritual practice is mantra meditation. Why? Because it’s the most reliable way for regular contact with source, with our own pure being. As regular readers know, I …
Foundations
I wanted to clarify our understanding from the foundational structure of the form of our personal existence – the foundations of our mind, emotions and body. Our energetic DNA we might say. Consider this a …