Past Past
In another forum, I was asked how you know a memory is a past life and not imagination or perhaps resonating with some general past event. I’ve spoken on this subject here before, but thought …
Category: Consciousness
Conscience to Consciousness
In human growth and development, we follow a track some suggest reflects our evolution as a species. In the terminology of Loevinger’s Ego stages, we go through Symbiotic, Impulsive (terrible 2’s) and Self-Protective stages as …
Global News
While the media is full of current events, they are often oblivious to the larger trends underway. One item they miss is that thousands of people are awakening spiritually. This is astonishing news. The more …
Energy Modalities
Back in a discussion of Yugas, I noted that by Yukteswar’s calculations, we have moved into the Energy age (Dwapara). Along with the discovery of electricity and atomic energy, a number of energy healing modalities …
Purifying Presence
In another forum, I made a comment people wanted to explore more. I thought readers here would also be interested. I’ve edited the reply for this blog. “That kind of presence tends to cause others …
A Second Childhood
The experience varies but for some, awakening can be like a second childhood. Like we’re going back to school and relearning about what life is. Also because it’s a process of progressively deeper surrender. A …
Create Your Reality, Now
It’s very popular in New Age circles to want to self-empower people and help them recognize the impact their thinking has on their reality. However, if you blend that with the typical ego attachments, it …
Transformation
True transformation is a change in being, a change in who we recognize ourselves to be. It is not an experience that passes but stays with us. A spiritual journey is typically filled with a …
Julian of Norwich
Imagine having profound spiritual experiences at a time when religion was used to control people. Where speaking differently than the church line was heresy, perhaps punishable by death. Most people lived as serfs, beholden to …
One Man
One man devotes his life to the world as real and solid, worthy of his confidence. Another man devotes his life to the world as illusion, a mirage or waking dream. Yet another man devotes …
Transformation
Conflict is an appearance. It arises due to our relationship with and response to circumstances. Often in retrospect we can see that the challenge was a transition underway, an emergence of a new way of …
Brahman Unfolds
Recently, I was on another retreat with Lorne and Lucia. It was a profound exploration, brought about by a young woman who had recently had a clear shift into Brahman. This only a few months …