The Dark Night
Recently during an off-line conversation, the subject of the “Dark Night of the Soul” came up. I touched on this subject once when talking about The Rapture. It is mainly a Christian idea although similar …
Category: Consciousness
Pure Intention
Pure intention is best described as a wave or vector of intelligence. A clear intent. As it moves into mind, we experience an idea or concept, an inspiration, a focus. Into emotions, a desire, wish …
Behind all Pain is Happiness
During a recent discussion on Shared Vision and Untethered Perception, a key point came up. That behind all pain or suffering is pure happiness. I’ve touched on this in several prior posts such as Clearing …
What is Consciousness?
In 2004, an unusual film was released called What the BLEEP do we Know? It was a series of interviews with various scientists and philosophers, told over a dramatic back-story. The theme was what modern …
Seer and Seen
In a discussion on Reframing Emotions, personal vs. impersonal perspectives arose. Seeing with the heart vs. seeing with the intellect. I’ve spoken of this a number of times, both on it’s role in the awakening …
Untethering Perception
In a discussion over on Shared Vision, some questions came up that drew out an answer worth posting. Is attention tethered perception? Does having an intention also create a tethering…? Can there be layers of …
Success vs. Control
In a recent correspondence with a reader, I was asked how it is that some “spiritual” teachers talk of success, mastering the mind, and motivation, while others like Tom Stine speak of having absolutely no …
The Medium is Consciousness
I find it quite interesting how some articles will flow out completely differently than first intentions or original notes. For example, Fixing Negative Emotions was just going to be a compilation of some email correspondence. …
Fixing Negative Emotions
In a recent correspondence with one of the readers of the blog, I was asked how to change or fix negative emotions. They feel they had done the work but were still catching themselves responding …
An Infinite Crash
Awhile back, I wrote about reading an except from the book Collision with the Infinite by Suzanne Segal. Until now, the book hasn’t been available to read but I used the excerpt as an example …
Shared Vision
Each of us experiences everything uniquely. Every unique point of awareness is a unique way of perceiving the whole. If we have a strong ego sense, we’ll tend to identify with these experiences and say …
One Prediction of a Golden Age
A 10,000 year golden age is predicted in the Brahma-vaivarta Purana 4.129 by Krisna. Excerpts: “On the earth 5,000 years of Kali will be sinful and sinners will deposit their sins in you by bathing.” …