Half Awake
Tom Stine recently wrote a piece on being “Half Awake”, To Be Half-Awake (and Half-Asleep). While there has been an awakening or Self Realization, vestiges of a ‘me’ remain. Adyashanti says it is quite common …
Category: Consciousness
Make Peace
Tom Stine posted a short and sweet post I quote below in it’s entirety. It is such an important thing. It is ending this internal battle that will end war. End suffering. End unhappiness. It …
Introducing Silence
This began from discussion in comments at Takuins blog – The End, the Beginning. Tom Stine raised the question of a silent post, were it any shorter. Lune then introduced the Silent post. I commented …
Perspectives on the Past
Over on The End of Evil, LiberatedSelf asked about past lives. The feedback that emerged is worth sharing, edited for this scenario. “I’m kind of interested (why wouldn’t the ego be?) in getting to know …
Seeing without Believing
There is a famous saying – “seeing is believing“. When it’s our experience, we know it’s true. And this is true on one level. But it is the mechanism of illusion on another – the …
On Death
It’s curious how life tends to bring certain kinds of events in batches. I suppose this is because when a certain kind of energy arises, related sorts of actions transpire. This can be due to …
Knowing Everything
Kasminnu bhagavo vigyate sarvam idam vigyatam bhavaiti Know that by knowing which everything is known. — Mundaka Upanishad 1.1.3 Bhaga means God Vigyat I don’t know but is clearly about knowing as it repeats Sarva …
Stages of Understanding
In a long discussion on various esoteric traditions and belief, the question of what is true arose. What came out of my mouth was interesting, so I thought I’d share it here. I’ve touched on …
Stop, Look
“Stop looking where you are looking, and look where you are. What bounty! Love loving you just as you are. Then, how does your life respond to that? It is your lifetime. This lifetime of …
Guardians
I’ve always enjoyed a cartoon’s ability to capture the essence of a story, idea, or vision. Both word and picture have to be refined to an aphorism. What they call in Sanskrit a sutra, meaning …
Astonishing!
I am still regularly astonished with what happens. Many of us live in resistance to what shows up in our life. Ironically, we can be fighting what we want because it came in the wrong …