The Avoidance of Pain
Our physiology is built to avoid pain. If we put our finger on something sharp or hot, it will automatically pull away. Only later will our mind engage and consider the experience. Have an emotional …
Category: Consciousness
Visions into Dust
There is an aspect of the waking process, the way of growth of consciousness, that is important to understand. That experiences all turn to dust. One aspect of this is the simple fact that experiences …
The Blogger’s Debate
I’ve talked here before about the curiosity of the path. A blog like this talks about the process of awakening. As words are symbols for concepts, any such discussion or writing is inherently mental. While …
Concept Fatigue
If you’ve been exploring spiritual circles for any period of time, you may get a little tired of hearing words like “unity”, “enlightenment”, and “oneness”. Ideas like “awareness” and “existence”. Not to mention all the …
Really Conscious
I heard someone say today that they only believe what they can take in through their senses. I laughed at the absurdity of it. The physical experience is such a small part of what is. …
Levels of Power – Part 2
Chakras Caroline Myss also spoke about chakras. She called them “data banks”, observing that everything is recorded, every thought. I would suggest it’s better to suggest that its stored in the entire energy system, not …
Levels of Power – Part 1
Recently, I watched the film The 3 Levels of Power by Caroline Myss and reviewed some other material on her web site. The film was done over 10 years ago so has been updated a …
The Inner Guru
Again, over on Interconnected vs Oneness, comments expanded to cover a subject worth posting. First thing to understand is that each of us have a dominant mode of experience or sense. Some are visual, some …
Deepest Origins
An interesting conversation with Liberated Self over on Interconnected vs Oneness. Today this arose, a little more compact way of describing fundamental reality. I updated the comment a little for this context. Our fundamental reality …
Desperately Seeking Security
Isha has a guest article in the Washington Post “On Faith” column. A few excerpts: “In our society, we have learned to look for security in the wrong place: we look for it outside of …
Practical Oneness
Recently, I heard another talk by Constance Kellough. In this talk, she spoke of Oneness, a term exemplified by the heartfelt name of her company, Namaste Publishing. She spoke of how karma was not retribution …
Enlightenment East and West
Recently, I became aware of a book by local philosopher Leonard Angel. It’s called Enlightenment East and West. I’ve not had a chance to read the book but did go over it. He covers a …