Several times recently, I ran into links to an unexpected article by Roger Ebert, the movie reviewer. The Quantum Theory of Reincarnation. Because of his role, the article is getting attention and accolades in the …
One of the more curious challenges of the post awakening process can be the shifts in the apparent rules of the game. Habits of mind and action may no longer seem appropriate. But what then …
Liberated Self’s blog mentions a new documentary film opening this summer in select cities in the US, Enlighten Up! “Filmmaker Kate Churchill is determined to prove that yoga can transform anyone. Nick Rosen is skeptical …
There’s a saying that floats around spiritual circles. The instructions are on the outside of the box. The box is the ego, the mental construct we have formed. Our separate reality. We need people or …
When we listen to the radio, we’ll tend to hear songs about love. Love lost, love’s pain, love wanted, love remembered. But this love is the shadow love, the emotional love of duality. We know …
“Perhaps there is a pattern set up in the universe for the one who desires to see it, and having seen it, to find one in himself.” — Plato To me, the pattern is an …
Tat tu samanvayat — Brahma Sutra 1.1.4 That is through it’s unifying nature. In other words, That exists because it is together, one. Existence arises and continues due to self-referral oneness. Most simply, we exist …
An interesting article on the dominant zeitgeist of several American cities. Cities and Ambition (PDF) by Paul Graham In: Cambridge – you should be smarter Silicon Valley – you should be more powerful New York …
In a discussion over on Takuin’s blog on Oneness, the subject of death came up. As an example, it was suggested death was unknowable. I suggested otherwise, which lead to this: On Death after Awakening: …
Today I was called to explain the Story briefly to someone without background in this. The essential idea is that in our evolutionary journey, there is a cycle of stepping away and a cycle of …
Muse recently wrote an article on the song “Don’t Go With Your Song Inside You“. It’s evidently the song that closes Wayne Dyer’s new flick The Shift. Joseph Campbell famously said “follow your bliss“. Let …
I’ve often spoken of the surrender or allowing of the spiritual journey. It shows up in many ways, at many stages. There is the acceptance of ourselves and feelings while we clear our emotional dramas. …