8 steps to Better New Years Resolutions
Around this time of year, many people will take stock of their lives and choose some New Years Resolutions. And before too long, they will realize they’ve failed at most of them. There is a …
Category: Ego
Ganesh
One of the largest faiths in the world is Hinduism. It is derived from the earlier Vedic civilization of India and has grown many branches and schools of philosophy. What most westerners don’t realize is …
The End of Ignorance
Over on Layers of Stages, Kris brought up the challenges of overcoming the ego. What Genpo called the ‘path of submission’. That critical stage when we discover the reality of Self and begin to see …
Layers of Stages
Yesterday, I posted a couple of articles, one on Dyer and the ego, the other on the discussion of the layers of clearing from Tom Stine’s blog. Tom also wrote about how to tell if …
Grip or Freedom
Tom Stine talks about the process of clearing over on his blog in Layer after Layer after Layer. And how to tell if you are actually clear. In Comments, Jacob wonders if the idea there …
Dyer Dao
Wayne Dyer recently wrote a book on the Tao Te Ching after spending a year exploring each verse. He lived on Maui without possessions. The book is called “Change your Thoughts, Change your Life, Living …
Final Bleep
In the summer of ’05, there was a What the Bleep conference here. I got a chance to meet a number of speakers that I have continued to follow like Bruce Lipton and Adam the …
Compulsion
Recently, I heard Mary O’Malley give a short talk on Compulsions. She described a compulsion as a finely crafted survival system we use when we are out of touch with ourself. It’s compulsive as we …
Me, God, Myself, and I
Back in Who Do’s, I spoke of the evolving nature of the apparent Doer. Who it is that appears to be doing stuff. At first, it is me. I am in control and I am …
Digesting Genpo
After yesterdays post on The Cyclic Path, I thought it would be worth exploring what further arose from Genpo Roshi’s The Path of the Human Being talk. As I noted Genpo was speaking from his …
The Cyclic Path
One Soul Media is a local spiritual cinema club focused on non-dual teachers. They used to have a book club subscription model like Spiritual Cinema Circle but focused on teachers, distributing a couple of DVD’s …
Character is Destiny
In a discussion elsewhere, the quote “Character is Destiny” came up. This is a quote from the Greek Heraclitus. This lead to an interesting discussion on the difference between destiny and purpose. We may see …