Models of Awakening
When I first began exploring the nature of consciousness, I was fascinated by models of higher states of consciousness. I latched on to a model of 7 states which fortunately was one of the better …
Category: Divine
Faith
In my own spiritual journey, faith has not been a strong feature. I am primarily on the path of perception, the karma yogi, with some gyan or path of understanding to guide it. In other …
Patient Blessing
Yesterday, on the recommendation of several friends, I went to a darshan with Mother Meera. She is said to be an embodiment of Mother Divine and offers not only silent darshan, but personal darshan to …
Death of a Story – Part 4
< Part 3 – Within the Identity Part 4 – Consequence One consequence this makes clear – self realization or awakening is not the desired goal. We want to complete the process. Genpo Roshi talks …
Neti Neti
Neti Neti is an old Vedantic phrase meaning ‘Not this, not this’. Nothing of the phenomenal world or of experience. One describes That by what it is not. This is a useful starting place to …
The Living Story
Had an interesting insight this evening I thought worth sharing. In the past, I’ve talked about the Story, the shadow story of illusion that ego uses to explain the world. But it also keeps us …
Stages of Faith
Often on this blog, I’ve spoken of states of consciousness, the evolution of perspective, and the process of awakening. In an apparently unrelated topic, a number of people have written extensively about the nature of …
Prayer of Peace
Lord, make me an instrument of Thy peace; where there is hatred, let me sow love; where there is injury, pardon; where there is doubt, faith; where there is despair, hope; where there is darkness, …
Deepest Release
It is fascinating to see the depth to which we can go with allowing, with letting it be as it is. When we first begin on the path, we are long used to doing to …
Divine Surrender
If Awakening or Self Realization is not the goal, what is full enlightenment then? Lorne outlines the further development of God Realization and Unity in this series and Lucia touches on the nature of Surrender. …
Blessing
In a number of posts here, I talk of the power of gratitude. I even suggest it as one of the key steps in awakening. Gratitude steps us out of the mind and into the …
Surrender
When we are in the world, we are in the field of action, of doing. We need to think and plan and act and accomplish. On the spiritual path some of the same attention is …