The Impact of Emotions
Recently, I joined a research project designed to maximize quality of life during treatment. One component is biofeedback. The device maker framed various emotions by whether they depleted or renewed us and if this effect …
Category: Healing
Where’s the Bliss?
Seems this is the topic of the month as I’ve come back to it again. Terms like sat chit ananda and nirvana refer to an established awakening. Both reference bliss, so bliss is clearly an …
Moving to Acceptance
The nature of the world is change. Circumstances will change, people will leave or die, and things we value will fall apart or be lost. Even someone enjoying lots of good karma is going to …
The True Light
There is a light which shines beyond the world, beyond everything, beyond all, beyond the highest heaven. This is the light which shines within your heart. – Chhaandogya Upanishad 3.13.7 Translation from All Love Flows …
The Dark Side
We all have a spectrum of clarity. There are those areas in the light (conscious), those in the shadows (sub-conscious), and those in the dark (unconscious). There is also a spectrum within each. For example, …
Basics
In the first few years of life, we’re like sponges, soaking up experiences and learning how to perceive the world and move around in it. We experience mostly in the physical, then emotional bodies. Before …
Mother is at Home
As consciousness becomes more self-aware within, we gain a sense of unchanging reality, an inner rock or point of stability. If we’re prone to be fearful or insecure, this is a great balm. “Weapons cannot …
Where’s the Happiness?
Recently watching an interview show, I noted how disconnected the host was from his feelings. By this, I don’t mean an unattached witness but they were so repressed they’d made emotions “other”, not part of …
What Remains
I’ve written before about healing everything. However, it’s important to recognize that, just because we don’t like something in ourselves, doesn’t mean it’s a fault or something to heal. It may just be something to …
The Range of Law
Laws of nature function within certain ranges, depending on their nature. For example, classical physics functions on larger scales, whereas quantum mechanics functions on atomic scales. These laws of nature can be experienced as principles …
On Truth
As enlightenment unfolds, we gain access to knowledge previously hidden and experience qualities of perfection and truth. The layers between pure consciousness and our surface experience come to light. In time, what has unfolded in …
Handling Mud
Spiritual practices raise our light but also move the shadows, exposing mud. When we see muddy situations coming up in our experience, we have a few choices. 1) allow the mud to arise to be …