Category: <span>Healing</span>

Moha, Delusion

It’s struck me how much of my old karma is directly related to past choices, often a decision to avoid something. And how so many people, even with conscious choice, will choose the dark side. …

On Anxiety

I’ve written occasionally on anxiety as it’s so prevalent in Western society. They define anxiety as uneasiness and apprehension about the future. Fear of possible change. Anxiety tells us we’re resisting. Like worry, it shows …

Point Values

In many articles, I’ve talked about “head, heart, gut“, the way Adyashanti described the three core identifications. I ended up talking about them as the 3 am-egos. Head is the self-concept and mental identification with …

A Conversation on Devotion

Andrew Hewson and I discussed devotion this month. We opened with a definition of devotion, as distinct from belief. Devotion as a surrender, a non-doing allowing that sprouts naturally. (My opening statements were a little …

Prana and Intellect

In the Kosha model, the emotional body is called the prana or life-force body. This is where prana is fully embodied. However, we shouldn’t take this to mean it’s the sole realm of prana. Like …

Knowledge and Ignorance

“Through ignorance, we cross beyond mortality (change). Through knowledge, we gain immortality.” – Isha Upanishad 11 Of course, the opening line doesn’t mean by being stupid, we reach the absolute. Ignorance is how the Sanskrit …

Peace of Body-Mind

“Peace of mind and physical well-being are closely related. Some years ago, a scientist at Emory University told me that continuous anger, fear and suspicion tend to eat into our immune system. Besides, peace of …

The Laundromat

I’ve spoken a great deal about healing and purification over the years. When we first take up a spiritual or healing practice, we gradually realize how we resist and contract and we learn to release. …

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