Eva Müller posted an article on our meditation experience. During Meditations: Am I Sleeping or entering Samadhi? She raised key points about interpreting what’s happening in our subjective experience before samadhi is clear. It’s challenging …
Resistance is less something we do. It’s what happens based on our state. When we don’t want an experience, it triggers us, and we resist. Like breathing, this can be automatic. If there is some …
Physics This article is going to discuss similarities between physics and memory. However, it’s important to understand that physics studies the physical world. It does not study qualities of consciousness. (And no, consciousness is not …
Over the years, I’ve talked about the gut awakening. This is part of a sequence that Adyashanti described as head, heart, gut. I jokingly called these the 3 am-egos. We could say the 3 levels …
In the article “What It Really Means to Raise Your Vibration” by Eva Müller, she explores the distinction between the temporary favouring of what feels good and an ongoing shift in your energy state. This …
As in the Shame article prior, anger is a natural and important emotion. It stirs us to action and helps us set and affirm our boundaries, like a healthy No. It’s linked to our personal …
Shame, as an energy, relates to the root chakra. This is why it can feel existential and dense. Shame is a natural response that helps us moderate behaviour, like acting out or venting on others. …
A discussion over on Self and No-Self led to the topic of attachment & non-attachment. The release of attachment is a key step in awakening. When we’re no longer identified with ourselves as an individual …
About a decade ago, I wrote about my recognition of empath gifts. It was a deep insight into my life and a reframing of how I had adapted growing up. In that model, it’s said …
In the West, we live in a very mind-oriented culture. A practice like an effortless mantra meditation is excellent for balancing that experience. It uses the mind to go beyond it, into our deeper nature. …
Recently, I had a conversation with Matt K., one of the teachers at The Centre for Healing. Unlike prior interviews, we went more into my childhood, then the discovery of meditation, witnessing, and on into …
I ran into a Wikipedia article on the Seven Factors of Awakening (sapta bodhyanga) from Buddhism. This is a different tradition than mine, but one that points in the same direction. I found some good …
