The Dominant Sense
One of the factors that influences how we experience our unfolding growth is our dominant sense. The distinctiveness of this will depend also on the degree of that dominance. We’re all something of a mix. …
Category: Healing
Food as False Protection
There’s an interesting dynamic with food that’s come up several times recently. How people will use excess food as a protection or suppression technique, usually unconsciously. Some practices explore the beliefs behind what is motivating …
Layers and Gates
Our energy system is a complex and many-layered thing. The specific combinations of open, developed, and blocked channels are unique to each person. This also means each of us experience it differently. What we’re willing …
Nancy Shipley Rubin
Nancy Shipley Rubin is a psychic intuitive and counselor. Twice a year, she and her husband Errol come out of paradise in Hawaii to do a tour of the west coast, offering workshops and personal …
Hard Yoga
There’s a series of misunderstandings that have crept into Yoga through the years. In India, the idea caught on that Yoga is hard work and great effort is required. Even with all the watering down …
108 Reasons to Seek Enlightenment
For fun, I thought I’d see if I could find 108 good reasons to want to be enlightened. It turned out to be easy. These are essentially side effects of purification and development so are …
The Relief
There is a profound value in connecting with others on the spiritual journey. They offer us perspectives we may have missed and nudges along the way. Most of my attention goes to people here. I …
Busting Beliefs
As readers of this blog know, I often talk about “the story”. This is a conceptual structure we use to give meaning and relate to the world with. While this can aid us, the story …
Awakening Imperfection
I’ve noted a common idea in spiritual circles that one must be pure and perfect to have an awakening. I know a few people who have spent a part of their life in deep meditation, …
Anita’s Love
A friend sent me an interview with Anita Moorjani. This reflected beautifully on the recent theme of Value. Most of us have spiritual experiences as a result of a practice or circumstance. But occasionally, someone …
Sleep vs Inertia
Getting enough rest is key if we’re going to enjoy life consistently and have good experiences in our spiritual practice. With the availability of the electric light, we have the choice to stay up and …
Love for David
Simon, that is. He runs the Chopra Center, an Ayurvedic health clinic. I recently mentioned they plan to open a second one here. “In the amazing and mysterious ways of the universe, earlier this week, …