The Mirrors of Life
I’ve seen a few talks by Gregg Braden that I found tiresome. The way he uses science is way too sloppy. It was much the same last week while a group of us watched his …
Category: Heart
What is Compassion Without Passion?
There is a tendency in many spiritual circles to focus on the positive. See the light and give no attention to the dark side. After all, what you give your attention to grows. Beware the …
Waking Down
In several of the awakening interviews on Buddha at the Gas Pump, they mention the role of Waking Down to Mutuality. Where their long practice of meditation brought them close to waking, but their process …
Ask and Receive
Many times Jesus is said to have taught “Ask and ye shall Receive.” This is also the essential message of The Secret and ideas like intention and the Law of Attraction. But are you ignoring …
One Being
Recently in another discussion forum, someone raised the question of the 2 selves. The unchanging inner Self and the changing personal self. This is a classic experience around Self Realization. The witness Self observing the …
Understanding God Realization
To explore God Realization in our culture, first you have to surmount our deeply embedded ideas about “God”. For one, they’ll be the initial do believe/ don’t believe/ don’t know. As if deity has something …
Healing the Animal
There’s an aspect of spiritual awakening that is not always talked about. The process of awakening is a movement to total integration. This means not only awakening to our higher spiritual selves but to our …
The Roots of Relationship, Part 2
Part 1 People thus show up in our life for 2 reasons. The first is to help us come to balance. To purify or complete things we may have held together. Perhaps we have an …
The Roots of Relationship, Part 1 of 2
Starting a new relationship can be a wonderful time. But beginnings can also be a little bumpy. Understanding the dynamics can help to avoid the pitfalls and establish a deeper connection. There are 2 aspects …
Wisdom Intention
Intention is the driver of all things in the world. It brings everything into our life and propels us forward. But there are, we could say, 2 kinds of intention. There are the intentions that …
The 4 Immeasurables
In Buddhism, they say 4 things will make the mind immeasurable. Brahma-Vihara is the 4 apramana or Immeasurables. Also known as the 4 virtues or most sublime attitudes. They are: Metta – loving-kindness Karuna – …
Feeding Your Demons
A couple of times recently, I’ve run into references to Feeding you Demons, a process for coming to terms with your “obsessions and fears, feelings of insecurity, chronic illnesses, or common problems like depression, anxiety, …