Knowledge – Chains or Ladder?
There is an interesting debate that shows up in spiritual circles around teachings. Is knowledge and concepts useful or a barrier to being? As I’ve noted prior, there is a spectrum on this subject around …
Category: Heart
Getting Clear
Recently, in a correspondence with a friend of mine, they expressed their struggle with emotion. I shared some ideas they found useful. I drafted them into this post and expanded on it. It’s not that …
Ego, Emotions, and Identity: the Person
In a number of posts here, I talk about the process of awakening. The gradual clearing and increasing refinement of perception that eventually allows us to see through the layers of illusion of mind and …
Perception without Perception
After first awakening there is typically a gradual process of unfolding while the Self moves forward, absorbing mind, heart, and gut. One has switched from being a person experiencing silence to being the silent observer, …
The Modern Dilemma — Disguised Sadness
Burt Harding has written another great article, titled as above. “Why do so many people suffer sadness often disguised behind smiles? What is the common dilemma of such inner pain? The reason is a simple …
You
I always thought you would come to me in the shape of a beautiful lover I never dreamed you would steal my heart with no shape at all I always pretended I needed arms to …
The Story of Christmas
No, not that story. Your story. What is your story of Christmas? Is it Merry and Ho Ho Ho? Or is there something of an edge there? Or is it a mask over pain? Something …
Layers of Stages
Yesterday, I posted a couple of articles, one on Dyer and the ego, the other on the discussion of the layers of clearing from Tom Stine’s blog. Tom also wrote about how to tell if …
Who we are Now
“Let us acknowledge that our spiritual practices have served us, that they are gifts from masters who have come before us. But let us also recognize that the truth of who we are is here …
Compulsion
Recently, I heard Mary O’Malley give a short talk on Compulsions. She described a compulsion as a finely crafted survival system we use when we are out of touch with ourself. It’s compulsive as we …
The Cyclic Path
One Soul Media is a local spiritual cinema club focused on non-dual teachers. They used to have a book club subscription model like Spiritual Cinema Circle but focused on teachers, distributing a couple of DVD’s …
Who Sings?
Who sings? It is not the mind who sings. The mind may find words in a search for answers. The mind may remember the song. But the mind does not sing. It is the heart …