Why Pain? Part 3
The Escape We tend to think of pain and illusion as something to overcome, to escape. That if we get to the bottom of it, it will finally be over. But this outlook arises from …
Category: Intention
Why Pain? Part 2
The Image Last year, I wrote an article about relationship and it’s value for stepping out of our story. How it can be one of the most effective for spiritual growth. But if we resist …
Why Pain? Part 1
You may hear such sayings as “All is Love” and “Life is Bliss”. While these are quite literal statements for some people, it is not most peoples experience on an ongoing basis. In fact, many …
The Stage Remains
In a discussion this evening, we listened to an interview with Genpo Roshi. It was interesting as he also talked about becoming OK with our humanity as part of the post-waking experience. However, I didn’t …
Fire the Grid II
“Be Present” Recently, whispers of Fire the Grid began to arise again. Then an announcement that this last weekend, the new web site would go live. http://www.firethegrid.com/ Shelley wrote a letter explaining why she dropped …
Patient Blessing
Yesterday, on the recommendation of several friends, I went to a darshan with Mother Meera. She is said to be an embodiment of Mother Divine and offers not only silent darshan, but personal darshan to …
Death of a Story – Part 4
< Part 3 – Within the Identity Part 4 – Consequence One consequence this makes clear – self realization or awakening is not the desired goal. We want to complete the process. Genpo Roshi talks …
Death of a Story – Part 3
< Part 2 – How did it Happen Part 3 – Within the Identity After Unity, the process continues. There’s likely to be further ego shrapnel to see though. And now there is deeper levels …
Together
In a few posts here, I have spoken of the importance of being together in a group for spiritual intent. As there is no “me”, just a we, it is together we become one. It …
Consciousness is?
In another forum, a discussion was underway around the origins of consciousness. As molecular interactions affected consciousness, it must be a molecular effect, and so forth. I chimed in. The trick with a question like …
The Living Story
Had an interesting insight this evening I thought worth sharing. In the past, I’ve talked about the Story, the shadow story of illusion that ego uses to explain the world. But it also keeps us …
The Ramayana
The epic story of Rama has recently come up in several ways. The wise have suggested the story is playing out on the global stage right now. Ravana (ego)(& a certain past president) has captured …