Karma and the Gunas
In the Gunas in Awakening, I talked about how inertia is transformed into clarity with fire, tamas into sattva via rajas. In this article, I’m going to talk more about karma. Karma means action, movement, …
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Our Universe
In several of the worlds philosophies, the universe exists in grand arcs of time. The Great Year, the Ages of Greece, the Yugas of India, the astrological Ages… astronomically marked cycles of light and dark …
The Gunas in Awakening
Firstly, it’s useful to note what the gunas are. In Indian philosophy, all of the created world is said to arise from the interplay of 3 primary “forces” or qualities of Prakriti, nature. Elementally, these …
Empath Empowerment
As we’re in the energy age, it should be no surprise that there is a major rise in the presence of energy healing. You’ll now find all sorts of different energy modalities. Even a bit …
Belief or Experience by example
When you explore spiritual subjects, it’s useful to be alert to where the person is coming from. Do they seem to be speaking from belief or experience? If from experience, what stage do they seem …
A Second God Realization
There’s a process I’ve noticed with some people recently that bears noting. That is of a rediscovery of God in Brahman. To explain this, lets roll back a bit. As has been noted by teachers …
Stages of Development in Consciousness
aka higher states of consciousness or stages thereof One of the most popular articles on this blog over the years has been on states of consciousness. First as an outline of the 7 states of …
The Importance of Proper Technique
In the spiritual market these days is a plethora of things people call “meditation”. We may think of them as largely equivalent but in fact there are huge differences. Practised long term, they’ll bring us …
Food and Addiction
I’ve occasionally explored subjects like craving and food here. Several articles have come up recently on the topic I thought interesting. Firstly, in North America, research lead to an anti-fat movement in the 1960’s. We …
The Remains of Ignorance
Much as many awake people say they lost their ego, there is still a person there with preferences, winding down their karma. It can certainly seem like the ego is gone. Some even experience a …
Nested Space
Space is a fascinating thing. It is considered the most subtle fundamental “element” or building block of the world in many traditions around the world. Some suggest that all experiences are encoded in space as …
6 Stages of Becoming
You may wonder how there can be so many ways of describing the structure of the world. Which one is the “right” one? But as Albert Einstein so beautifully noted, everything is relative to the …