Divine Relationship
In a number of spiritual and religious traditions, there is the role of Bhakti or devotion. The path of the heart. Usually, it is presented as a devotion to God or a representative of God …
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Effortless Meditation
For a core practice, I recommend an effortless meditation. While this is not what everyone needs, it is one of the most potent tools for most of us. Not only is there the rest and …
Peace Technology
I always find it interesting when research is published in peer-reviewed science journals that is paradigm-busting. “The hypothesis definitely raised some eyebrows among our reviewers. But the statistical work is sound. The numbers are there. …
Understanding your Energy System (Part 1/5)
In the west, we’re brought up with a conceptual model of ourselves as physical beings who think and have emotions. Mind and feelings are typically seen as effects of physical functions. We are the side …
Qualities and Quantities of Being (Vaisheshika and Samkhya)
India has a very ancient spiritual tradition that has somehow survived the usual ravages of time. Partly because it has had periodic revivals, partly geography. Within that tradition are 6 systems of philosophy designed to …
Experience vs Being
A few times recently, the subject of experiences vs being has come up again. Often, people will have profound experiences of higher states of consciousness prior to actual awakening. These experiences are very valuable as …
The Muse
We’ve all heard the message that in order to be a great artist, we must suffer. That the creative muse is a fickle thing, showing up at awkward times and vanishing when she is most …
Mantra, Mantra
Awhile back I started an article on meditation but it soon became clear this was more like a small book than a blog post. I decided to write on just one aspect that is less …
Why Do I Choose This?
Back on the What do you Want?, I shared Adyashanti’s quote “In the end, you will always do the thing you wanted to do most.” In The Good Story, I touch on how the world …
Resisting Resistance
Over on Albert’s blog, Urban Monk, he wrote of how we secretly want to suffer. In a discussion in comments something came out I thought was interesting. If we understand that the ego-identity structure is …
Secrets of Success, Part 1 of 5
One of the curious things about life is that success and happiness are it’s nature. The very function of it’s movement through our lives. Yet while many of us live a life, we find happiness …
Awakening is not Experienced
I was discussing Adyashanti’s idea of abiding and non-abiding awakening with a good friend of mine last night. He reminded me of an important observation to make on this subject. I touched on it in …