Integration vs Growth
Tom has posted a great Adyashanti quote from earlier this year on Spiritual Awakening. I raised a point there I would like to repeat here – the importance of understanding the 2 aspects of the …
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The Approach
This is in response to a comment by Louis over on “How i learned to stop…” She was uncertain about awakening… As you approach awakening, you can become uncertain if you are awake or not. …
Is God Real?
Or another question, do you believe in God? At some point, everyone deals with these questions, either through consideration or acceptance of some teaching. Many people have primitive ideas of God they picked up when …
Choose Love
There is a simple principle to follow, whatever the choice in front of you. Choose Love Whenever the choice seems challenging, ask what love would choose. Or choose what is love. To do that means …
Choice
In life we are constantly choosing, constantly making big and small decisions about events that unfold in our lives. Sometimes we are judging and sometimes making choices to act. In Free Will vs Determinism, I …
Deep Memory
Memory is an interesting bird that is quite different from other forms of thought. In What is True? I outline ways that thoughts arise. But memories are different, they are pre-structured. They arise whole, like …
Time changes everything
Back in Time, (yuk yuk) I spoke about the nature of time, its source and how past and future are both here, now. But thats pretty abstract and not the average experience. I’ve also spoken …
Free will vs Determinism
The question of free will vs determinism and destiny is an old debate. Earlier, I had a post about how ones position on this spectrum can influence moral choices. I say spectrum as its a …
10 Steps to Enlightenment
photo in Kamal Gad in India by Binary Half Want to wake up to who you are? Here it is, step by step. With links to more detailed articles. 1) Meditate. Find a way to …
The Roots of Fear
Animals naturally experience fear as a concern for their well-being. But at root, they move to the impulse of nature. They move where consciousness takes them. Only domesticated animals, raised in close proximity with humans, …
Consequences
One of the things we puzzle about a great deal in our lives is the stuff that lands in our laps. Where the heck did this come from? What the heck happened to my friend? …
Expectations = Suffering
I’ve talked here about expectations. Also about being present, in the moment. Essentially, our mind has a tendency to be attached to certain results. We desire and crave certain things. Desiring is natural, it is …