What is Compassion Without Passion?
There is a tendency in many spiritual circles to focus on the positive. See the light and give no attention to the dark side. After all, what you give your attention to grows. Beware the …
Category: The Heart
The Roots of Relationship, Part 1 of 2
Starting a new relationship can be a wonderful time. But beginnings can also be a little bumpy. Understanding the dynamics can help to avoid the pitfalls and establish a deeper connection. There are 2 aspects …
Awake Dating
While I would certainly not call myself a dating expert, I thought it would be useful to consider how it changes with dating consciously and awakening. A lot of what we call “chemistry” is emotional …
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 …
Seeing with the Heart
There’s an interesting phenomena that takes place in the evolution of perception. One that may not make sense in our typical understanding of how the senses work. But if we understand that senses and their …
Faith
In my own spiritual journey, faith has not been a strong feature. I am primarily on the path of perception, the karma yogi, with some gyan or path of understanding to guide it. In other …
Life is Bliss
Life is Bliss – that may sound like a new age mantra of illusion. And in some ways it is, if it is founded in making a mood. But if you can make a deep …
The Raptures
Back on The Rapture, I touched on the experience of unending, unimaginable bliss. The traditional Christian Rapture is portrayed as an event in time associated with the second coming. However I have seen some evidence …
Deeper than Tolerance
Over on Shilpan’s blog, he interviewed Life Coach Tim Brownson. Tim spoke of self-limiting beliefs and the value of tolerance and respect. One commenter suggested tolerance was fine but what about abuse and so forth. …
Eternal Love Is
A friend of mine wrote to me of “the possibility of eternal love.” The following is what flowed out in response. I’ll tell you a secret. Eternal love is not a possibility. It is built …
Finding Love
In my last post, Understanding the Opposite Sex, the message came down to love. In essence, that we should simply love. Be the love we seek. The message not mentioned is that if we want …
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 …