Recently, I watched Rick’s interview with Stan Grof at SAND. I realized that one of the founders of Transpersonal Psychology defined “transpersonal” not as post-personal development but as the collective unconscious which he divides into …
When I say “Variations in Brahman” I don’t mean variations in Brahman itself but rather in how it is known. How a person shifting into Brahman knows it. At the high end of Unity consciousness, …
There is a perspective which suggests all of creation is here for That, consciousness, to know itself in more detail. How can you know something if there’s nothing? Creation is expressed to bring out the …
Consciousness flows out into both experiencer and into form as objects of experience. Then local attention (point of experiencer) flows to the objects, reflecting them back as sensing. Onto the screen of our local awareness, …
The Bible speaks of The Word. “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.” John 1:1 In Genesis (1:3) “And God said, “Let there be light,” …
People often think of karma as the consequences of our actions. But karma means action and is more equivalent to energy than doing or results. The consequences are technically considered the fruits of karma rather …
I’ve written several times on the subject of death. What Yagyavalkya had to say on the subject, what happens with death after awakening, on the continuation of life, and so forth. The death process itself …
Kalyaana Mittataa is a Buddhist term for “spiritual friendship”. It can include student-teacher dyads and peer groups, what one might call one’s spiritual community. This would be a community focused on spiritual development rather than …
Recently, I’ve been corresponding with Jerry Freeman, another BATGAP interviewee. He sent me a few of his essays. I’ve quite enjoyed them and asked if I could share this one – There is a natural …
I’ve written before on the power of love and the distinction between an identified emotion we call love and the deeper Love that is the flow of life itself. The Greeks classified love as having …
Recently, I was asked about dreams. I’ve not written much on the subject. Basically I see dreams as mental and emotional digestion or processing. The content and the emotions are not generally connected. We might …
There’s a goofy idea some people have that awakening makes you a spiritual teacher. There can certainly be an impulse to share but teaching requires skill and a calling, not just wanting to tell the …