Energy Modalities
Back in a discussion of Yugas, I noted that by Yukteswar’s calculations, we have moved into the Energy age (Dwapara). Along with the discovery of electricity and atomic energy, a number of energy healing modalities …
Category: Mind
A Second Childhood
The experience varies but for some, awakening can be like a second childhood. Like we’re going back to school and relearning about what life is. Also because it’s a process of progressively deeper surrender. A …
Create Your Reality, Now
It’s very popular in New Age circles to want to self-empower people and help them recognize the impact their thinking has on their reality. However, if you blend that with the typical ego attachments, it …
One Man
One man devotes his life to the world as real and solid, worthy of his confidence. Another man devotes his life to the world as illusion, a mirage or waking dream. Yet another man devotes …
Transformation
Conflict is an appearance. It arises due to our relationship with and response to circumstances. Often in retrospect we can see that the challenge was a transition underway, an emergence of a new way of …
Identification is not the Problem
On this blog, I’ve discussed how the demonization of the ego and mind as the barriers to enlightenment was false. I’ve suggested it is actually the identification with them that causes bondage. Both remain after …
Understanding Shakti in Awakening – Pt 2 of 3
<< Part 1 Awakening Because the physiology is what supports the direct experience of awakening, it must be purified and refined to handle the new experience. That process is said to be done through the …
3 Levels of Non-Dual Reality
One of the things I harp on here and in a few other forums is stages of enlightenment. Like all other human development including puberty, it is a process marked with distinct stages. There are …
What’s Your Story?
Over time, as we have experiences of the world and learn from others, we pick up stories or beliefs about the world. Our stories are self-reinforcing. We filter out sensory information that doesn’t correspond. This …
The State of Illusion
Finally got a chance to see Austin Vickers film People vs The State of Illusion. As a former lawyer, he sets the story of the film in a trial and prison as metaphors for the …
What Supports Happiness?
Really the question should be: What gets in the way of Happiness? Happiness is innate, it is the subjective experience of the flow of life itself. If we are alive, simply being, we should be …
What do Concepts Feed?
This blog is all words. Words are symbols for concepts. “Taking concepts to be reality. That’s the basic human dysfunction that we call maya or illusion or original sin… we form all these concepts in …