Natural Solutions – part 1 of 2
In another forum, a friend of mine recently spoke about how ~150 robins had settled into his yard for some days, crapping on everything. He loved the birds but there were too many in that …
Category: Mind
Who?
“We are afraid to lose who we think we are. To really receive, “I love you,” is to be the love that is loving, and in that there is no room for who you think …
What is Consciousness? – Part 2
< Part 1 Higher Stages Going beyond the individual ego-sense moves us into several stages of development of consciousness itself. First as the observer, then with the observation of the world becoming, and then united …
Bad Habits?
One of the more ironic expectations of enlightenment is something like “enlightenment will fix it” or “enlightenment will fix me.” Now, loosing identification with the ego in awakening can be a big change. But in …
Why is there Suffering?
One of the questions we all face at some point in our life – and one that may also haunt us for a while – is the question of suffering. Why am I having these …
Unity and Brahman
There’s another key way of differentiating between Unity and Brahman. In Cosmic Consciousness or Self Realization, we recognize ourselves as the Seer or Observer. In Unity, we recognize the same Seer in the objects of …
Expectations and Experience
Expectations can have a strong effect on our experience of life. If we have heavier feelings about life, we’ll tend to have lower or darker expectations. Because what we put our attention on grows stronger, …
Culturing the Feelings
In another forum, I made the following comment as some of the “enlightenment fundamentalists” were categorically discounting energy work. I think it worth noting an observation. In India, they have historically had a profound devotional …
Gratitude for Self
I’ve spoken here a lot about the importance of gratitude. Being thankful for what’s in our lives helps culture an openness and allowing. It also helps enable support. But there’s a deeper aspect of gratitude …
Conscious Stories
Life doesn’t always make sense. When it doesn’t, our mind naturally tries to fill in the gaps, to explain why. The problem comes when we start to believe these stories. Nancy observes that they then …
Empty is OK
Nancy’s talk brought up a key point: People often fear what they don’t understand. In our culture, we’re taught to fear empty space. Children often have an experience of that expansive openness. But when not …
Meeting What You Need
I’ve spoken here a number of times about the importance of allowing, of letting ‘what is’ be there, of letting emotions arise and complete. When we resist the flow of energy, we don’t see what …