On Anxiety
Fear is a natural response to a threat to our well-being. Yet most of us very rarely experience a life-threatening event. Instead, the identified ego takes on the self role. Then we equate perceived threats …
Category: Mind
Mithya
I’ve written before about how our dominant guna (quality) determines how we see the world. When Tamas (inertia) is dominant, we experience the world as solid and real. This is how most people see the …
What is Embodied?
When I talk about the move here to more physically embody the opening, it’s useful to ask – what is being embodied? We can embody our identity, drama, and/or suffering. We can embody various levels …
Levels of Identity
I’ve spoken of the motivation to explore somatic healing so I can better embody the unfolding. I’ll be writing about what I mean by embody. I’ve also written about head, heart, & gut, the 3 …
The Aspects of Trauma
Unresolved trauma is no small matter. It can affect our behaviour, our sense of self, our decision-making, our ability to fulfil desires, our spiritual embodiment, our emotions, and our health. Trauma isn’t just the impact …
How Stress Becomes Identity
During the Trauma Informed Coaching course, they talked about the sequence of Emotions, States, and Traits. We all have emotions that come and go throughout the day, like passing flavours of energy. However, when we …
Understanding Trauma Courses
Over the years, I’ve studied stress, along with several management and healing methods. Recently, Matt Nettleton told me about a free course they offer at their Australian school for coaches, therapists, and healers, The Centre …
Core Resistance
I’ve often written about energy healing, primarily from the approach of resting in source and allowing emotions to arise and heal. This is a key part of clearing the energy bodies. The result is better …
The Duality of the Heart
While we may experience the heart as unitive, its fundamental nature is a polarity, a relationship. Love flows from one to another, uniting duality. This reflects the nature of consciousness to flow from observer to …
The 26 Qualities Discussed
Gareth really liked my The 26 Qualities of the Liberated post, so he and Eva had a 2-part discussion about them. Remember that awakening itself is instant: the Self recognizing ItSelf. However, the integration and …
Where Are We Speaking From?
In the ancient Vedic tradition of India, they described 4 levels of speech: Vaikhari: Spoken or voiced Madhyama: “middle one”, mental speech, the monkey mind Pashyanti: the first impulse, fine feelings, intuition, flow Para: being, …
Delusion
Delusion is a byproduct of the ignorance of our true nature. When we don’t know who we are, we build our discrimination on an identified ego. The ego has an agenda to be right, even …