Passing Contact
A week ago, a long distance friend of mine named Dan died. While still a young man, he had a profound spiritual connection and was one of only a few I know who was as …
Category: Mind
Take Care
Take care of your thoughts because they will become words. Take care of your words because they will become actions Take care of your actions because they will become habits. Take care of your habits …
Practice after Awakening
In reading the Yog Vasistha (slowly), I have come to the part where Rama has awakened and Vasistha is telling him the next steps. He does so by relating a story from a time he …
Change Control?
Last night, former US President Bill Clinton spoke in town. Evidently, he gave a wide-ranging talk on a number of global issues. On Haiti, his current project, he spoke in essence of the “teach a …
The Space-Time Container
An interesting discussion arose over in comments on Takuins blog on his post The Road to Enlightenment. It was a podcast response to a question about a progression to Enlightenment. We both did some musing …
Oh My God
This evening, I watched the Peter Rodger film Oh My God. The film is said to be a journey through 23 countries asking one question, “What is God?” He did however venture into some other …
The hidden influence of social networks
An interesting TED talk by Nicholas Christakis on the influence our social network has on us and we on others – even people we don’t know. He discovered that the “widower effect” was not exclusive …
Processing Grief
Recently, I looked up some writing I’d done on Grief and discovered I’d never posted it. While I’ve touched on the subject itself on a number of occasions, I’d not posted about the process of …
The Shadow Effect
Last summer, I mentioned the new flick by Debbie Ford, The Shadow Effect. Basically a film leading you to take a look at your dark side. In our culture, we tend to take the Star …
The Three Malas
A Mala can refer to prayer beads in both Buddhist and Hindu traditions. They are used for practicing Japa meditation, a counted repetition of the mantra. This is very similar to the Christian rosary. But …
Memory
I’d like to go a little more abstract for a moment. (laughs) I’ve spoken before about how consciousness is always shifting and adjusting. Tuning our awareness so we respond in the right way at the …
Bindings Be Gone
The experience of the “bottom falling out” in a person’s life is common enough on the spiritual journey that some people speak of it as a part of the path. I would not say that’s …