This Blog
In many ways, this blog is part of my own journey. While I have a prominently perceptual path, there is a strong underflow of gyan. The draw of the intellect to understand, even in the …
Category: Mind
The Open Mind
One of the most important things you can bring to your spiritual journey is an open mind. While a teaching is very useful for giving one a sense of how and where to put our …
Shock and Awe
Shock and Awe is a term used by the military for the use of overwhelming force. A raw expression of power designed to culture fear. It can be quite potent but not always in the …
Opening and Integration
In Visions into Dust, I touched on the cycle of growth again: balance, disintegration, growth, integration, and repeat. From recent remarks here and offline, it sounds like it would be useful to touch on what …
Being Nice to the Ego
Recently, local coach Penny Boyd interviewed Genpo Roshi. In a little over an hour, they explore a number of facets of Genpo’s history and approach, Big Mind Big Heart. His web site refers to this …
The Avoidance of Pain
Our physiology is built to avoid pain. If we put our finger on something sharp or hot, it will automatically pull away. Only later will our mind engage and consider the experience. Have an emotional …
The Blogger’s Debate
I’ve talked here before about the curiosity of the path. A blog like this talks about the process of awakening. As words are symbols for concepts, any such discussion or writing is inherently mental. While …
Concept Fatigue
If you’ve been exploring spiritual circles for any period of time, you may get a little tired of hearing words like “unity”, “enlightenment”, and “oneness”. Ideas like “awareness” and “existence”. Not to mention all the …
Light on Beings
In several posts more recently, I’ve spoken a bit about light beings. What may be called angels, devas or whatever. I’ve also spoken about the two ways of seeing the world: as laws of nature …
Levels of Power – Part 2
Chakras Caroline Myss also spoke about chakras. She called them “data banks”, observing that everything is recorded, every thought. I would suggest it’s better to suggest that its stored in the entire energy system, not …
Levels of Power – Part 1
Recently, I watched the film The 3 Levels of Power by Caroline Myss and reviewed some other material on her web site. The film was done over 10 years ago so has been updated a …
The Inner Guru
Again, over on Interconnected vs Oneness, comments expanded to cover a subject worth posting. First thing to understand is that each of us have a dominant mode of experience or sense. Some are visual, some …