Dissolutionment
As we climb the ladder of spiritual awakening, the growth cycle has a tendency to speed up and the rules get increasing distinct. Each time there is a major change, the rules of ‘reality’ shift …
Category: Mind
Curtains of Mind
Recently here, we’ve talked about the model of life as a movie theater with the observer as projector and the world as the screen. The senses perceive the liveliness and create an image in mind, …
Progression
There is a concept in Vedanta that creation arises from the formless, without qualities. What causes creation to arise? We could say recognition of Self. Self aware of Itself. And what is that recognition? It …
The Good Story
As we move through the spiritual journey, who we are changes several times. This means that what we perceive changes and thus what we choose. The choice we make. For example, our relationship with the …
What Do You Want?
During the Monday morning discussion on Adyashanti’s August ’07 retreat (file 1-14), they get into false dilemnas life appears to present. Seemingly impossible conflicts or decisions. “Should I be at my mothers deathbed?” “In the …
Meaning, More or Less
In various discussions of Adyashanti’s new book, The End of Your World, the points raised around the loss of meaning drew the most feedback here. I’ve begun listening to the audio of the retreat from …
Words Fail
There is a curious thing about writing about the journey. Like a trip to a foreign land, we may struggle to describe the experience at times. But then, at a certain point, words will simply …
Emotional Style?
Recently I read an overview of Emotional Alchemy, a book by Tara Bennett-Goleman. The review was rather poor, simply listing the “emotional styles” without any further background or links. “Emotional styles” are essentially styles of …
Memory and Change
This weekend, I went to a special film showing of Sita Sings. Unusually, it put me downtown during the day. The chance came to go to a coffee shop I frequented about 35 years ago. …
Awakening and Motivation
As readers of this blog know, I like to explore different ways of seeing the awakening process. Although the process is broadly consistent, how it is experienced and the terminology one might use varies widely. …
Waking the Child
I was thinking about the awakening process and realized there was another idea that may be useful in understanding the process. In the journey, much of the construct of “person” falls away as it is …
Musings on Passion
In feedback I’ve gotten from friends, on Without Meaning, and on the Secrets of Success series, it’s apparent many people have trouble catching passion. I’d like to explore this a little from my own struggle. …