What Wakes Up?
When we’re speaking of spiritual awakening, it’s key to understand that it’s not a concept or something you can figure out with the mind. Such stories can obscure the reality because they create constructs in the …
Category: Perspective
What is Clarity?
I talk a lot about the 2 primary aspects of awakening – Consciousness unfolding to itself and sattva or clarity. But what is it that becomes more clear? I sometimes talk about clarity in terms …
Cosmic Consciousness
I thought it would be interesting to take the qualities mentioned in the Natural Tendency song* Cosmic Consciousness and relate them to the process. – shining within – awake during sleep – witness the mind …
On Truth
The “Truth about Reality” is way beyond the mind so cannot be found though reading or hearing. All we gain through the senses is information from which we build concepts about the world. This is …
Whose Reality?
“Those who play at being angels, end up as animals.” — Blaise Pascal, The Ascent to Truth I ran into this quote recently while reading Mariana Caplan’s book Halfway Up The Mountain. It rather succinctly …
Who Is This Guy?
I realized from a few recent comments that there was something I was taking for granted that may not be obvious to all readers. That is the distinction between awakening and who it’s being embodied …
Together, We Are
Over on Managing the Chakras, a point came up in Comments that I thought worth emphasizing. I’ve written several similar articles about how the devata manage the flow of energy that support our “personal” physiology. …
Subjective vs Objective
The US election is highlighting one way changes are taking place in group consciousness that doesn’t seem to be clear for many people. John Oliver highlighted the issue in this recent commentary (some strong language) …
Managing the Chakras
I’ve written before about our chakras or energy centres. The main 7 are introduced in the bliss body, bringing life to some forms. This means all beings in our universe share the same fundamental 7. …
Our Body
Our body is a remarkable vehicle for experiences. Each of us is a unique combination that leads to a specific style of experiencing and knowing. Another unique perspective of totality. But even within this broad …
Smooth Flow
There is a way of seeing the world as nothing but the flow of consciousness – of attention and intention. When there is little resistance internally, we are a clear vessel of flow and sattva …
Knowing God
Experiencing Divinity is a profoundly moving and life-changing experience. But there are quite a few layers to it. Our degree of development determines our capacity to experience the Divine. (and of course there are other …