The Omni’s
As we progress through the stages of development in consciousness, we come to know some key qualities of divinity. With Self Realization (Cosmic Consciousness), we come to know Omnipresence. This is experienced as liberation and …
Category: Perspective
Love & Power
I recently ran into several quotes on love and power I thought worth sharing. “Power is the drive of everything living to realize itself in increasing intensity and extensity, and love is the drive to …
The Coverings
We can also view the awakening process as the gradual removal of coverings or veils. While there can be various specific hindrances to deeper sensing like the noise of unresolved emotions, there are 2 broad …
Perspectives on Awakening
From the perspective of a person waking up, there is a falling away of a sense of individuality and a “waking” to our cosmic or universal Self. Hence it is called Self Realization or Cosmic …
The Dalai Lama’s Atlas of Emotions
Recently, a friend sent me news of a unique collaboration. The Dalai Lama had asked an American scientist to help him form an Atlas of Emotions. Dr. Paul Ekman surveyed scientists in related fields the …
Knowing, Before and After
This post is a little more exploratory, looking for language. In a recent Livestream talk, Lorne Hoff made a brief comment I found quite insightful. “The creator of the creator… she doesn’t want to be …
On Appearances
The world is an appearance, Maya. Some would say it’s an illusion. Or it’s the divine play, Lila. Or it never happened in the first place. Or it’s the flow of divine nectar. These are …
Permanent Awakening
I’ve spoken before about some of the variations around the initial spiritual awakening of Self Realization. For some, there can be experiences as if a shift has happened but no actual shift. A taste as …
Styles of Enlightenment
As readers of this blog know, I explore various ways of looking at how enlightenment or spiritual awakening is lived. Here, I don’t mean how the changes are experienced but rather the styles of embodying …
Making Sense
There are times in life’s journey where the world can leave us thinking Whiskey Tango Foxtrot!! This can happen at several points on the enlightenment journey as well. Even seeing the world cosmically, it doesn’t …
Eternal Divinity
One of the challenges of progress on a spiritual path is the falling away of what has unfolded. In other words, our apparent gains can be lost again. Several times. Yet surrender remains a key …
I Am and I Do
When we first meet someone, our gender, race, and age range are usually obvious. To that we add 2 pieces of information – our name and our occupation. For many people, these bits of information …