The End of Karma
One idea you run into periodically is that karma has an end. That the enlightenment process causes you to stop producing new karma, roasts the seeds of your backlog, and then you wind down the …
Category: Perspective
The Tales of Our Past
As I touched on in The Subconscious, the residues of our long past’s incomplete experiences leave latent impressions and desires. We experience subconscious impulses from our unknown past that over-ride our normal sense. While these …
Unloading Concepts
Those who read this site will find a LOT of concepts. Also lots of Sanskrit terms and Vedic references that have a specific meaning that may not be what you’ve seen elsewhere. The key to …
The Subconscious
Here and there, I’ve contemplated what makes things subconscious. If everything we experience arises in consciousness, what does it mean for something to be “subconscious”? I was reminded of this recently by a talk on …
Becoming vs Devouring
There is an interesting shift that takes between the style of experience in Unity and the style in Brahman. In Unity, we progressively become whatever we experience. Perceptions, memory, the whole works – as we …
Consciousness Unfolds
In a recent talk, Lorne Hoff mentioned the Purusha and Prakriti aspects of the dynamics of consciousness. Observer, process of observation, and observed show in both the masculine and feminine, in spirit and in nature. …
Call and Response
If you’ve ever been to a Kirtan, you’ve experienced call and response. They sing a Sanskrit phrase and you repeat it back. If this is unfamiliar, a kirtan is chanting in a group, done in …
The What and How of Subtle Perception
I thought it would be useful to clarify the nature of subtle perception. First, what we experience is created in layers as part of the process of experience itself. The very act of experience gives …
Astral vs Divine
Most people are oblivious to anything but the physical because of the unresolved charges in their emotional and mental arenas. This baggage creates both static noise and aversion. This is what Eckhart Tolle called the …
Ignorance
Ignorance is a lack of clarity. It is not something, it is its absence. Just as darkness is the absence of light, so too is ignorance the absence of clarity. And just as a shadow …
Pranas and Chakras
I’ve talked before about the Purushas (body) or Koshas (shealth). Also the koshas and the chakras. But its worth looking at this yet another way. While the 5 primary pranas (life force or chi) function …
The Caveat
This blog has over 1,500 posts. It is packed with concepts. If you come here looking for concepts, you’ll certainly find them. But if you’re seeking spiritual awakening, it’s good to recognize that our concepts …