At Death
I’ve written several times on the subject of death. What Yagyavalkya had to say on the subject, what happens with death after awakening, on the continuation of life, and so forth. The death process itself …
Category: Perspective
A Natural Pulsation
Recently, I’ve been corresponding with Jerry Freeman, another BATGAP interviewee. He sent me a few of his essays. I’ve quite enjoyed them and asked if I could share this one – There is a natural …
Being a Teacher
There’s a goofy idea some people have that awakening makes you a spiritual teacher. There can certainly be an impulse to share but teaching requires skill and a calling, not just wanting to tell the …
The Flavours
I meet with, retreat with, and correspond with a variety of people who are awake, some very much so. As I mentioned in the Sofia panel discussion, I’ve found people tend to become more unique …
The Layers
Recently, friends have been corresponding about “the mystery”. Can reality be known or is it destined to remain something of a mystery, greater than self-knowledge? My position is that we can know it when we …
The Blood Line
On this site, I emphasize those two aspects of unfolding enlightenment called sattva and atman, clarity and consciousness. It was a prominent theme in my SAND talk. However, from the Ayurvedic source of this, there …
How We Know
I wrote before on 3 forms of knowing – through ideas, through experience, and through being. I’ve also talked about how our dominant sense can inform our experiences. But there’s another way we might distinguish …
Revealing Brahman
In a recent conversation, Rick Archer noted that Maharishi Mahesh Yogi used to say “The world reveals Brahman.” Another detail that illustrates a perspective beyond “the world is illusion.” Maharishi spoke of Brahman having 2 …
Perceiving Brahman
The title of this article is invalid. It’s designed to point to one of the paradoxes of Brahman. Brahman is a total unification that is inclusive of everything, including such subtle dualities as consciousness and …
Ideas make Stairs and Walls
Concepts can be very supportive of day-to-day living. We don’t realize how important they are until we see them being lost in the elderly or brain-injured. As energetic and physiological functioning breaks down, the ability …
The Shadows of Awakening
Recently, I made a point to watch the Craig Holliday BATGAP interview. It’s something I’d intended prior but after meeting him at the panel discussion, became a greater priority. He’s both a Nondual teacher and …
In Humanity
An ongoing discussion has continued with many of the Sofia panel participants. You may have noticed a few spoke of our humanity and the importance of not abstracting ourselves away from that, even if there …