Memories Change
Our relationship with memories changes as we grow. Just consider now something you remember from when you were about 8 years old. While the idea of the event remains, you are remembering it from how …
Category: Perspective
Know or Not
I’ve written before about the distinction between Belief and Experience. As I’ve noted, much of the debate in the modern world is about what we believe. Do you believe in God or not, for example. …
The Crown
In a discussion back on Understanding Shakti in Awakening, a few points come up that I thought worth highlighting. Firstly, as I’ve mentioned before, kundalini is not causal. It is an effect of the process. …
Getting to Purpose
Over on Lori Ann Lothian’s blog Awakened Dreamer, she posted an article on Purpose, Discover the Thing You Were Born For in 5 Easy Steps. I enjoyed the article and ended up writing a long …
Illustrating Consciousness
Last year, I finally got around to posting an illustration of the dynamics of consciousness that takes place both locally and globally. I wanted to take this a bit further and illustrate more. I mentioned …
100x the Bliss
A number of times here, I’ve written about the progressive unfolding of deeper bliss after Self Realization. Mature Self Realization is also called Nirvana or Sat Chit Ananda because it brings with it an unending …
Why is really Who
To a debate on philosophy vs spirituality… To me the bigger question is who wants to know. As the old texts note, we’re usually driven by desire for pleasure and aversion to pain. But when …
On Soma
Soma or Amrita is a subject I’ve noted here a number of times. On a discussion elsewhere on refinement, the topic came up and I was asked to describe it. I thought the comments were …
Defining Consciousness
A discussion on a definition of consciousness came up in another forum. The author was surprised to discover that at a Nonduality conference, most couldn’t or were unwilling to define consciousness. They could say profound …
The Three Stages of Brahman
There are a lot of three’s in this process of awakening. There is the observer, the process of observation and the observed. There is the purification, the refinement and the embodiment. There is the 3 …
What is Refinement?
I’ve talked here about refined perception, soma and various effects of refinement. But a recent discussion revealed I’d not talked about refinement itself for a bit. It’s quite common in some circles to speak of …
Beyond Good and Bad
Most of us carry around large loads of energetic debris, also known as karma. Karma means action, in this case what physics might call potential energy. Only this energy is “loaded”. It has an agenda. …