The Four Grips
After Awakening or Cosmic Consciousness, there arises a sense of descent of the divine or spirit in reverse of the rise felt prior. In Emptiness Dancing, Adyashanti talks of the “head, heart, and gut”. This …
Category: Perspective
Autonomy
During the approach to awakening, there can be the experience of the energy rising up to the crown of the head. Or there may be a sense of opening gates or removing barriers. After initial …
The Endless Path
In many circles, I harp on the point that awakening is not the goal. It is so important we not get stuck by concepts of being done. From his book Falling into Grace, Adyashanti puts …
The Relief
There is a profound value in connecting with others on the spiritual journey. They offer us perspectives we may have missed and nudges along the way. Most of my attention goes to people here. I …
Head to Heart
One of the things spiritual teachers will talk about is the shift from the head to the heart. A shift from identification with our mind into the soul, into the heart of our being. This …
Talents & Fears
Several things I’ve read recently offer an interesting look at the human experience. From the perspective of life being a learning or evolving journey (a surprisingly modern meme), we explore tools and knowledge that will …
Opening the Hearts Door
Back on 10 Steps to Enlightenment, I note the importance of experiencing our nature and study to understand it. Spirit & mind. But I also mention Housecleaning. Taking a look at our emotional baggage. I’ve …
Yukteswar’s Yugas
I’ve occasionally mentioned the Yugas here. Basically, it’s a Vedic understanding of the cycles of time. Just as we have a cycle of hours, days, years, and centuries, the Vedas also chart ages (as in …
Life Continues
Over on Takuin’s blog, he responded to a question on the afterlife. He said he didn’t know. Then that he never would know nor would anyone else. I responded: “…to say you don’t know is …
Busting Beliefs
As readers of this blog know, I often talk about “the story”. This is a conceptual structure we use to give meaning and relate to the world with. While this can aid us, the story …
Awakening Imperfection
I’ve noted a common idea in spiritual circles that one must be pure and perfect to have an awakening. I know a few people who have spent a part of their life in deep meditation, …
Welcoming the Story of Pain
I’ve spoken here before about how “what we resist persists“. When we resist seeing or completing an experience, the tail ends cast a shadow over our life. Now sometimes, it’s natural to want to delay …