The 4 Immeasurables
In Buddhism, they say 4 things will make the mind immeasurable. Brahma-Vihara is the 4 apramana or Immeasurables. Also known as the 4 virtues or most sublime attitudes. They are: Metta – loving-kindness Karuna – …
Category: Perspective
Feeding Your Demons
A couple of times recently, I’ve run into references to Feeding you Demons, a process for coming to terms with your “obsessions and fears, feelings of insecurity, chronic illnesses, or common problems like depression, anxiety, …
Western Meditation
We tend to think of meditation as an “eastern” practice while prayer is the more western thing. I was raised in a Christian church. In my late teens, I became fascinated by research on consciousness. …
Agape
On this blog, I have spoken of Love vs. love, the difference between the Love of God and emotional love. While emotional love is a reflection of the first, it is a pale one. Recently, …
Relationship Threads – Part 2
There’s another aspect to our energetics that slowly becomes more clear. We not only have our internal energetic sludge but we also share it with others. This is the main reason why we seek out …
Energetic Sludge – Part 1
If you look at alternative health programs, you’ll run into stuff showing the kind of sludge that can build up in peoples bodies from years of poor diet habits. Yuck! Traditional medicine practices the world …
Layers and Wholeness
In the article intention, I observed the difference between pure intention arising out of wholeness and reactivity driven desires coming from conflict. This is a valid way of looking at it but in a follow-up …
The Dark Night
Recently during an off-line conversation, the subject of the “Dark Night of the Soul” came up. I touched on this subject once when talking about The Rapture. It is mainly a Christian idea although similar …
The Song of the Brain
Many people associate their mind with their brain. Their thinking self with the physical mass in the upper skull. But the physical brain is more like a receiver. Like a portable radio, tuned to your …
Pure Intention
Pure intention is best described as a wave or vector of intelligence. A clear intent. As it moves into mind, we experience an idea or concept, an inspiration, a focus. Into emotions, a desire, wish …
Behind all Pain is Happiness
During a recent discussion on Shared Vision and Untethered Perception, a key point came up. That behind all pain or suffering is pure happiness. I’ve touched on this in several prior posts such as Clearing …
What is Consciousness?
In 2004, an unusual film was released called What the BLEEP do we Know? It was a series of interviews with various scientists and philosophers, told over a dramatic back-story. The theme was what modern …