Beyond I Am
Another great question, this on the basics of our existence. “My spiritual journey is driven by one main question I had from the very beginning: How and why did I and this world come to …
Category: Perspective
After Death
Recently, I was asked a question I thought would be worth sharing. When I read Adyashanti’s book, “The End of Your World”, this one also struck me as an unusual question to include and a …
Why Don’t We Do Our Best?
One of the most curious aspects of the human experience is how much we stray from what we know to be right. We know that we need exercise, good food, and moderation. We know that …
The Lost Symbol
Dan Brown is the author of the famous “DaVinci Code” novel and it’s followup “Angels and Demons” that were both made into movies. His most recent mystery, “The Lost Symbol” evidently has as it’s heroine …
Do You Believe in God?
When the subject of God comes up in the west, it’s almost always in the context of belief. Do you or do you not believe in God? People tend to place themselves in one of …
Cycles of Faith
The word Faith is often associated with strong belief and religion. For me, it long meant blindness, as in blind faith. A surrender to someone else’s vision rather than our own. But that is delusion …
Unintentional Devotion
Devotion is a word often associated with such ideas as ardent love, the path of the heart, bhakti yoga and some forms of prayer. It is often tinged with thoughts of idolatry and blind faith …
The Gita
“Even a little study of the Bhagavad Gita, like a drop of the flow of nectar, is sufficient for enlightenment.” — Shankaracharya, Bhaja Govindam 20 The Bhagavad Gita translates as The Song of God. It …
Going Cosmic
“Lord, said David, since you do not need us, why did you create these two worlds? Reality replied: O prisoner of time, I was a secret treasure of kindness and generosity, and I wished this …
More God Realization
Understanding God Realization was largely a perspective piece. Where it fits into the scheme of things. But what of experience? How does it show up? This is not something anyone can describe as it is …
Understanding God Realization from a Western standpoint
Each major change in state of consciousness tends to have a lead up, an actual shift, then a process of integration. Disintegration, growth, integration, and balance. The same process happens with all of the smaller …
This Blog
In many ways, this blog is part of my own journey. While I have a prominently perceptual path, there is a strong underflow of gyan. The draw of the intellect to understand, even in the …