Astonishing Luck
Perhaps you don’t believe in luck or fate. It doesn’t matter either way. If you are reading this post, you are astonishingly blessed. How do I know this? Well, for one, in order for you …
Category: Perspective
The Okayness that already is
Here is an example of inquiry into presence. In this example, Neelam refers to the Okayness that already is. “Questioner: I can’t get my mind around the okayness of war and torture. Neelam: That’s a …
Thomas Berry
“We need a spirituality that emerges out of a reality deeper than ourselves, even deeper than life, a spirituality that is as deep as the earth process itself, a spirituality born out of the solar …
The End of Surrender
As with all things, everything on the path comes to an end. A prominent example is forgiveness. As we do our work and look at our resistance to certain emotional experiences, we come to a …
Experience vs Being
A few times recently, the subject of experiences vs being has come up again. Often, people will have profound experiences of higher states of consciousness prior to actual awakening. These experiences are very valuable as …
Story or Karma or…
Each of us has things in our life that never last. Or that never work out as planned. Who’s fault is this? Or is there fault at all? The world is by it’s nature a …
Global Spirit
“Global Spirit is a unique “internal travel” series that brings to light the various practices – spiritual, mental and physical – that help us define who we are as human beings and explore how this …
Your Song
Last night, I saw the film August Rush and it reminded me of the questions – Do you hear the music? Are you listening? Our eyes perceive a rainbow of colors, but it’s a very …
Empathic Relationship
A few years ago, I met Dr. Judith Orloff after a talk she gave on being Empathic. She’s a psychiatrist and remarkably intuitive. During a Q&A period, she in some cases ignored a persons question, …
Embodiment
Realization or Awakening is not the goal. This is an aspect of the process that’s worth focusing on a little more. In the usual cycle of growth, we have disintegration, growth, integration, and balance. In …
Pain holds us All
In the past, I’ve spoken of the mesh, the threads of connection we hold with our past. At the connection or node of each of these ‘threads’ is a grip. A holding, a knot of …
What’s Still True?
I’ve spoken recently several times about one of the challenges of the spiritual journey – that the rules keep changing. What we have held true no longer serves. But the habits of mind keep regurgitating …