Who Perceives?
As I have touched on a number of times here, most of us see the world inside out. We see ourselves as separate and the world ‘out there’. More deeply, the world is actually ‘in …
Category: Perspective
The Veda of Unity
I’ve been a little busy recently, partly in testing a video conference setup for a day retreat or satsang that took place last Sunday. Not as nice as being in person, but a step up …
Understanding Unity
When people speak of Unity and Oneness, we will naturally try to compare this conceptually with our experience. Perhaps a sense of togetherness with a mate, feeling part of a community, or an internal sense …
Back Again
Recently I’ve written about death and rebirth in Coming Back to Past Lives and What’s After and Before. Meanwhile, over on Tom Stine’s blog, he wrote a third post around this subject, this one quoting …
After Unity
Back in The Journey 3, I spoke of what happens after the 2nd realization, the dawn of Unity Consciousness. I’d like to explore that further. First, I would like to note that this is not …
States of Consciousness
Update: I’ve rewritten and updated this article here. It is quite common for people writing about enlightenment to mingle different distinct states of consciousness. Different views of reality. There are a number of reasons for …
Knowing or Unknowing
It’s curious how blogging can reveal layers worth exploring. While I wrote Confidence, Takuin explored uncertainty in Are you Certain? So we find writers who talk about the unknowing, the falling away of all knowledge …
Confidence
A few times recently, people have asked about or commented on my apparent confidence in statements I make here. Some of the terminology I’ve come to use is unique, so I may sound like yet …
Who Do’s?
One of the more curious questions on the journey of awakening is the changing perception of who is the apparent doer. At first, the experience is that we do and are done to. We act …
On the Origin of Experience and Form, Part 3
<<Part 2 One important detail in all this is Perspective. Many people discussing consciousness and worldviews talk about the highest truth or the ultimate state of consciousness. But in consciousness there is no highest or …
Is Time Needed?
Recently, Takuin posted Broken Beyond Repair, a discourse on his moment of realization. When someone awakens, how they experience it varies widely. One may have a bit of flash, some emotional release, or a sense …
Inclusive
A number of times here, I have written about Unity or Oneness, the end of all “states” of consciousness where we become consciousness Itself. In The Journey – Part 3, I speak of reality being …