Quite Enough?
Eric Idle of Monty Python fame sings on the scale of things. “…So remember when you’re feeling very small and insecure, How amazingly unlikely is your birth…” The stats he uses have various scales. Here’s …
Category: Perspective
Underwater unknown
The TED talks have some real gems. I’m mentioned others here before. In this talk, David Gallo shows some recent underwater footage, some from the deep sea, some from shallow waters. We’re talking Times Square …
Time Comes
It is interesting to see how the media is evolving. In the ’70’s, I used to explore large magazine and book shops, trolling for articles (ideas). Nowadays, while the media corporations consolidate and target lowest …
All arises from Self Effort
Presently, I am reading the Yog Vasishta, a long discourse of great renown between Rama and the sage Vasishta. As is common in such books, the story is told by one sage to another about …
Gangaji Retreat
This weekend, I completed 7 days of silence (well, 5.5) on a retreat with Gangaji. Although I did not stay in residence as I lived nearby, it was very restful and I went deep into …
Choose Peace
One of the skills we lack in our culture is an understanding of peace. We are surrounded by examples of people who demonstrate the ego’s need to be right. The ego makes itself right by …
Real Victory
In September 1945 when the Second World War was over, newspaper reporters wanted to know the reaction of Shankaracharya Swami Brahmananda Saraswati, Shankaracharya of Jyotirmath (the north seat). This is said to be his response. …
Integration vs Growth
Tom has posted a great Adyashanti quote from earlier this year on Spiritual Awakening. I raised a point there I would like to repeat here – the importance of understanding the 2 aspects of the …
Appearance #2
In Appearance, I link to Tom’s post and the discussion on “What do Enlightened Guys Look Like?” The discussion is quite useful. I got a little verbose over there and thought it useful to summarize …
Appearance
Tom has written a much needed post on “What do Enlightened Guys Look Like?” He makes some important points and triggered a good discussion in comments. Appearance has NOTHING to do with awakening. D
Is God Real?
Or another question, do you believe in God? At some point, everyone deals with these questions, either through consideration or acceptance of some teaching. Many people have primitive ideas of God they picked up when …
The A to Z of Being
Takuin has written a beautiful piece on Being when you are. The A to Z of Being: Instructions. A manual in prose… Reminds me of something I ran into earlier today. How Enlightenment is not …