Egos and Cults
A few days ago, I posted an article about recently published research in the American Journal of Hypertension that demonstrated meditation as a useful tool in lowering blood pressure. Frankly, I’m surprised there is still …
Category: Perspective
Layers of Awakening
In a recent post, More Eckhart, Tom commented about the sequence of ego loss and Adyashanti observing awakening as a two-step process. I thought it would be good to comment further on this. Awakening is …
Perspectives Overview
When I hear many speakers talk about higher awareness or expanded perception, they often talk about several different states but don’t differentiate them. The result for many people is a muddling together of ideas of …
Finding a Teacher, Pt II
Recently, I wrote about finding a teacher for our path. In considering that, another aspect of this came to mind – the areas where we may need a teacher. Firstly, to me, is someone to …
Flow vs resistance
Recently, in the post “Be Here Now“, I wrote about how everything is either Flow or Resistance to Flow. Then I heard a CD of Marc Allen talking about the principle of Partnership, and its …
Finding a teacher – 1 of 3
In my recent post on “the teacher“, Kirk asked about the teachers out there as there are so many. Its true. What comes to mind is a videotape of a story I heard Maharishi Mahesh …
The teacher
From a discussion about a group of spiritual teachers: We may see enlightenment as a goal or end point, but its not. It is a process, like all other human development. There are certain key …
Blossoming bliss
Our journey through life is a remarkable one. We are faced with many choices in life, yet much conflicting information about what and who to trust. When we look back on our journey, we may …
Perspective
In the recent issue of the Bleeping Herald , one of the filmmakers of What the Bleep, Will Arntz, talks about Connectedness. http://www.bleepingherald.com/mar2008/filmmakers My response: Dear Will Thanks for the great article in the latest …
What is real?
From a discussion about reality…. There is an important detail to understand. The deeper we go, the simpler the dynamics. Greater order and beauty. But as we move closer to pure consciousness, the details become …
global conscious awareness
Recently, a group of us was asked how we envision global conscious awareness… From my perspective, there is only one silent alertness. Much more than just global, or even Universal. It is everywhere, infusing everything. …
Stages of manifestation
Recently, we discussed a video from a Chiropractic seminar, a talk discussing the Evolution of Consciousness based on the “Concept Therapy” model. These are my thoughts on the Stages the presenter refers to. He’s using …