The Hourglass Model
Recently, a model has come to mind to explain the evolution of our perspective of the way we are in the world. It relates closely to some common models used to explain meditation experiences. Picture …
Category: Philosophy
Shankara’s 3 laws
Shankara’s 3 laws: 1st law: Brahman is real 2nd law: the world is not real (the half truth) 3rd law: Brahman is the world Thus, the world is real, but not the real we started …
The Journey of Faith
Recently, I shared some observations elsewhere about what I saw as the evolution of faith, in this context to a specific teaching. We may not consider our relationship with a teaching “faith” unless it’s specifically …
Arjuna Before and After
I continue to gradually read the Yog Vasistha. As I mentioned in the beginning, the book is a discourse between the sage Vasistha and Rama, mostly told in stories. It is told in the royal …
The Insistent Concept
In another forum was another voice for the world as illusion and only awareness is real and eternal so there is no process and nothing to do. Just see this. Or rather think you see …
The Neo-Advaita Fog
Neo-Advaita is a kind of popularized or “new age” version of non-duality and Vedanta that’s based in concepts rather than being. Vedanta is the end of Veda or knowledge, the understanding we arrive at late …
Yoga Limbs
When I first began on the spiritual journey, I studied a number of eastern texts outlining aspects of the path. One common understanding was that there was a series of Yogas, each suitable for different …
Deepak Chopra in Vancouver
Last week, through a curious circumstance, I won a ticket to see Deepak Chopra speak here. It was a good seat too, up front and center. The talk was to cover the content of 2 …
Chopra Center Vancouver
One of the more interesting details about last nights talk by Deepak Chopra was that they’re opening the first branch of the Chopra Center in downtown Vancouver this winter. All of the things they’ll be …
The Seven Spiritual Laws
Many years ago, I read Deepak Chopra’s book “The Seven Spiritual Laws of Success“. Last night at his talk in Vancouver, 2 different tables had little weekly reminder fold-out cards, a day for each law. …
Opportunity
One of the more important but curious aspects of life is opportunity. Sometimes we see it but let it slip by, like the beautiful woman who smiled back. Often times we don’t see it at …
The Knowable Future
Is the future knowable? Certainly lots of people build models to try to predict economic trends, population growth, and so forth. And we can say that the future is built of the consequences of the …