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 …
Category: Philosophy
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 …
Bodily History
At a recent event, a number of family members ended up together. An observation was made that sometimes, when my mother is annoyed with me, she calls me by my uncles name – her younger …
Tulku, the film
Today was the World Premier of Tulku, a film about the practice of recognizing a reborn Buddhist master. Sadly, I wasn’t able to see it, yet. But I thought the description of the film was …
Awakening and Motivation
As readers of this blog know, I like to explore different ways of seeing the awakening process. Although the process is broadly consistent, how it is experienced and the terminology one might use varies widely. …
Messages of Passion
In the move to quiet the mind and release ourselves from the grip of emotion, there is the tendency for spirituality to turn off our passion. To see it as somehow unspiritual. This can be …
Control Your Mind, Control Your Life, or not
When we first begin to become aware how powerful the mind is at creating our reality, we often will take the ego’s perspective. If I can control this mind, I will control my life, my …
The Primacy of Consciousness
This evening, I saw a talk by the philosopher Peter Russell called The Primacy of Consciousness. He starts us out with the typical current paradigm where consciousness is seen as present only in humans and …
The Quantum Activist
Dr Amit Goswami was one of the scientists in the film What the Bleep? He spoke here at the Bleep conference a few years ago. He was also in Dalai Lama Renaissance. Recently, he published …
Isha, the Movie
Being a fan of spirituality and film, I’m always interested in new films in the genre, even if a bit lame. One that looks to be anything but lame is the upcoming film, “Why Walk …
The Yogas or Paths
I regularly mention the various paths here and realized I’d not covered this here. There are as many paths to Oneness as there are people. People exist to experience Self or source in different ways, …
Models of Awakening
When I first began exploring the nature of consciousness, I was fascinated by models of higher states of consciousness. I latched on to a model of 7 states which fortunately was one of the better …