The Story of Christmas
No, not that story. Your story. What is your story of Christmas? Is it Merry and Ho Ho Ho? Or is there something of an edge there? Or is it a mask over pain? Something …
Category: Practice
Transformation
The cycle of growth and transformation is fascinating to explore. Back on Digesting Genpo, I spoke about the way I describe the cycle of growth: balance, disintegration, growth, integration, and repeat Genpo Roshi had described …
The Waking Dream
Here and over on Tom Stine’s blog, we’ve discussed the subject of past lives a few times. Recently, I read some further Yog Vasishta (or Vasistha) that may shed some more light on the subject. …
John
Its curious how certain things show up in groups. A friend of mine sent me a batch of old photos. With them was a scanned letter: “Thank you for your letter and kind thoughts. When …
Layers of Stages
Yesterday, I posted a couple of articles, one on Dyer and the ego, the other on the discussion of the layers of clearing from Tom Stine’s blog. Tom also wrote about how to tell if …
Who we are Now
“Let us acknowledge that our spiritual practices have served us, that they are gifts from masters who have come before us. But let us also recognize that the truth of who we are is here …
Peace Warrior
I have mentioned Adam the Dreamhealer a few times on this site. He is a remarkable young man with a gift for healing and, more importantly, an ability to help people learn to heal themselves. …
Grip or Freedom
Tom Stine talks about the process of clearing over on his blog in Layer after Layer after Layer. And how to tell if you are actually clear. In Comments, Jacob wonders if the idea there …
Inner Revolution
I talk about the process of awakening a fair bit here. Layers of Awakening, States of Consciousness, The Cyclic Path, and so forth. I also talk about the spectrum of how this process is seen, …
Falling Free
In her latest newsletter, Neelam said this: “The world around us has been going through some deep, amazing and sometimes frightening changes. In times of challenge it is easy to move into extremes in our …
Compulsion
Recently, I heard Mary O’Malley give a short talk on Compulsions. She described a compulsion as a finely crafted survival system we use when we are out of touch with ourself. It’s compulsive as we …
Digesting Genpo
After yesterdays post on The Cyclic Path, I thought it would be worth exploring what further arose from Genpo Roshi’s The Path of the Human Being talk. As I noted Genpo was speaking from his …