Allowing
Tom Stine just posted a great article on the Sedona Method. This is a technique for emotional clearing I’ve heard about for years but never heard summarized so well. It also says a lot about …
Category: Practice
Blinded by the Light?
Recently I’ve written several posts about Finding a Teacher. I’ve also commented on Descartes famous quote as an example of ego, “I think, therefore I am”. But he actually wrote [Update] “Dubito ergo cogito; cogito …
David Lynch on the creative flow
A short interview with the filmmaker David Lynch on enhancing the creative flow and the role of consciousness as the container and meditation as the tool. Lynch has recently been touring the world with Donovan …
Stop, Look, Listen
Over at Tom Stine’s blog, the discussion about thoughts continues. To a client he said “You will discover, if you are open to it, that much of what goes through your head, your thoughts and …
Eckhart on Oprah 10
The 10th and last class in the New Earth series was, i think, the best. ‘You are the universe experiencing itself in this form.’ ‘You are the universe, not separate.’ Everything is in cycles of …
Engagement 1 of 3
What you might ask is the secret to the world? Sure, we have talked much here about silence, being, ego and all that inner directed stuff. That is the secret of Being. But what of …
Healing the temple
I’ve talked in here a bunch about emotional healing. Physical healing is much the same. I have not had a lot of issues there but have had some contact with people who have. I can …
In the wings
It rather startles me sometimes how throughly the ego prepares its dramatical scripts. Recently, quite separately, a couple of friends of mine have gone through very difficult emotional periods, breaking away from old dramas. After …
Eckhart on Oprah 9
Finally had a chance to watch the 9th class of Eckhart on Oprah, this one on Purpose. Here are a few notes. There is no substitute for finding your purpose. There are 2 purposes: Outer …
On Stress
From a Discussion on Shilpan’s guest post. (now offline) Hans Selye was an early researcher into stress. He defined 2 types – distress and eustress. The second of course a positive stress like falling in …
Greatful
Gratitude is a skill we’ve not been well taught in the west. Perhaps as a child, we were taught to respect our elders, to say thank you, and say grace before dinner. Thanks was a …
Retreat Forward
Recently, Tom Stine returned from a weeks silent retreat and wrote about his experience. It reminded me of my own experiences. I’ve been on retreats as short as 2 days and as long as 6 …