Purifying Presence
In another forum, I made a comment people wanted to explore more. I thought readers here would also be interested. I’ve edited the reply for this blog. “That kind of presence tends to cause others …
Category: Presence
A Second Childhood
The experience varies but for some, awakening can be like a second childhood. Like we’re going back to school and relearning about what life is. Also because it’s a process of progressively deeper surrender. A …
Julian of Norwich
Imagine having profound spiritual experiences at a time when religion was used to control people. Where speaking differently than the church line was heresy, perhaps punishable by death. Most people lived as serfs, beholden to …
Brahman Unfolds
Recently, I was on another retreat with Lorne and Lucia. It was a profound exploration, brought about by a young woman who had recently had a clear shift into Brahman. This only a few months …
3 Levels of Non-Dual Reality
One of the things I harp on here and in a few other forums is stages of enlightenment. Like all other human development including puberty, it is a process marked with distinct stages. There are …
Holy Now
There is a curious gap in western spiritual dialogue. We talk of awakening and we talk of oneness. What of the awakening heart and the unfolding of celestial perception known as God Consciousness? We have …
Non-Violent Communication
Much of our emotional pain and struggles in life are due to unmet needs. These have developed through resistance and denial of what is and being trained that some emotions are unacceptable. This is most …
Healing Perfection
I’ve noted that people’s life passion often arises out of what they had to overcome or heal. In a sense our mission may be fueled by what we don’t want or what we want to …
Feeling is Believing
Recently, I did another workshop on working with your energy centres with Nancy Shipley Rubin. It was part 2 of the “solution field” process we learned last fall. While the workshop covered all chakras, I’ll …
Avatar
In some computer games, you choose your “avatar” or personal representation within the game world. In some cases, significant time is required to design your avatar. Or in commenting on blogs, you register an icon …
Presence
One of the key qualities of spiritual progress can be a growing sense of presence, of being in the moment rather than in the mind. The mind alone brings us anxiety about the future or …
Grace is Brahman
When people say they awoke through grace, they mean through something higher as yet unseen. It may be strongly felt but is still deeper than direct knowing and being. They recognize it is not the …