Surrender
When we are in the world, we are in the field of action, of doing. We need to think and plan and act and accomplish. On the spiritual path some of the same attention is …
Category: Presence
Moving
What moves? What changes? There is only silent awareness, moving within Itself. Appearing as this aspect or that form due to how it is perceived, by the mind we perceive through. It is mind that …
Calling Silence
“Mankind is about to experience a great acceleration in consciousness” “The consciousness of mankind is being prepared for great leaps and discoveries in a gentle way wherever possible… God is giving man a great chance. …
Benefit the World
Recently, I saw a music video of the Rankins, performing their once popular song We Rise Again, about reincarnation*. It came to mind again when I saw an ad for a new benefit concert. “Paul …
The Present of Life
Recently, a group of us have been watching Thich Nhat Hanh [roughly pronounced Tik N’yat Hawn] on YouTube. He is a Zen Buddhist monk originally from Vietnam. Rather than taking a passive approach to the …
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 …
Me, God, Myself, and I
Back in Who Do’s, I spoke of the evolving nature of the apparent Doer. Who it is that appears to be doing stuff. At first, it is me. I am in control and I am …
The Journey, part 3
As with the rest of human development, this stage is a process. Unity itself is a realization. A seeing through. A discovery that even creation itself, the dream of God is but a mirage. Without …
Emptiness – friend or foe
In a recent Nirmala newsletter, he asks the question “What is it about emptiness that makes us want to move away from it?” “Is emptiness really a bad sensation? When you consider the literal meaning …
Coming Back to Past Lives
In the past, I have written about Deep Memory, Time, and The Past. Over on Tom Stine’s blog, he raised the subject of past lives / reincarnation. It’s an intriguing subject I’ve skimmed over in …
Choice by Attention
“Each of us literally chooses by his way of attending to things, what sort of universe he shall appear to himself to inhabit.” — William James in The Principles of Psychology
The openings
Received a newsletter today from Nirmala. It had excerpts from several recent eBooks that nicely touch on different stages in the awakening process. On the approach to awakening: “You may think it matters what happens. …