Appearance
Tom has written a much needed post on “What do Enlightened Guys Look Like?” He makes some important points and triggered a good discussion in comments. Appearance has NOTHING to do with awakening. D
Category: Presence
LLL Retreat
I’m back from the first retreat but it seems not to have ended. It would be nice to be able to make a list of Main Points, such as Tom has done on his retreat …
How I learned to stop arguing with reality and pick up my children’s socks
The above is the subtitle to a short article by Byron Katie in the latest Shared Vision magazine. The article is called “Suffering is Optional“. “What I came to see was that my suffering wasn’t …
Beyond no self
Nirmala has released a new free eBook which is particularly good for understanding the process of first waking. It’s called Beyond no Self. In 10 Steps to Enlightenment, I mention the value of inquiry and …
Eckhart on Oprah retro
Recently, I have posted several articles on Oprah’s free 10 part series on A New Earth with Eckhart Tolle. Oprah is now offering a 3 part “Soul” series with Eckhart. This is from September of …
Living the Dream
The world we live in is all a dream. There is no “out there”. Everything is “in here”, but that inner is a much bigger inner than our heads. It is an inner than encompasses …
Desire vs Craving
When I was writing some notes about the recent show with Eckhart on Oprah, I realized I had not posted on this important point. How to tell when a desire arises from ego and when …
Eckhart on Oprah 8
This week was the 8th of 10 classes Oprah is doing with Eckhart Tolle on his book A New Earth. They get better each week. I made notes on a few points that struck me. …
What Awakes
In a discussion back at Tom’s blog, a fellow with bi-polar was asking about illness relative to spiritual progress. This turns out to be a perfect example of the difference between experience and being. If …
Group Think or Group Be
Recent discussions here illuminate something to consider, the role of the group. During the process of awakening, we lose the sense of ego, the pain body, then the whole sense of identity. The whole idea …
The Bee
Is the Bee just a be or is he as he sees? Is his buzz who he was or is it just because? How we see the little bee Is both the bee and me. …
Spirit
Here is the flow. Tom Stine asked What is Spirituality, Really?. Takuin Minamoto then asked the same question from another angle. 2 sides to the same coin. In one case, it is concluded that Spirituality …