Progress & Embodiment
Several times recently, the subject of embodiment has come up. That is, not just spiritual awakening or enlightenment but living that in the world. I’ve spoken before about the masculine and feminine aspects of the …
Category: Presence
Judgement vs Discernment (Part 3)
In our culture we often confuse Judgement and Discernment. During Nancy Shipley Rubin‘s workshop, she discussed their distinctions. I wrote the prior article on Our Protectors. This is when we’re in judgement with a closed …
Our Protectors (Part 2)
Another topic Nancy Shipley Rubin has been talking about in recent workshops is what she calls the Guardians. I prefer the term Protectors as Guardians are usually associated with Guardian angels. The Protectors are not …
Lorne and Lucia Retreats
I was recently on another Lorne and Lucia retreat. As usual, the presence of the gathered group was very powerful and helped trigger another opening. It’s evolved a great deal since I first started going …
How Big is the Mind of God?
It’s an interesting question to consider. Can we even comprehend the size of the mind of God? Certainly, we can say infinite, but infinity is usually associated with something like space. What of that which …
The Experience
As readers of this blog know, I rarely talk about my own experience because it has little meaning without context. However, I write from experience unless I indicate otherwise. Today the experience came up in …
Awakening is not the End
In a forum, someone posted a teacher’s description of confusing experience with being and the actual shift from a me-sense to Self, otherwise known as Self Realization. However, the quote was full of absolute references …
More Q&A, Part 1
This arose in an interview forum as a response to questions. I thought it useful to share here. Edited slightly for context. Of course there can be Self Realization while karma is still in play. …
An Intellectual Approach to Consciousness
Yesterday, I posted an article on David Chalmers talk at TED on the Hard Problem of Consciousness. Waiting in my browser was an interview with Bernardo Kastrup. Turns out Chalmers was one of the influences …
Possession
It’s a revealing thing that we refer to our belongings as “possessions”. (even “belongings” is revealing) The meaning is what we possess but in many ways, it is they who possess us. The stuff we …
Refined Brahman
Writing about Brahman in an intelligible way is a little fraught. It’s so beyond most peoples frame of reference that words can be entirely misleading. How do you describe something that is nothing, that is …
Healing Everything – Part 3 of 3
< Part 2 – Prep – More Specific Issues Much of the above helps us improve the general tone of our lives but some knots or blocks are more pernicious. After our practice, we step …