Goals Going Gone
One of the interesting effects I’ve observed with the awakening process is the falling away of goals. Not typically all goals, but the vast majority gradually fade away as no longer relevant. This is a …
Category: Presence
Redemptive Love
“While transcendent wisdom is realized by dropping one’s attachment to body and mind, redemptive love is an infinite embrace of the entire human condition.” “It comes as a gift and as a grace bestowed upon …
Stages of Development in Consciousness
aka higher states of consciousness or stages thereof One of the most popular articles on this blog over the years has been on states of consciousness. First as an outline of the 7 states of …
Developing Intuition
This is a response to a question about intuition in another forum. I explore how it develops. It’s edited slightly for context. Firstly, claiming to get messages from God or preaching your beliefs or concepts …
Q&A, part 10
The discussion turned back to me again… The prior series … When we first experience inner silence, such as in meditation or similar, it can seem like an emptiness or nothing. This is because, instead …
The Q&A Series
In a Non-Duality forum, a discussion turned into a series of questions and answers. Because life was rather busy and there was no time for research and writing, I posted some of my responses as …
Q&A, Part 9
The discussion has gone in other directions now so it seems this Q&A is finally done. 😉 The start Part 8 … Yes, Nisargadatta had a spontaneous awakening with no tradition. He did not see …
Q&A, Part 8
The conversation degraded into discounting. I thought it might wind down. But… If comments puzzle, do search the terms here. You may also find it useful to read the conversation from the beginning as some …
Q&A, Part 7
Funny – I began pasting the comments here to provide some content while life was too full to write much. But the conversation has continued. These are replies to multiple people. Still working on the …
Q&A, Part 6
The conversation has shifted some…I’ve not been adding links to these responses much but a search will reveal more on most of the topics mentioned. …Are desires bad?There has been a trend to demonize desires …
Q&A, Part 4
At this point in the discussion, I’m replying to several people. I’m not including the questions generally because this is an international discussion and some are using English awkwardly. It would not be appropriate to …
Q&A, Part 3
It’s rare such back and forth continues. But there was more. This continues from Q&A 2… I have some other writing to come but life has other demands at the moment. … When acting, if …