The Caveat
This blog has over 1,500 posts. It is packed with concepts. If you come here looking for concepts, you’ll certainly find them. But if you’re seeking spiritual awakening, it’s good to recognize that our concepts …
Category: Principles
Some Influences on Experiences of the Subtle
This came out of correspondence with a friend of mine, seeking understanding of newly flowering experiences after a move. Edited for context. Firstly, the environment. Some places are more “pure” or sattvic than others. This …
Existence in Brahman
English has a major lack of terminology for certain stages of development. One of the key aspects of spiritual development revolves around our sense of being. Early on, we recognize I Am. I exist. More …
Cosmic Stress?
The Cosmic body is the body of all bodies, the one body, and functions within creation from outside our universe. It moves into our universe (which is a part of itself) through differentiation into all …
The Edifice
Corresponding with a friend, they mentioned being a “collective edifice of our thoughts”. I responded that I see the person more like the collective edifice of the laws of nature focused here. That leads to …
The Value of Experiences
There is a perspective which suggests all of creation is here for That, consciousness, to know itself in more detail. How can you know something if there’s nothing? Creation is expressed to bring out the …
Experience
Consciousness flows out into both experiencer and into form as objects of experience. Then local attention (point of experiencer) flows to the objects, reflecting them back as sensing. Onto the screen of our local awareness, …
The Word
The Bible speaks of The Word. “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.” John 1:1 In Genesis (1:3) “And God said, “Let there be light,” …
The Field of Action
People often think of karma as the consequences of our actions. But karma means action and is more equivalent to energy than doing or results. The consequences are technically considered the fruits of karma rather …
At Death
I’ve written several times on the subject of death. What Yagyavalkya had to say on the subject, what happens with death after awakening, on the continuation of life, and so forth. The death process itself …
A Natural Pulsation
Recently, I’ve been corresponding with Jerry Freeman, another BATGAP interviewee. He sent me a few of his essays. I’ve quite enjoyed them and asked if I could share this one – There is a natural …
On Dreams
Recently, I was asked about dreams. I’ve not written much on the subject. Basically I see dreams as mental and emotional digestion or processing. The content and the emotions are not generally connected. We might …