Control Your Mind, Control Your Life, or not
When we first begin to become aware how powerful the mind is at creating our reality, we often will take the ego’s perspective. If I can control this mind, I will control my life, my …
Category: Principles
Why Pain? Part 1
You may hear such sayings as “All is Love” and “Life is Bliss”. While these are quite literal statements for some people, it is not most peoples experience on an ongoing basis. In fact, many …
Fear
The mechanism of suffering is quite simple. We experience a shadow or cloud that obscures the experience of love. There is no change in the flow of love, only in our awareness or perception of …
The Excuse
Last night, I heard part of a Dr. Bruce Lipton talk for the second time. In it, he speaks of the concept of Genetic Determinism, the idea that our genetic code determines our experience of …
Models of Awakening
When I first began exploring the nature of consciousness, I was fascinated by models of higher states of consciousness. I latched on to a model of 7 states which fortunately was one of the better …
Fixing how we Look and See
On this blog, I talk about how it’s not about what happens, it’s how we respond that matters. In a similar way, it’s not about the organizational or political system that’s in place, it’s what …
Understanding the Vedas
In another discussion, I was invited to contribute to an on-line article on Sama Veda. I thought you might find the overview useful. I would not begin to consider myself an expert on Sama Veda. …
The Right Answer
In a discussion in another forum, a debate arose over reality – is it a void or a metaphysical fullness. I thought an overview might be in order… For those of you who may wonder …
Who’s really doing all this?
Over on What do you Create?, I talked about how the world is formed, how we create our world. This invited further questions from Ariel and Jacob. To get a handle on questions of doership …
Forms of Samadhi
First, let’s define what Samadhi means. It is an experience of yoga or union with the Absolute. Oneness. Some definitions use it in terms of practice, but as that is a mental exercise, it cannot …
Transformation
The cycle of growth and transformation is fascinating to explore. Back on Digesting Genpo, I spoke about the way I describe the cycle of growth: balance, disintegration, growth, integration, and repeat Genpo Roshi had described …
10 steps to Achieving
In Self Effort, I reviewed the value of correct effort in accomplishing our goals. There is an old saying, well begun is half done. This is the key to productive action and rich results. Stepping …