Moving and Still
For much of our life, we’ve been immersed in movement, in activity. But after we learn to meditate, we begin to experience stillness. Then things seem to have two states, moving and still, relative and …
Category: Psychology
Styles of Stress
I’ve spoken before about our dominant guna (quality) and how this affects our emotions and the way we experience the world. A very similar model arises from dominant elements in the physiology. A dominant element …
Our Storage
When we’re not accepting life as it is, there’s two ways we respond: – grasping or attachment, trying to hold on to what we want. – resistance or avoidance, pushing away what we don’t want. …
Our Gifts
Each of us has gifts to offer the world. It may take life experiences to recognize them and experimentation to discover how the world wants them expressed. You can also do exercises to help surface …
Willingness
On the spiritual journey, we’ll periodically have plateaus where progress appears to have stalled or slowed. This is “appears” because there are many layers of transformation underway, a great deal of which we’re not aware …
Intuition
What is intuition? How does it compare to gut feelings or instinct? I read an article recently (not online) distinguishing different ways we get information. To summarize, with my commentary added: 1) Instinct: an innate …
Primary and Secondary Emotions
As we become conscious of our emotional dynamics, we can be a bit misled by more obvious, secondary emotions. When we have an experience, the first thing is the actual experience – what is arising, …
The Secret to Happiness
What is the secret to happiness? We do not find happiness in things or in others. We find happiness within. It is in our very nature. The liveliness and song that give rise to our …
Dreaming
Dream state is a curious place. Mainly, dreams are about processing your day. Mental digestion, we could say. It can also be processing some unresolved past. Like digesting food, it all gets mushed together. An …
In With The Bad
Our mind naturally categorizes experiences. This helps us make choices, feel safe, and in control. However, this habit of compartmentalization and labelling can become an issue when we get too black and white, too polarized. …
Frustration with a Spiritual Path
It’s quite common to become frustrated with our spiritual progress. Especially if we’re not seeing obvious results while we see others awaken or have fancy experiences. We may regret we didn’t do “the right thing” …
How We Are
What are the primary things that influence our life experience? 1) Unresolved baggage (experiences) from prior lives drives us forward into new lives to complete them. 2) Development of Atman (consciousness/ presence) and Sattva (purity, …