Oneness Declarations
An interesting trend. Awhile back Neale Donald Walsch, author of the Conversations with God series, established a Oneness Declaration and an organization dedicated to it. Over 94,000 people have signed it now. But without the …
Category: Psychology
Action Required
Reading further in Conversations with Maharishi, Volume 2, a key point is raised. Maharishi notes that vigorous activity strengthens silence. He observes that when we use multiple senses simultaneously, it requires a centre of silence. …
What Do You Amplify?
Occasionally on this site, a post attracts the angry. Mention of a teacher someone has an issue with or a subject that pushes someone’s buttons. Recently, a 6-year-old quote got someone going. The irony of …
Fulfilling Needs
Our body, emotions and mind all have needs of one sort or another. The need for food, water, and air. For comfort and security. For love, intimacy, and companionship. For a making sense of the …
Behaviour – Before and After Enlightenment
A friend of mine raised an interesting point they’d heard in a talk. I thought it worth exploring as there’s a lot of nonsense out there about “enlightened behaviour” and such. When you wake up …
The Afterlife
This little parable has been making the rounds recently, so I thought I’d share it. In a mother’s womb were two babies. One asked the other: “Do you believe in life after delivery?” The other …
The Cosmic Story
I am inviting you, just as Papaji invited me, to stop telling the story. That is very different from making the story wrong. It is simply “Stop telling it.” Then there is an invitation to …
Consciousness and the Brain
As part of a Stanford course called Hacking Consciousness, Dr. Fred Travis gave a talk on brain physiology and development, neural plasticity, and the way the brain is changed by experiencing pure consciousness. He then …
True Law
Also in a recent discussion, a consideration of law I’ll share here. When people are out of touch with who they are, they act from unfulfilled desires and reactivity rather than sense. They put their …
The Lift
Chatting with a friend, it became apparent there is a common experience after the death of someone close to us. That is, the lifting off of an energetic load we’ve been carrying of theirs. While …
True Purpose
I’ve written here a number of times about purpose. Everything from the Vedic idea of dharma (that which sustains) to living life purposefully. One hazard is an endless search for an abstract perfect purpose. Why …
On Vedic Astrology
This came in a newsletter from jyotishi David Goldstein Ph.D.. As I mention jyotish occasionally, I thought it worth sharing. Every year, I try to set the record straight in my newsletter, in regard to …