The Flower of Awakening
Right after I wrote Grace or Practice, a friend of mine sent me an article by Nirmala touching on the same subject. Using the analogy of a flower, he asks what is involved in it’s …
Category: Spirit
Why Pain? Part 3
The Escape We tend to think of pain and illusion as something to overcome, to escape. That if we get to the bottom of it, it will finally be over. But this outlook arises from …
Why Pain? Part 2
The Image Last year, I wrote an article about relationship and it’s value for stepping out of our story. How it can be one of the most effective for spiritual growth. But if we resist …
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 …
The Stage Remains
In a discussion this evening, we listened to an interview with Genpo Roshi. It was interesting as he also talked about becoming OK with our humanity as part of the post-waking experience. However, I didn’t …
I Am Not There
Do not stand at my grave and weep, I am not there, I do not sleep. I am a thousand winds that blow, I am the softly falling snow. I am the gentle showers of …
Keep Digging
Work. Keep digging your well. Don’t think about getting off from work. Water is there somewhere. Submit to a daily practice. Your loyalty to that is a ring on the door. Keep knocking, and the …
Writing on Spirit
What is the value of writing about spirit, something that cannot be described? What is the value of words about reality when each of us has a unique one? When words are dead things, symbols …
Leap!
Take the Leap or stay asleep. Leap! is the name of a new film that opened in December to mostly spiritual venues. The filmmakers explore the idea that the world is an illusion, that your …
The Quantum Activist
Dr Amit Goswami was one of the scientists in the film What the Bleep? He spoke here at the Bleep conference a few years ago. He was also in Dalai Lama Renaissance. Recently, he published …
Soul and Self
I’ve spoken of the process of awakening quite a bit on this blog – everything from the 7 states of consciousness and Perspectives to the Veda of Unity. Recently, on Models of Awakening, I mused …
Seeing with the Heart
There’s an interesting phenomena that takes place in the evolution of perception. One that may not make sense in our typical understanding of how the senses work. But if we understand that senses and their …