Why Yogi’s Don’t Meditate
I’ve written here periodically about the key value of meditation in any spiritual journey. Without a systematic way to connect to our source within, our journey can be superficial and more conceptual than spiritual. While …
Category: Spirit
After Death
In What is Real Joy, I spoke of the discussion between King Janaka and the sage Yagyavalkya. After asking about joy, the king asks what happens at the time of death. I’ve spoken before about …
God Realization Plus
I’ve spoken here occasionally about God Realization. I wanted to add some further notes on the subject. Firstly, it’s good to know that evolution happens both ways – from the outside in and from the …
The Solid World
One of the paradigms we’re really stuck on is this idea of a solid world. Even though physicists tell us otherwise, they too are stuck in a particle model, inventing particles even to move forces. …
Shankara’s 3 laws
Shankara’s 3 laws: 1st law: Brahman is real 2nd law: the world is not real (the half truth) 3rd law: Brahman is the world Thus, the world is real, but not the real we started …
The Journey of Faith
Recently, I shared some observations elsewhere about what I saw as the evolution of faith, in this context to a specific teaching. We may not consider our relationship with a teaching “faith” unless it’s specifically …
Passing Contact
A week ago, a long distance friend of mine named Dan died. While still a young man, he had a profound spiritual connection and was one of only a few I know who was as …
Oh My God
This evening, I watched the Peter Rodger film Oh My God. The film is said to be a journey through 23 countries asking one question, “What is God?” He did however venture into some other …
Mind and Consciousness
There’s a notable detail about mind that’s useful to understand. I’ve touched on this before but it’s worth going into in a little more detail. You may need to read this slowly to get it. …
Senior Moments
There’s a curious flaw in the ego story we develop to try and control life. We avoid writing an ending as that would mean an end of control. When the inevitable end begins to approach, …
The Miracle of a Mother
My favorite singer these days is Denise Hagan. I spoke about the impact she had the first time I heard her on Rise Up in Song. Later I got to enjoy a whole evening of …
Understanding God Realization
To explore God Realization in our culture, first you have to surmount our deeply embedded ideas about “God”. For one, they’ll be the initial do believe/ don’t believe/ don’t know. As if deity has something …