The Dark Night
Recently during an off-line conversation, the subject of the “Dark Night of the Soul” came up. I touched on this subject once when talking about The Rapture. It is mainly a Christian idea although similar …
Category: Spirit
I am the Stadium
Jim Carrey, speaking at an Eckhart Tolle event. He speaks about intention, why we’re here, how everything is happening inside you, and that I am everything and it’s so much fun… http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8qSTHPABoHc Jim shares an …
Remembering Spirit
Occasionally, I have written about Deep Memory, the subtle structure of being itself. At it’s most fundamental, it is Veda, pure knowledge. In prior posts, I’ve mentioned the value of spiritual study. In essence this …
A Drop of Flash
There is a rather distinctive experience that happens on the journey of awakening. A blinding white flash that obliterates all experience for a short time. I’ve seen it described with waking, with the unity switch, …
Unfolding God
The direct experience of God is one of the most significant events in anyones life. Even more profound to live it, to become what has been experienced. At it’s crown, this is God Realization. And …
What is Lost is Gained
Recently, I ran into more of the story of Bernadette Roberts. When she was a Carmelite nun, she had a superior who believed she was deceived or under Satan’s grasp for experiencing pure silence. As …
Deeper I-Ness
Another process Yogananda reviewed was the evolution of the ego self. What we might call the concept of self or the level of identification. First thing to note is that he describes our person as …
The Seat of the Soul
Recently, I was reading some of Yogananda‘s commentary on the Bhagavad Gita (the Song of God, a key section of the Mahabharata where Krishna teaches Arjuna about the ways of action, yoga, etc.) In it, …
Seasons Greetings
A Letter to the Most Illustrious the Contessina Allagia degli Aldobrandeschi: “To you on this day: I salute you. I am your friend, and my love for you goes deep. There is nothing that I …
Denise Hagan @ World Kindness Concert
In several posts here, I’ve mentioned the remarkable singer Denise Hagan. In November I saw her again, this time doing 2 numbers during this years World Kindness Concert. She did my favourite, Amazing Space and …
What Leads to Awakening?
In a recent post, I spoke of how our gifts come, not from our suffering, but from the movement of life through us. This arose from the underlying idea that suffering is necessary and will …
Solid, real Solid
Solid may seem to be an odd word to describe anything “spiritual”. Spirit seems ephemeral, a cloud through which we may sometimes peak. Yet as we deepen into our fundamental reality, we discover some of …