Knowledge – Chains or Ladder?
There is an interesting debate that shows up in spiritual circles around teachings. Is knowledge and concepts useful or a barrier to being? As I’ve noted prior, there is a spectrum on this subject around …
Category: Truth
The Present of Life
Recently, a group of us have been watching Thich Nhat Hanh [roughly pronounced Tik N’yat Hawn] on YouTube. He is a Zen Buddhist monk originally from Vietnam. Rather than taking a passive approach to the …
Forms of Samadhi
First, let’s define what Samadhi means. It is an experience of yoga or union with the Absolute. Oneness. Some definitions use it in terms of practice, but as that is a mental exercise, it cannot …
Perception without Perception
After first awakening there is typically a gradual process of unfolding while the Self moves forward, absorbing mind, heart, and gut. One has switched from being a person experiencing silence to being the silent observer, …
The Waking Dream
Here and over on Tom Stine’s blog, we’ve discussed the subject of past lives a few times. Recently, I read some further Yog Vasishta (or Vasistha) that may shed some more light on the subject. …
One Way
“The exclusivism of there being only one way in which we can be saved, the idea that there is a single religious group that is in sole possession of the truth–that is the world as …
Who we are Now
“Let us acknowledge that our spiritual practices have served us, that they are gifts from masters who have come before us. But let us also recognize that the truth of who we are is here …
Final Bleep
In the summer of ’05, there was a What the Bleep conference here. I got a chance to meet a number of speakers that I have continued to follow like Bruce Lipton and Adam the …
Inner Revolution
I talk about the process of awakening a fair bit here. Layers of Awakening, States of Consciousness, The Cyclic Path, and so forth. I also talk about the spectrum of how this process is seen, …
Remains of Ignorance
In full Unity, fully developed totality, there are no true differences. All is One. All is Self, moving within silence. As the Upanishads famously put it, I am That, Thou art That, all This is …
Me, God, Myself, and I
Back in Who Do’s, I spoke of the evolving nature of the apparent Doer. Who it is that appears to be doing stuff. At first, it is me. I am in control and I am …
Paradoxes of Perception
Back in Not Yet Enlightenment in August, I commented on Tom Stine’s blog post of similar title. Discussion there has continued in comments and it seems a point was worth touching on here. As the …