Who Perceives?
As I have touched on a number of times here, most of us see the world inside out. We see ourselves as separate and the world ‘out there’. More deeply, the world is actually ‘in …
Category: Waking
The Veda of Unity
I’ve been a little busy recently, partly in testing a video conference setup for a day retreat or satsang that took place last Sunday. Not as nice as being in person, but a step up …
Understanding Unity
When people speak of Unity and Oneness, we will naturally try to compare this conceptually with our experience. Perhaps a sense of togetherness with a mate, feeling part of a community, or an internal sense …
Swami Chidananda
“In Impersonal Absolute meditation, there is no form, only the visualization of Parabrahman as a state of light, of existence in infinity, of eternal being, of luminous consciousness, boundless; an ocean of consciousness. A state …
True Objectivity
Over on God is Not Dead in comments, Eric observed that “… it occurred to me that there was no such thing as objectivity as it relates to any branch of knowledge. We are subjective …
The Raptures
Back on The Rapture, I touched on the experience of unending, unimaginable bliss. The traditional Christian Rapture is portrayed as an event in time associated with the second coming. However I have seen some evidence …
After Unity
Back in The Journey 3, I spoke of what happens after the 2nd realization, the dawn of Unity Consciousness. I’d like to explore that further. First, I would like to note that this is not …
Deeper than Tolerance
Over on Shilpan’s blog, he interviewed Life Coach Tim Brownson. Tim spoke of self-limiting beliefs and the value of tolerance and respect. One commenter suggested tolerance was fine but what about abuse and so forth. …
God is not Dead
Recently, there has been another wave of “God is Dead” books, like Dawkins “The God Delusion“. An earlier wave took place when it became clear that traditional churches were dying out. The rise of the …
States of Consciousness
Update: I’ve rewritten and updated this article here. It is quite common for people writing about enlightenment to mingle different distinct states of consciousness. Different views of reality. There are a number of reasons for …
The Art of Listening
When you want to really “get” deep concepts, there is a deeper way to listen, a deeper value to listen from. Most of our lives we spend in the mind, listening with a judge, rating …
Knowing or Unknowing
It’s curious how blogging can reveal layers worth exploring. While I wrote Confidence, Takuin explored uncertainty in Are you Certain? So we find writers who talk about the unknowing, the falling away of all knowledge …