Who Do’s?
One of the more curious questions on the journey of awakening is the changing perception of who is the apparent doer. At first, the experience is that we do and are done to. We act …
Category: Waking
Is Time Needed?
Recently, Takuin posted Broken Beyond Repair, a discourse on his moment of realization. When someone awakens, how they experience it varies widely. One may have a bit of flash, some emotional release, or a sense …
Sincerity
“Sincerity is a word that I often use in teaching to convey the importance of being rooted in the qualities of honesty, authenticity, and genuineness. There can be nothing phony or contrived in our motivations …
Not Yet Enlightenment
Tom Stine has posted an excellent article on the question of what constitutes enlightenment. I believe he is using the word Enlightenment the way I describe full enlightenment. As he observes, the experience of it …
Sequence
In This Journey and other posts here, I talk about sequence a lot. It’s the nature of process. Growth and development follows a certain spiral pattern – balance, disintegration, growth, integration and repeat. The evolution …
This Journey
There is some further clarity I can bring to the recent series of posts on The Journey. Earlier, I did a 3 part-er on Finding a Teacher. There is a kind of spectrum of approach …
The Journey, close
This series illustrates the illusion of being able to tell if someone is awake by their behavior or lives. I’ve seen several spiritual groups lose large numbers of students because the leader made a “mistake” …
The Journey, part 3
As with the rest of human development, this stage is a process. Unity itself is a realization. A seeing through. A discovery that even creation itself, the dream of God is but a mirage. Without …
The Journey, part 2
As we become established in Self realization, the next stage is God Consciousness. This second waking is essentially a process. It is a process of the clearing of the heart and the opening of the …
The Journey, part 1 of 3
We certainly live in remarkable times. As the talk has shifted from a coming or dawning age to the age being here, there has been a huge surge in awakenings. I know a lot of …
What’s After and Before
Recently, there’s been some action here and on some related blogs on Past Lives. In the post on Self Effort, I referred to reading the Yog Vasishta. In the story of Lila, Vasishta touches on …
Cast it out
I’ve spoken a number of times here about Finding a Teacher, the stages of awakening, and the nature of being awake. Over on Takuin’s blog, he raises an important step on the journey – the …