Coming Back to Past Lives
In the past, I have written about Deep Memory, Time, and The Past. Over on Tom Stine’s blog, he raised the subject of past lives / reincarnation. It’s an intriguing subject I’ve skimmed over in …
Category: Waking
Objective Subjectivity
In the west, we have for several hundred years taken the route of science. The objective study of the perceivable world. Outside of Psychology, the subject has been put aside, branded as unreliable and superstitious. …
Rules Change
For many people, rules like “make the best of it” or “choose the lesser of 2 evils” are rules to live by. Knowing what went wrong and who was to blame is an important part …
Name and Form
Recently, a couple of key quotes from the Rig Veda have come around again and I thought it might be worth touching on this remarkable set of texts. There is an old Sanskrit saying, “knowledge …
The Nine Drives
On Allowing vs Indulging, I commented on Burt Harding’s newsletter on transforming Anger into Love and seeing the difference between Indulging and Allowing. That newsletter is now posted at the link above. Yesterday, I got …
Allowing vs Indulging
Many teachers speak of the art of Allowing. Being OK with what is. Being present in the moment. Surrender. Let it be. Self acceptance. Forgiveness. Much of our life, we have learned to use effort …
Sat Chit Ananda
Sat Chit Ananda, a description of fully established enlightenment Self Realization. Literally, it means Absolute Consciousness Bliss, or in proper English, Absolute Bliss Consciousness. This is the experience even in established first awakening. We are …
All arises from Self Effort
Presently, I am reading the Yog Vasishta, a long discourse of great renown between Rama and the sage Vasishta. As is common in such books, the story is told by one sage to another about …
Gangaji Retreat
This weekend, I completed 7 days of silence (well, 5.5) on a retreat with Gangaji. Although I did not stay in residence as I lived nearby, it was very restful and I went deep into …
The openings
Received a newsletter today from Nirmala. It had excerpts from several recent eBooks that nicely touch on different stages in the awakening process. On the approach to awakening: “You may think it matters what happens. …
Integration vs Growth
Tom has posted a great Adyashanti quote from earlier this year on Spiritual Awakening. I raised a point there I would like to repeat here – the importance of understanding the 2 aspects of the …
Appearance #2
In Appearance, I link to Tom’s post and the discussion on “What do Enlightened Guys Look Like?” The discussion is quite useful. I got a little verbose over there and thought it useful to summarize …