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Why We Fall in Love with Beauty

July 17, 2011July 22, 2011 by peter

Beauty is to perception as love is to feeling. Beauty is the heaven of perception. That deep aesthetic appreciation that stirs the soul. And love is the heaven of feeling. That profound sense of connection that enthuses our being. Both are reflections of our true nature. Qualities of our essence. The perception of beauty resonates […]

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Two New Videos

July 7, 2011July 7, 2011 by peter

Here are a couple of talks from my April 2011 workshop at the Institute of Noetic Sciences, Exploring the Mystery of Consciousness. I’ve turned them into videos with gentle images of water. Buddha, Dukkha, and The Journey to Now This looks at the parallels between Buddha’s spiritual journey and our own. I describe how the […]

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Does Our Brain Really Create Consciusness?

June 12, 2011June 12, 2011 by peter

[Originally published as a Huffington Post blog – 06/ 9/11] Western science has had remarkable success in explaining the functioning of the material world, but when it comes to the inner world of the mind, it has very little to say. And when it comes to consciousness itself, science falls curiously silent. There is nothing […]

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The Easiest of Times; The Hardest of Times

May 3, 2011May 3, 2011 by peter

Buddha had it easy. He was not distracted by television, the internet, news of disasters in foreign lands, or the latest shenanigans of stars and politicians. He did not need to return phone calls, respond to the emails piling up in his inbox, or catch up with the latest tweets and Facebook postings. He did […]

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How do I pray?

April 23, 2011June 7, 2023 by peter

Someone recently asked: How do I pray? I answered: I pray not for divine intervention in the world around, but for divine intervention in my mind, for therein lies the root of my discontent. We usually think of prayer as an appeal to God, or some other spiritual entity, to change the world in some […]

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There’s No Such Thing as Ego

November 22, 2010 by peter

I don’t have an ego. And nor do you. That doesn’t mean you and I don’t get caught up in egocentric thinking and behavior, but that we are mistaken in thinking of the ego as some separate individual self. some “thing” in the mind. When I observe my own mind, I notice there is an […]

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From Hafiz:

November 19, 2010 by peter

It happens all the time in heaven, And some day It will begin to happen Again on earth— The men and women . . . . Who give each other Light, Often will get down on their knees And. . .with tears in their eyes, Will sincerely speak, saying, “My dear, How can I be […]

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2012: Temporal Epicenter of a Cultural Earthquake

December 14, 2009December 15, 2009 by peter

In recent times there has been growing interest in the possibility that the global crisis is coming to a head in the year 2012. It will be a time when we will see major changes, major transformations of humanity, perhaps an awakening of the human spirit. Most of this focus on 2012 stems from the […]

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Seek and Ye Shall Not Find

December 8, 2009December 9, 2009 by peter

“Seek and Ye Shall Find!” In daily life this may be true; the more we search for something, the more likely we are to find it. Although, even in this realm, synchronicity sometimes plays an important role, opening us to possibilities we never could have planned for. [see: How to be a Wizard] But when […]

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The Path of No Path

November 23, 2009November 23, 2009 by peter

Spiritual teachers with non-dual leanings often say that there is no path to enlightenment. There is nowhere to get to; you are already enlightened, you just do not know it. There is no need for a technique or practice; they will only keep your mind trapped in the illusion of relative phenomena. Do not meditate; […]

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