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
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 […]
Continue readingDoes Our Brain Really Create Consciusness?
[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 […]
Continue readingThe Easiest of Times; The Hardest of Times
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 […]
Continue readingHow do I pray?
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 […]
Continue readingThere’s No Such Thing as Ego
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 […]
Continue readingFrom Hafiz:
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 […]
Continue reading2012: Temporal Epicenter of a Cultural Earthquake
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 […]
Continue readingSeek and Ye Shall Not Find
“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 […]
Continue readingThe Path of No Path
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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