“I took my diamond to the pawnshop, but that don’t make it junk.” Leonard Cohen Is purity weakness? Does it compromise our position and leave us undefended? Popular misconception would have us believe that purity is close to naivety, that…
“I took my diamond to the pawnshop, but that don’t make it junk.” Leonard Cohen Is purity weakness? Does it compromise our position and leave us undefended? Popular misconception would have us believe that purity is close to naivety, that…
The creation of all we could ever experience, all we could ever think, all we could ever dream, depends on the splitting of the one source into two. The birth of our world(s) can be seen through the lenses of…
The idea of democracy is a system of government determined by the people.
Once upon a time, and still now, having the right papers could make the difference between life and death. From the chaos of war through to the decrees of courts, the legitimacy of the paper work can impact status, finances,…
The above slides give a descriptive map of the structure of our spiritual psychology (Click on slide to see the complete image). The images should be viewed as representative of living form. The representation is given within the language of…
Somatic Experiencing is a form of alternative therapy aimed at relieving the symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and other mental and physical trauma-related health problems by focusing on the client’s perceived body sensations (or somatic experiences). Sessions are normally…
Spiritual awakening is not a rare event, nor is it a permanent state. While the imprint of awakening is left on memory, the experience could be seen as those moments where an underwater swimmer comes up for air, takes a…
There is an interesting feature of the polarity of heaven and hell. While from the vantage point of heaven, we are able to contain hell (in a way that we can even feel the beauty in painful experiences), from the…
Devotion and self-inquiry; spirituality and science: there’s Bhakti in the Jnana and Jnana in the Bhakti. We don’t get one without the other, but we do get to liberate both as needed.
Even when hell freezes over, it is still here. We can numb ourselves to DREAD for a while, but sooner or later we will move through its precincts in processes of expansion and liberation. In a traumatic environment (in which natural…