Nonduality

It’s Easy But It Takes Time — How many times have you been in the middle of a beautiful day, when nothing is wrong (at least nothing more than usual). You have a home to go to. There is food in the house. There is someone who loves you. The body is more-or-less okay, with the usual…

Going at the root of this human phenomenon. As human beings we’re prone to suffer, there’s no doubt about that; it would seem that suffering is woven into the fabric of human experience: the thing is, is this really so? …

Some shocking experiences can never be unseen — Have you ever experienced something so sudden and shocking it shattered your beliefs about the nature of reality? I did, in my early thirties, about sixteen years ago. It was a troubled time for me. I’d dropped out of my career. A failed attempt to start a new life abroad…

When everything is connected to everything else, then anything is a potential omen. — Non-Medium subscribers can access this article paywall free here. The most basic definition of omenology is the “study of omens”. Omens are traditionally defined as… Something which portends, or is perceived to portend, either a good or evil event or circumstance in the future. A thing of prophetic significance. (Wiktionary)

Why Am I Here? At the moment of first awakening, there is stillness. Then, the mind grasps at something. *** I came to the desert, in part, to cultivate stillness. What I have done instead is to fill all my anxious moments with some type of consumption. …

I wrote this piece in the discussion space for the current Book Group and wondered if you’d like to read it too. The member’s name has been changed (to Bob — my favourite general name!). — The other week in the Live book Group for The Complete Book of Awakening, a group member said “I know having a goal of a better life only clutters up the awakening process, but will awakening make life better?”