What is the Inner Journey of Awakening?
Read MoreSeeking to discover deeper understanding of what lies behind all that happens, and with this, more peace and the sense of flowing creatively with life.
The nature of the mind is constant motion - but by stepping into the background - becoming aware of mind activity - we can find freedom from the turmoil - and this is the doorway to peace.
more...Like a child opening presents, our mind jumps on every thought, then the next, and the next...
more...Can we learn to overcome depression when it arises, or even permanently leave it behind?
more...To shine light on the causes of troubling thoughts and feelings, we need to rise out of the clouds - into the sun.
more...We may not always be able to stop ourselves from lighting matches, but try to watch the flame and drop the match before getting burned.
more...Once we have had a first taste of this, we want it again. We want to experience it more often, and more deeply.
more...Can you let your heart guide you? Does your heart know deeper answers than the mind?
more...The wave is a temporary expression of the ocean, dancing on the surface, below which, powerful currents move.
more...It's always a balance between head and heart. Head = 'mind' = thinking (influenced by the ego aspect of mind). Heart = 'intuition' = feelings (inclined towards selflessness and kindness).
more...Awakening in one partner and not the other creates a fundamental incompatibility in the relationship.
more...Could astrology help in relationships? Wouldn't it at least be worth taking an open-minded look?
more...Every person is ‘right’, even if the initial rightness becomes wrong.
more...In the state of presence we are not lost in the experiences of our body or the thoughts in our mind - we are 'in the background' to them.
more...You will never be able to accept anything that you perceive as unacceptable - so don't try.
more...Only evidence, real evidence, should be considered a sound basis on which to accept something as true.
more...Some say there is no (spiritual) journey because there's nowhere to go - we are already there.
more...What is the Inner Journey of Awakening?
Read MoreThe arrogance of self belief is unbelievable.
Read MoreThere is an essence - an original 'beingness' - in all creatures.
Read MoreWe cruise along looking out, imagining we're living the dream.
Read MoreA dangerously attractive proposition for the ego.
Read More“There is a vastness beyond the farthest reaches of the mind."
Read MoreThe full truth of the saying 'You Are What You Eat'.
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