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...3-minute spoken contemplation on the difficulty of 'Being or living in The Now'.
more...It can be helpful to sit quietly with eyes closed...hope you enjoy it. ...Deep in the background behind thoughts-feelings-experiences - in the absence of the relative and transitory knowing of the body - the knowing of Oneness is realised. Behind even that lies a portal - 'the gateless gate' - through which we may begin to experience the in-flowing of the qualities of the 'Beyond' - peace, joy and love.
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...14-minute spoken contemplation that offers a method that helps us avoid getting caught up in the energy of unwanted thoughts and feelings that arise in us, and energies from other people and situations.
more...5-minute guided meditation for when you first wake up in the morning, to connect to creativity, clarity, non-reaction - all the things we need for a productive day.
more...9-minute spoken contemplation on taking refuge deep within when we're experiencing difficult thoughts, emotions and feelings.
more...17-minute spoken contemplation that offers a practical way of managing and resolving unwanted thoughts and feelings. Practised consistently, benefits will soon become self-evident.
more...3-minute practice reminder for the non-connection method of managing and resolving unwanted thoughts and feelings. It is recommended that the full spoken 17-minute contemplation on this page is listened to first.
more...6-minute spoken contemplation to uncover what dies, revealing how pain can transmute into peace - and the warmth of remembrance.
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...5-minute spoken contemplation to help when we are faced with choices and decisions and are uncertain which way to go.
more...4-minute spoken contemplation about answering questions like: Why are things the way they are? Why do we feel drawn to find deeper meaning?
more...5-minute spoken contemplation 'You Are Not The Doer' is a phrase commonly found in spiritual teachings. But does it mean that everything is predestined?
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...5-minute spoken contemplation about when we create expectations in our minds of how other people should be, we can harm relationships - and how to break this habit.
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...5-minute spoken contemplation on the three types of happiness - why the least known of these is the only one that lasts - and how to find it.
more...5-minute spoken contemplation exploring what might have existed before the beginning of time, and all that we know.
more...7-minute spoken contemplation looking at how beliefs arise and how to become free from the suffering they can cause.
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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