Way back in the day, i was in college and just had a radical and unexpected spiritual awakening. Spriituality was all new to me. I didn’t know it existed before at all. I was a student at UC Davis and saw this picture hanging on a flyer and it struck me “I would have loved …
Without knowing you….just knowing how people are living and thinking in these times…this is my advice for whoever has the synchronistic fortune to come across my words You’re probably too busy. Busy-ness a disease that prevents us from feeling the life in us. Busy-ness a drug we use to avoid facing the feelings of life. …
As we transform within, we are also inspired and empowered by joining with others who feel a similar communion with the essence of Love and Life. They may not visit our particular church, sweat lodge, or ashram, but we can sense they are kindred spirits in our hearts. We reflect each other’s light to one another. We grow and support each other’s awakening when we come together with open hearts.
One more Yogi Story since We are on the subject of Amarnath, and I mentioned Sundarnath Baba, his guru. I was sitting around the Dhuna (sacred fire but also used for cooking/warmth) in Badrinath outside the little hut Sundarnath used to live in, and Amarnath told me a rare story about his guru. He said …
Amarnath Baba was a beloved teacher and friend whom I met at the 1986 Kumbha Mela in Haridwar, way back in the day. He was a tantric baba, a lover of the goddess Shakti. I’d known him awhile when he told me this story of how he learned English. Amarnath was the son of a …
Relationships have a nagging tendency of reflecting our fears, denials, desires, and habit patterns.
All relationships are “perfect” because they mirror ourselves and our relationship to life.
Which is also the problem with them.
We are all shadowed by shame. We don’t always know it.
Shame makes us tell stories to ourselves that we’re not troubled so we don’t have to face our shame; but, however subconscious, we are ashamed of ourselves and often apologize for our existence.
There are many dimensions to touch beyond the physical contact. When we touch someone, life force energy, “Chi” or “Prana”, flows between the touching.
Humans seek emotional security. We want to feel good about ourselves. Deep down, we rarely achieve those good feelings because the “self” we wish to validate is built on a fantasy we have created rather than our true essence. In the struggle to keep our self-image positive, we even distort our spiritual values and beliefs in service of our egos. We play spiritual word games.
Being is the Loving Awareness that is your Essential Nature
“Be-Here-Now” mindfulness collects your heart and mind into Oneness
This Oneness, whole and collected, resonates Presence
Presence gravitates your mind to its source in Loving Awareness.
You are that Loving Awareness
