Another in the “What is Awakening?” video series. “Each and every master, regardless of the era or the place, heard the call and attained harmony with heaven and earth. There are many paths leading to the top of Mount Fuji, but there is only one summit – love.” O’Sensei Morihei Ueshiba There are many roads [...]…
Second video in the “What is Awakening?” series. This one showing particular bravery by way of filming while driving. (Luckily not at night.) Since awakening is concerned with what you are, it’s concerned with what you are regardless of condition or context. What you are, you are already, no matter what state you are in, [...]…
Another installment in the Fundamental Mistakes series. Enjoy! This is a major roadblock, and very subtle. We humans are very attached to anything we append the word, “my” to. In my opinion (see what I did there?), we do this most often with the subset of thoughts we call opinions. We hold our opinions as [...]…
First installment in my “What is Awakening?” series. I hope you guys enjoy it! In the video I share my working definition of awakening. The main take-away points are: Awakening is concerned with waking up to what you are Awakening is not concerned with how to be Teachings and methods concerned with how to be [...]…
This is the first installment in the Fundamental Mistakes series. As we make our ways through life, it is prudent to consult past experiences to help evaluate and navigate current challenges. The trouble is that this consulting is to our particular personal memories of those events and never to the events themselves. What we hold [...]…
It’s been my experience that being in the asleep state of believing the lie that you are a separate self leads to a few basic mistakes. So, I am writing a series of blog posts about that. I hope they’ll be useful to you. I’d love to hear what you think and if there are [...]…
Hey there! I had a request to have somewhere to put comments on the 7 Barriers to Awakening report on the site. So, here it is! (I’ll also put a link to this post in the blog page nav-bar for easy finding later.) Please let me know any thoughts, comments, suggestions or question you have [...]…
Down through the ages, the peeps we recognize as Enlightened Sages and Awakened Souls keep repeating a couple of elements. One is this: The Awakened mind is your nature It’s what you already are. As Ken Wilber likes to say, “100% of the enlightened mind is already always present.” Buddhism is rife with examples of [...]…
Awakening is a funny thing. It’s not about acquiring a new belief. It’s about seeing what you are without beliefs. Ultimately, any belief can be a problem on the way when coming to terms with what you are. The danger is that beliefs can become blockades. In my experience the 3 belief barriers most likely [...]…
