In the course of our lives sometimes we find that we don't really want what's happening, we wouldn't necessarily choose it for ourselves. But we're called to it, it's happening and so we have to make our peace with it. In order to stay sane and non-distressed we have to give our assent to the… Continue reading In the course of our lives…
A conversation with Maggie Gilewicz…
I recently sat down for a cup of virtual coffee with the delightful Maggie Gilewicz, PhD for her ORDINARY PEOPLE, ORDINARY AWAKENINGS podcast. We talked for a couple of hours about my (long) spiritual journey, both before and after awakening, and discussed some of the misconceptions and challenges facing the spiritual seeker and awakened being… Continue reading A conversation with Maggie Gilewicz…
The ego-mind is driven by fear…
The ego-mind is driven by fear, it desperately needs something to hold onto in the ocean of uncertainty that is life.
The delusion known as ‘personhood’…
The delusion known as 'personhood' or 'self-view' persists until it starts to collapse under the weight of its own evidential unreality. At which point the true nature of self and reality, namely consciousness, becomes increasingly* and eventually* entirely self-evident. *Or: rapidly, immediately, suddenly, instantly… And of course the opposite can also occur: the consciousness-nature becomes… Continue reading The delusion known as ‘personhood’…
The beginning and end of this whole existence…
The beginning and end of this whole existence and the arena of 'The Work' and the unfolding of the so-called 'process of awakening' is this present moment. The past shows up here as memory, the future as imagination. Cognition, mentation, sensory arisings, all happen here. It's this now-ness, this such-ness that constitutes Reality. And liberation… Continue reading The beginning and end of this whole existence…
Our minds are so conditioned…
Our minds are so conditioned for complexity, engagement, entertainment. It's often a challenge just to be willing and able to let go of all these outward drags, and instead allow the mind and being to settle down within itself. To just stop grasping and chasing and see what comes to take its place. To take… Continue reading Our minds are so conditioned…
Settle in…
Settle in to this moment. Don't be in a rush to ‘next’. Stay here, stay present and let it all unfold in its own time and way.
The miracle of the first turtle…
I've always been interested on the creative process itself as much as artistic outcomes. It's the magic of something from nothing. The mystery of that. The spark of inspiration that calls us to follow where it leads - one trusting step after another. The unpacking and unfolding the tender seed of an idea. In this… Continue reading The miracle of the first turtle…
We don’t know…
We don't know what we're going to do or what's going to happen. We can only speculate. It's knowing that we don't know that's the trick. And it might be that this constitutes powerlessness. But it also amounts to freedom from the need to control. There's this deep mystery around what we 'choose' to do.… Continue reading We don’t know…
The human world is all concepts made manifest…
The human world is all concepts made manifest. You can't look at a human construction without recognising its conceptual basis. But what of the constructions of nature? Who's conceptions are they?