It Doesn't Necessarily Need To Be Spiritual, I Believe This Is Simply "Awakening."

It doesn't necessarily need to be spiritual, I believe this is simply "Awakening."

“A “NO” uttered from deepest conviction is better and greater than a “YES” merely uttered to please, or what is worse, to avoid trouble.”

Mahatma Gandhi

The Path, after all, is about truth.

Never assume that sitting still is the same as doing nothing.

Students will often come to a teacher and complain that their meditation practice is going poorly, they are bored or easily distracted. When asked about their practice it becomes clear that they are not meditating at all. They are sitting quietly in a room staring at a candle. Sitting quietly is a...

Thoughts on Tragedy

People don't like to talk or think about it, but tragedy is also part of the Path. As are the feelings of grief and sorrow. I believe that to disconnect ourselves from these emotions does nothing to help us in our search for peace, and will only harm us over time. Accept the ability and need to mourn loss, to grieve the dead; and then when it is done, accept the necessity to move forward and grow from the experience.

The Mystery of The Cross.

One of the greatest mysteries is what theosophists call “the mystery of the cross.” It refers to the conundrum the individual is faced with when he encounters Unity and attempts to ‘merge’ it, in essence, with duality. The horizontal arms of the cross represent dualistic thought and action, while the vertical beam represents Oneness.

This is very confusing to the individual because on one hand he realizes that everything is Unity, and yet there are opposites. Unity cannot be denied and opposites cannot be denied. This is what Alex Grey calls “Polar Unity”, the idea being that all opposites exist yet exist as a polarity that is unified.

The ‘Crucifixion’ of Jesus can be taken metaphorically as the slow painful death of the ego on the cross of opposites, the ultimate polarity being the pair of ‘Unity’ and ‘Duality.’ The torture described is their reconciliation.

Remember what I was saying about labels?

If you love the sacred and despise the ordinary, you are still bobbing in the ocean of delusion. Lin Chi