Meditation often is often depicted as “going up”, striving for the unknown, that ineffable, unreachable something. It is a desire that lies deep within that drives us, to truly experience or in-body this something greater. It seems to be an attainment or placement of sorts, the reaching of a pinnacle from where we … More What goes up, must come down
There is so much beauty, truth, and goodness in each of us. In fact, that’s what you are at your core. So often we limit the expression of the fullness of who we are. Imagine the unfurling of a fern, opening to the sunlight, or the unfurling of a sail, opening to the … More Unfurling Into Self
Meditation often is often depicted as “going up”, striving for the unknown, that ineffable, unreachable something. It is a desire that lies deep within that drives us, to truly experience or in-body this something greater. It seems to be an attainment or placement of sorts, the reaching of a pinnacle from where we … More What goes up, must come down
Sometimes life asks a lot of us – and some of that has to do with letting go. Letting go of plans, people, relationships, ideals, belief systems, you name it – the challenge surely will arise to let go of something or someone we hold deeply in our psyche. It can be a wrenching, tearing … More Letting Go and Then What…?
There is so much beauty, truth, and goodness in each of us. In fact, that’s what you are at your core. So often we limit the expression of the fullness of who we are. Imagine the unfurling of a fern, opening to the sunlight, or the unfurling of a sail, opening to the wind, each … More Unfurling into Self
It is a curious thing that we often avoid darkness which may be referred to as the void, the unknown, the abyss, the depths… In this avoidance, we may fill our lives with noise, light, and stimulation or distractions of all sorts. These can all be good, in and of themselves. It is also valuable … More Light in the Darkness
Creative thinking, contemplation, appreciation, and inspiration are by-products of the expansive or open quality of mind. This is the second quality that we are engaging this week with Step 9 of the Entry practice. We recall that the human mind includes all thinking, emoting, sensing and sensation. In general, these are related to the exacting … More 9b. Openness
Within us principles are expressing. Learning to notice them, to come inside to experience them, makes those principles available to our consciousness. The lungs, like the breath, provide opportunity to notice such principles. One principle is opening requires a softening, a yielding. Examples of this abound. The softening of a bud allows the new leaf … More 4b. The master teachers within
Our lungs offer us profound teachings all through the day. Rhythm and flow are two but this week we will engage another: soften, open, and receive. The lungs must soften in order to open, they must open in order to receive the breath of life that will keep us alive for another half a minute. … More 4a. Master teachers, a master teaching
Cement is stable, but not fertile. Soil is solid and produces life. Cement cannot soften or open unless cracked and broken. Soil softens with the rain, with the worms, with the life within it. Step 4 of Soften, open, and receive is to be witnessed inside us and around us. Spring is a great time … More 4a: Soften, open to …. be happy
Each moment can be an instant of the profound. Breath leads us to that experience. All that’s required is presence to the moment and then a softening and opening. Voila! What we might discover is spoken of in this guided meditation. This meditation is step 4b. Downloadable podcast: Profound
Every breath, our lungs are teaching us. The lungs are master teachers and offer to us the teaching of how to master ourselves. Breathe consciously, be present to the moment as it truly is, and present to all that is in the moment. Our lungs soften in order to open. They open in order to … More Soften, Open, Receive
This round of Intermediate level of instruction in meditation sets out from the premise that our collective perception of duality and ourselves as dual can be used to establish the more true and refined awareness of One and, thus, oneness. Duality is experienced as perception, concepts, ideas, desires, and the experience of having an experience … More Using duality 2: the gaze