Our indigenous brothers and sisters who carry the wisdom teachings of our ancestors remind us that when we are seeing reality clearly we recognize that everything is a "being". Everything is a form of consciousness.
Read moreCollective Awakening - The New Way Forward
The core of our transformation as an evolving human race right now is explicated in the ways that the structures of our economic and political systems are shifting from individual structures of sovereign power to global systems of interdependent well-being. Read more...
Read moreGiving Refuge and Taking Refuge
Giving refuge to the one that has been pretending to be you is the ultimate act of self-forgiveness. Taking refuge in that which is empty of self-existence is the ultimate act of surrender. Read more...
Read moreDeep Listening & Presence
When we approach ourselves and each other as if for the first time, what we inevitably see is that we are a mystery. We can never completely know another, so we can never know where they are going or what they are needing. We are a mystery, unfolding! By opening with presence and curiosity to another I am opening to the mystery of myself as well. And, when I am communicating to another from a place of authenticity and vulnerability I am likewise opening to the mystery of myself.
Read moreEgo & Essence
Each week for over 10 years, 12 to 18 of us would gather in Satsang in the living room of one of the students to receive a teaching followed by discussions, revelations, and experiences that often went late into the night. The topics always related to the nature of the Soul.
Read moreHonorable Seeding - Honorable Harvest
Our indigenous brothers and sisters who carry the wisdom teachings of our ancestors remind us that when we are seeing reality clearly we recognize that everything is a "being". Everything is a form of consciousness.
Read moreSelf-Inquiry & Meditation
For most of my childhood and all of my adult life I have been driven by a deep longing to understand the nature of a "Presence" that has always been in my awareness, even in the darkest of times. Read more...
Read morePreparing for Meditation
By Don DeMercurio
It's 5:00am on Monday morning. I often begin my inner practice by journaling to bring myself into a more present state of awareness; allowing thoughts of concern, worry, excitement, regret, etc. to flow from pen to paper where they can rest while I enter my morning meditation period. Taking time to prepare for meditation can be as valuable as meditation itself.
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