(Continued from part 1) A Lifestyle Built on Creative Work and Meditation Even though it can get out of control if you let it, the ego is the work of the Divine Mother and you can use it to make incredible things while you’re here. This is why my spirituality is centered on creative work, […]
Language and Enlightenment – Part 1/2
Language fascinates me. It provides us with a way to express what’s in the mind, heart and soul, and as if the ability to speak weren’t enough, we also have writing – the manipulation of symbols to express long, flowing thoughts that build upon one another like bricks. I’m interested in expanding the stream of […]
Franklin Merrell-Wolff on the Inner Fire – Part 2/2
Franklin Merrell-Wolff (Continued from part 1) Left in the Ashes As the fire purifies, Franklin writes, the limited self is left in the ashes while the true Self floats gently to full consciousness. “Only the ash of the personal nature is left behind, while the rest, the best of the personality, is taken up to […]
Franklin Merrell-Wolff on the Inner Fire – Part 1/2
This is a part of The Teachers Speak, a series of articles on the Culture of Awareness. “Fire is burning, man pull your own weight!” – Bob Marley If you read my writings often, you might be familiar with the inner fire or violet flame. I usually use it in reference to inspiration from Source, […]
Franklin Merrell-Wolff Describes Enlightenment – Part 1/2
Wouldn’t it be great to have a description of one of the stages of enlightenment from someone who experienced it? I’m not referring to a guru, but to an active student on the path who discovered what he called the ‘Current’ and shared his experiences with the world. Franklin Merrell-Wolff This person is Franklin Merrell-Wolff. […]
Franklin Merrell-Wolff on Deep Breathing and Bliss – Part 2/2
Continued from part 1 (read full post here). Some people are immediately aware of the current, while others remain in the dark. “I am studying the effect of the Current upon others. Sherifa is immediately responsive to It and recognizes Its presence, at times even before I do. It will grip an audience, but those […]
Franklin Merrell-Wolff on Deep Breathing and Bliss – Part 1/2
This is a part of The Teachers Speak, a series of articles on the Culture of Awareness. Read full post here. Franklin Merrell-Wolff was a philosopher who, after experiencing a spiritual awakening in 1936, became dedicated to jnana yoga and the theologian Shankara. He gave detailed accounts of his experiences with a higher consciousness, and […]
Beyond Non-Relative Consciousness
Non-relative consciousness is on the left side. Credit: 21stcentec.com I’d like to pick up from our discussion yesterday and examine more material from Franklin Merrell-Wolff about relative and non-relative consciousness. As we learned yesterday, relative consciousness is our surface awareness and non-relative consciousness is our deeper spiritual awareness, which we can find in a number of […]
Relative and Non-Relative Consciousness
Credit: Pinterest.com Beyond our surface consciousness exists an infinite reality of love, bliss and pure awareness, but if we want to find it, we have to be willing to transcend the constant mental chatter that vies for our attention. Throughout all of the distraction that comes with living on earth, most of us fail to […]