I’ve waited a day before writing this. Firstly because it’s intensely personal (Big Steve, Little Steve) and I feel vulnerable. Secondly because I wanted to see if what had happened was real and had lasting effects. A wall inside me fell yesterday morning. A wall I didn’t know I had. *** I was reflecting on […]
Arn Allingham: Triggering. And What to Do about It!
Triggering. And what to do about it! Arn (Zingdad) Allingham httpss://zingdad.com/blog/196-triggering-and-what-to-do-about-it The psychological effect of “being triggered” by an external event is something that one hears about a great deal these days. It has become a mainstream concept, often mentioned in the press and in online articles. The concept, in case you are not familiar […]
Still Shaken but Emerging
I thought I was through with the shock of seeing myself without my self-serving lens. But evidently not. And, anyways, the occasion is too rich in learning to pass by so soon. All of life is only about learning anyways. Learning who we really are. When I really get that, life becomes a sabbatical in […]
The Wheel of Life: The Work Commitment Does
One of the awareness movement’s greatest contributions to us lies in the rich treasury of distinctions made about our ways of being. For example, here’s one from John Enright. According to him, we’re fairly predictable creatures. We follow a round of behavior which he called “the Wheel of Life.” Before I turn to John, I’m […]
Archangel Michael on Core Vasanas
This week, we respond to Archangel Michael’s own request that we let him speak today on core issues, vasanas. The second part on current events has been posted separately here. AAM: …identify that it is a vasana coming up and simply go quiet. That is the key. Go into your heart, anchor in the heart […]
Not One More Time
This isn’t a year, it seems to me, to perpetuate old ways of being. It isn’t a year to continue acting according to standards we know are obsolete. At the same time, it isn’t a year in which we may intimately know what to expect. In fact we may know very little of what’s ahead. […]