I keep circling around the same puzzle, based on the same question: Why do I not feel happy all the time? Never mind any explanations or stories. I don’t care about the circumstances. Plain and simple: Why am I not happy 100% of the time? Happiness may not be your thing. Please substitute whatever you […]
Peeling an Onion
I continue with my Ascension ethnography. One of the things I’m noticeing is that, when I considered any matter from the perspective of being a CEO of a large corporation, in the past, I always felt mixed emotions. My mind was divided. I had reservations. I was a house divided against itself. We have many […]
A Return to Normal: Have We Explored It?
Can you see the trend of where my own journey of “reparenting,” my Ascension ethnography is going? Well, from my perspective, where it’s headed is a return to normal. Remember the enlightenment intensive where I cleared an absolutely-mammoth vasana or core issue, only to find myself feeling … blissed out? No. Filled with love? No. […]
Archaeological Dig into Strong Desire
I have (and I wonder if we have as well) many urgent needs, strong desires that I serve endlessly – and without question. An example would be a strong desire for affirmation that’s authentic and not manipulative. I was criticized as a child at the very time when a son wants a father to be […]
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 […]