Toward a World that Works for Everyone
In my view, we live at three levels: intellectual, experiential, and realizational. As long as we remain, socially, at the intellectual level, we concern ourselves with right/wrong, good/bad, pleasurable/painful and other dualities. We don’t give much importance to feelings. Right/wrong and the rest at best give us the rewards of pride, self-satisfaction, conceit, arrogance, status […]
Any metaphor a writer uses for the One runs the risk of the reader reducing the One to the object of the comparison. If I say the One is lawless, you may immediately see a Western movie black-hat gunslinger. How useful is that to the “knower” of the unknowable? It might trigger a realization if […]
I’m quietly proofreading Towards a Cross Cultural Spirituality and, in the course of it, came across this pivotal description by Jesus of his relationship to the Light that is the Christ. In his various “I am” statements in the gospels, he acknowledges here that he is speaking as the Light rather than as Jesus the […]
Each time I see the Sun, I remember the Self. And that brings bliss. My cares are forgotten. At these moments I’m not desireless. If I was, I wouldn’t have any cares. I meditate and let go of all desires. As I do, I find a hidden agenda. I’m trying to manage my impression with […]
There exists a spectrum to how spiritual evolution is accomplished. At one end is what can be purely called “spirituality”; at the other, what can be purely called “growth.” What’s the difference between the two as terrestrials practiced them? Well, of course, everyone will have their own opinion and that’s as it should be. In […]
Because I regard all of life as a learning experience – the primary lesson to be learned being who we are -I create hypotheses for me to test out, which then become theorems. Often I resolve to test a thought out because it persistently repeats itself in my consciousness. Approaching life in this manner keeps […]
I confess I’m enjoying this series. Nothing feeds me more than the study of enlightenment. Let me post one more, from Plotinus. Plotinus had numerous transcendental experiences in his lifetime. I’ve posted this passage before. It also may emanate from one who ascended. Is this not a hint of his attainment: “Remaining here, you have […]
That may sound like just a glib statement, but in fact it’s 100% true – in my estimation. Look at life this way. The purpose of life is to know who we are, our essence, our true selves, our one identity. We know the value of that to God: When one of us realizes who […]
Let me compare humanity to a school of fish, all heading in the same direction. Some are on the leading edge; some are in the middle; and some patrol the rear. But all reach their destination. Or a horse race. Some horses are in the lead; some are just behind; and some are trailing. But […]
February 17, 2021 Voices from the Forum Kioudine Brilliant human mind control is when “dark forces” convince the masses to think they are the “awakened ones,” and to attack the Light, which they perceive as the “dark ones.” The awake are asleep, and the asleep are the awake. Mind manipulation at its best, creating an […]
There is a way of “looking past” all the stories a person might be telling themselves, past their “egoic structure,” and past all their pain and suffering and contracted self-concept. To what then? What is there? This is why music and art can be so powerful… They can embody what is there without resorting to […]
‘Twas the night before Christmas and all through the house…. Well, we’re certainly used to waiting! I’m in a philosophical mood today. I feel guided to look at duality, to show that it isn’t inherently bad or wrong. The very first act in the drama of our lives was one of imaginary separation, individuation. No, […]
(Continued from Part 2, yesterday.) From “That World is Nova Earth: An Introduction to Ascension – Part 1/2,” October 12, 2017, at https://goldenageofgaia.com/2017/10/12/that-world-is-nova-earth-an-introduction-to-ascension-part-12/ Have we not got enough statements about “the essence of the One” to fill a book? (3) My favorite is from John Ruusbroec, who calls it the Christ, the Son of God: […]
Welcome To The Magical Mystery Meeting Tour! Jonathan Van Valin Email Sometimes seekers come to a meeting with a spiritual teacher, and experience a rush of energy. “Oh!” they might say, “could you feel that? The energy here is so powerful!” I know what they mean. I’ve felt it too. Some seekers follow teachers, or […]
What to do during lockdown, quarantine, social isolation, etc.? I’d highly recommend meditation. But I have no depth of background in meditation so I can’t speak to it. I do plan to meditate more myself, given the isolating conditions. But what about during the time when we’re not meditating? How to “make best use of […]
