What is it about our vasanas (persistent reaction patterns born of ancient trauma) that organize our life away from spiritual pursuits and have the goal of enlightenment elude us lifetime after lifetime? Sri Ramana says: “All the age long vasanas (impressions) carry the mind outwards and turn it to external objects. All such thoughts have […]
… and Deeper
What I’m doing at the moment I call “sharing.” I’m sharing what’s happening with me as I go deeper and deeper into a path that has presented itself to me only recently. Until now I’ve characterized my path as passive awareness, using a term from Krishnamurti. I firmly believe that “passive awareness” was Krishnamurti’s codeword […]
The Basic Spiritual Movement x 2
I’m looking at a conjuncture of notions, and not just notions that don’t make a difference, but notions that make a profound difference. I may have referred to this earlier, but the sense of them is deepening and having an impact on me. But then what’s not having an impact on me these days, blown-open […]
Clarity, Purity, and Love: The Basic Spiritual Movement Restated
It is truly a privilege to speak to the Divine Mother, who treats one with kid gloves (usually!!!) and is easing the curtain aside more and more to reveal some of the mysteries of life to us. I also know that when I ask her a question that would be considered at all complex or […]