2023-08-07 15:00
The inner journey home is the manifest destiny of the soul, and the enlightenment drive is its dynamic force. “Manifest destiny” is a term that refers to the belief held Read More
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2023-03-18 17:24
People can’t get enough of the enneagram! Are you ready to unlock the secrets of your personality? Look no further than the Enneagram, a model of personality types that has Read More
2021-10-07 23:07
Authenticity Requires Openness Sigmund Freud, the father of psychology, said, “Love and work are the cornerstones of our humanness.” There are endless parables, quotations and te… Read More
2021-10-01 21:00
Mapping the Enneagram on Stations of the Cross I am using and adapting the notion of stations of the cross to discuss and illustrate a method of using prayer and meditation to explore the en… Read More
2021-09-27 13:54
Soul Space Service Object relations help us develop the capacity to relate and function in the world. Ego development is necessary for the evolution of the individual consciousness. Ego iden… Read More
2021-09-21 00:19
What makes object relations so sticky? In our exploration of object relations, we’ve determined that the “bonding agent” is the key to freeing us from being trapped in the… Read More
2021-09-12 15:21
The Theory of Holes Leads Here Understanding the reality of the Theory of Holes eventually brings us to this recognition: Let’s say we’re working with a psychic hole around accep… Read More
2021-09-11 17:49
Objective reality calls forth from the soul what’s needed in the moment Essence calls to essence. Objective reality calls forth what is needed. If compassion is needed, compassion aris… Read More
2021-09-11 03:12
Healing is a deep-rooted longing Understanding healing is important. When it comes to psychological, emotional, and trauma healing, the self is the barrier to healing. Fundamental questions… Read More
2021-09-11 02:03
What’s Happening? It depends on what you look at obviouslyBut even more it depends on the way that you seeBruce Cockburn, Child of the Wind We have been using this to illustrate and as… Read More
2021-09-09 14:27
Time has no moments The journey isn’t moving forward in time – dynamic forces at work can be interpreted by the mind as movement – explore these forces Prior to me asking t… Read More
2021-09-08 02:59
Working with Segments and Structures of the Personality Working on object relations one at a time will never end. Our intent is to work with them enough so we develop our understanding, skil… Read More
2021-09-02 22:03
Is permissive parenting responsible for the January 6 insurrection? Are Baby Boomers responsible for the collapse of civility or was it the television? Unless the early-development narcissis… Read More
2021-08-29 20:45
What is an Object Relation? Psychoanalysis definition: a theory describing the relationship felt or the emotional energy directed by the self or ego toward a chosen object. Simply put, it&rs&hell…Read More
2021-08-15 04:20
Where your looking from can be the issue Beliefs, mental conditioning, attitudes, habits and the like aren’t the only elements in the human experience that need to be addressed on the… Read More
2021-01-11 17:08
The charm of life is your good fortune
It is life which charms, which is attractive.
What we are always seeking for is life.
As a poet has said, ‘The heart of man, if once expanded… Read More
2021-01-08 15:10
All the religions have taught that the origin of the whole of creation is sound – the music of the spheres.
The following quotes are from Volume II of The Sufi Message… Read More
2021-01-07 18:03
Reality is greater than multiverse
Are spiritual dimensions and planes of existence/reality the same, similar, different?
Exploring and discussing the dimensions and planes of existence of t… Read More
2021-01-06 21:01
HU – essence of essence, secret Name of God, ground of existence
Both of the spiritual paths I have studied, Eckankar and the Diamond Path, chant HU as part of their spiritual practice… Read More
2021-01-04 17:43
Beauty and rhythm: essential to human life
Beauty has been and is a profound influence on my life and spiritual journey. I wrote about awakening to Beauty Everywhere and how beauty can… Read More
2021-01-03 16:00
The most open of secrets is: everything is vibration
Of course, everything refers to the manifest, the being not the unmanifest or nonbeing.
With that said… Yesterday, January 2, 2021… Read More
2017-12-12 18:46
From doing to being meditation
If anyone wants to know what “spirit” is,
or what “God’s fragrance” means,
lean your head toward him or her.
Keep your face there… Read More
2017-08-17 17:36
The Miraculous: more magical than Harry Potter
Human beings seem to have a love and fascination for the magical and miraculous. Look at how many books, TV shows and films have themes of magi… Read More
2017-06-22 21:08
Turkish TV series has me Googling like crazy
I don’t know how I happened upon Resurrection: Ertugrul on Netflix, call it luck or grace, but it really captured my attention –… Read More
2017-03-26 18:04
The Upside of Hopeless Hopelessness
“Hope is for people who can’t see the Truth.” ? Jeff Lindsay, Dexter Is Dead
Hopeless hopelessness is one of the great challenges… Read More
2017-02-06 19:29
Soul has no gender, but we humans have many challenges in regards to inclusivity when it comes to gender and sexuality
There’s been quite a bit of discussion within the Ridhwan School… Read More
2016-12-16 20:02
Harry Potter, Russia, The Flash, Getty Research Institute and A. H. Almaas share an interest in alchemy and the philosophers’ stone.
Shambhala will be releasing A. H. Almaaas’ ei… Read More
2016-12-03 00:18
Seeking What’s Missing – The road most traveled
One common dynamic that brings many to the spiritual path is seeking a greater sense of fulfillment, wholeness or completeness. Or… Read More
2016-04-16 13:17
Lighting up the NOW with Dialectic Inquiry
Every once in a while, I hear someone put a couple of words together in describing their experience that really grabs my attention. So it was a few… Read More
2016-04-10 19:09
Good news for the ego-self
The ego-self is always looking to make a deal… If I meditate, can I become enlightened? If I work on myself, will I be loved? If I straighten up and fly rig… Read More
2016-03-19 18:53
Beyond Sex Tantra and Tantra & Yoga in Everyday Life
I’ve been working with the Ridhwan School to help promote their upcoming 5-day retreat on Tantra of Everyday Life. My ini… Read More
2016-03-19 18:53
Can LovehandlesHelp Parkinson’s Patients? My friend, Florentin, is trying to raise over $40K for stem cell treatments for Parkinson’s. There’s a process for collecting stem… Read More
2016-03-19 18:53
Mindfulness of an Empty Mind on Auto-Run
This one is for Janice and Kathy.
I remember when external noises were a nuisance and distraction during meditation. Like many(?) or most(?), I used… Read More
2016-03-19 18:53
The Dance Between Heart, Mind, Reality and the World
We’re in love and life is grand, majestic, full of light and… we often worry about the loss of love.
We’re in love, ge… Read More
2015-04-22 19:19
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2015-04-06 13:26
Go ahead, make my day…
The gun didn’t scare me, nor did the guy holding it that was going to kill me. In fact, I was intrigued, curious to the nth degree – what would deat… Read More
2015-04-04 17:22
Origin of the English Word Meditation
‘Meditation’ – derived from the Latin meditatio, from a verb meditari, meaning “to think, contemplate, devise, ponder”.
In… Read More
2014-10-10 15:38
How little personality really wants to know
“….don’t worry if, at the end of any day, you suddenly realize that you can’t remember a word I’ve said. That does… Read More
2014-10-07 13:39
Head, Heart and the Process of Understanding
The prompting to pen this came from a recent question posted on Facebook:
Does the Diamond Approach’s focus on psychology and the issues of… Read More
2014-10-07 13:39
Head, Heart and the Process of Understanding
The prompting to pen this came from a recent question posted on Facebook:
Does the Diamond Approach’s focus on psychology and the issues of… Read More
2014-07-25 15:24
Does Meditation Need Me?
Is your day ever like this?
I wake up. Lie in bed a bit. Sense, Look and Listen.I get out of bed, go to the bathroom, brush teeth, put some water on hair and c… Read More
2014-07-22 14:57
Going Nowhere Meditation
One gift of continual practice is that stopping and starting, beginning and ending our practice is no longer relevant.
All practice involves awareness and… Read More
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