A must-watch quick video! This morning I was amused to come across this award-winning short clip that illustrates the experience of the ‘movie in the mind’ which I speak about. This is for most people, a dramatic example of unconsciousness, but the phenomena is exactly the same thing that goes on in your experience in daily life…
What is ego?
The spiritual ego is not the same as the psychological ego, and not the same as the conventional idea of someone having a “big ego.” It’s not even the same as most spiritual seekers imagine! Let’s look at all three of these closely, so we know what we mean when we use the word ego…
Spiritual ego definition
The spiritual ego is not the same as the psychological ego, and not the same as the conventional idea of someone having a “big ego.” It’s not even the same as most spiritual seekers imagine! Let’s look at all three of these closely, so we know what we mean when we use the word ego…
Are You Enlightenment Material? Take the quiz…
Whatever drew you to seeking something beyond the world, the desire for something not of the world, the desire for freedom from the world, has arisen. Yet, beyond that, there are some other “symptoms” that indicate you are ready for enlightenment, or Self-Realization.
Popping the illusion: Shiny or painted legs?
What do you need to pop the illusion of separation, to know the One reality? You need to directly know the truth.
The Spiritual Masters were all rebels
If someone told you “you can’t do it,” what did you do? For me, of course then I had to do it (if I remotely cared about it.) We hear a lot of things about happiness and spirituality. Like, you have to suffer, or not this life, you have more karma to burn, or lessons to learn, etc. What if you became outrageously impatient, not willing to take ‘no’ for an answer? That’s what happened to me…
How knowing death can bring you to life
Not suffering does not mean that you didn’t love, it means you still love; you just haven’t swapped love for the idea of loss. Death is not the opposite of Life. Birth is. Life has no opposite…
What was the message of the Spiritual Masters?
At its essence, the message of the loved and revered Spiritual Masters who have passed was:
Enlightenment: Is this it?
If you are asking the question, then the answer is: this is not it. But the question falling away is also not enough. One can realize that they are not a thought, not any thought, and questions will subside. But do you know who you are?
Spiritual unconsciousness is not what you think it is
What is unconsciousness, in the spiritual context? It’s not like when you get put under for surgery. Today a client said, “Something happened on our call yesterday.” I asked, “What?” They replied, “Maybe you didn’t notice. I started to get more anxious as we were talking. Started crying. Started to let thoughts take over, which I realized is my issue.”