by Geoff Barkley | Feb 27, 2026 | Uncategorized
Awareness is the space of presence within each of us. Yet it is often described as something separate from our personality, separate from our thoughts. In fact, personality is frequently portrayed as the obstacle — the very thing that blocks access to this clear inner...
by Geoff Barkley | Feb 14, 2026 | Uncategorized
Life is astonishing – enigmatic, mysterious, and profoundly alive. Each day is a living miracle, yet we often move through it absorbed in its demands and routines. Even our bodies reveal this miracle. We are literally composed of stardust, formed from atoms that...
by Geoff Barkley | Feb 6, 2026 | Uncategorized
Two Lenses on the Mind: Western Psychology and Yoga Human beings have always tried to understand one central mystery — the mind. Why do we think the way we do? Why do certain patterns repeat throughout our lives? Why can insight sometimes change everything, while at...
by Geoff Barkley | Jan 24, 2026 | Uncategorized
Imagination: The faculty or action of forming new ideas, images, or concepts.The ability of the mind to be creative or resourceful. Fanciful or hallucinatory expressions—and even experiences or imaginations—are “sound without substance”: empty words, phrases, or...
by Geoff Barkley | Jan 12, 2026 | Uncategorized
For many, there remains a deep confusion about what being actually refers to. Becoming is relatively easy to grasp—it is visible in effort, ambition, growth, change, and activity. But what is meant by this idea of an ever-present center of awareness within—a core of...
