by Geoff Barkley | Nov 29, 2025 | Uncategorized
For certain is death to those who are born, and certain is birth to those who have died. Therefore, the wise do not grieve over the inevitable.— Bhagavad Gita We hear these teachings often:The world is impermanent.Life is sorrowful, as the Buddha observed. Taken at...
by Geoff Barkley | Nov 18, 2025 | Uncategorized
Earlier, I wrote about natural emotions and how most of us tend to either suppress the flow of feelings or amplify them, especially when it comes to painful emotions like grief and sadness. I’m no exception. Even after years of “working on” my emotions, I can still...
by Geoff Barkley | Nov 7, 2025 | Uncategorized
Mental Chaos? It’s hard to know what life was really like for people in the past—and perhaps even harder to imagine what their innerlives were like. The reason I wonder about this is that people back then were exposed to far less stimulation than we are today. As...
by Geoff Barkley | Oct 29, 2025 | Uncategorized
I’ve engaged in awareness practices practically my whole life. It’s something that has been intentional and from these literal ‘sittings’ over time, I’ve developed a great deal of insight (inner sight) into my psychological make-up. I now understand my ‘conditioning’...
by Geoff Barkley | Oct 22, 2025 | Uncategorized
The Mukta Center derives its name from the Sanskrit word Mukta, which means freedom, loosening, and opening. Of these meanings, I resonate most deeply with loosening and opening—they feel so fitting for the human journey. In our lives, we can become locked in to...
