From Beyond the Mind: The Gift of Intuition

From Beyond the Mind: The Gift of Intuition

From Beyond the Mind: The Gift of Intuition Society today often feels overwhelmingly data-driven. Our minds can become preoccupied with endless streams of information coming from countless sources. And this information isn’t neutral. It’s saturated with opinions,...
The Spiritual Bypass

The Spiritual Bypass

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...
We don’t do sad, and it’s hurting us

We don’t do sad, and it’s hurting us

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...
Mental Chaos?

Mental Chaos?

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...
Inner Sight

Inner Sight

 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’...