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...
by Geoff Barkley | Oct 14, 2025 | Uncategorized
Throughout the ages, both philosophy and spirituality have returned to one profound insight — that within us lies a core essence that is whole and complete in itself. This is being. It does not strive, it does not compete; it simply is. It’s the quiet stillness...
by Geoff Barkley | Oct 7, 2025 | Uncategorized
Natural Emotion: The Flow of Awareness Through Feeling We tend to divide emotions into good and bad, wanted and unwanted — as if the movement of life within us must always be managed or improved. Yet in truth, emotion is simply energy in motion — a natural and...
by Geoff Barkley | Oct 4, 2025 | Uncategorized
The Hijacking of Awareness: Distraction and the Neurobiology of Attention In our modern world, attention is a commodity—hunted, fragmented, and sold. Every ping, scroll, and flashing image subtly pulls us away from the present moment, replacing lived experience with a...
by Geoff Barkley | Oct 4, 2025 | Uncategorized
Listening to the Living Miracle: Awakening to Your Body’s Intelligence I want to share something more personal today. After decades of working in the fields of mental health and holistic wellness, one truth has become clear to me: Health comes from within. Not from...
by Geoff Barkley | Oct 4, 2025 | Uncategorized
The Beauty of not Knowing“Not only is the universe stranger than we imagine—it is stranger than we can imagine.”—Arthur Stanley Eddington “When we stop trying to understand everything, life begins to open, fresh and alive” We live in the midst of mystery so vast, so...
