spiritual awakening and enlightenment in today’s world

Perfection is achieved, not when there is nothing more to add, but when there is nothing left to take away.

What is wanted is not the will to believe, but the will to find out, which is the exact opposite.

Archive for May, 2006

We just want to eat your brains!

Wednesday, May 24th, 2006 Posted in Humor, Spirituality | 3 Comments »

I was writing a letter to a friend this morning, and zombies came to mind as a metaphor about trying to be an awake person in the world. You want to be alive, conscious, and know God/Ultimate Reality/Truth, and—they don't. ...

What you don’t want to admit to yourself

Friday, May 12th, 2006 Posted in Nonduality, Spirituality | 8 Comments »

The stories you love, are all about you. The heroes you adore, are all you. That's why there is the resonance. It's a recognition, beyond words, beyond knowledge. Jung realized that all the characters in a dream are the dreamer, ...

That Bodhisatta Vow

Friday, May 5th, 2006 Posted in Jesus / Christianity, My Life, Spirituality | 13 Comments »

One of the things I appreciate most about "(ext)my teacher":http://soulsword.org, is that he's a bodhisattva, not just a buddha. In English, that means that he's concerned with the salvation of the world. At his enlightenment, he chose to return to ...