Why is practice necessary? Practice happens in time. For example, I will no longer allow a violent behavior in my life so I will practice the reverse of violence, kindness. Connecting with a quality or value through practice takes time. It also takes a level of dissatisfaction with our current mental state, being angry and [...]
Buddha taught in what has been named the eight fold path: right understanding, right thought, right speech, right action, right livelihood, right effort, right mindfulness, right concentration. Yet he also taught that there is no right or wrong there is only being the middle way, and in that state how can there be right or [...]
It is impossible for the self, because of its consciousness, to see itself except through reflection. You cannot see your face except in a mirror, here you can see the reflection quite clearly. It is as if all ignorance has been removed. Consider looking at your reflection in a pool of muddy water, then perhaps [...]
What does it mean to be human? Yes, we are creative beings and have drive and ambition, but when does one take time to investigate the direction that this physical, mental, spiritual entity is headed? And who really gives a damn anyway? Once in a while a person wakes to the calling to find out [...]
Man has made thousands of scientific discoveries using his intellect. The great truths of Einstein, Newton, and many others made discoveries but how do they make these discoveries? It was not entirely through the mind but through the prism used by a clear heart. The intellect is capable of receiving vibrations and interpreting those as [...]
What if we were to take a far-flung concept and build a reality from it? Consider that all experience is recognized by the mind but this means that something else preceded the experience before the mind caught and cognized it. This would mean that the mind was led to the experience rather than having created [...]
The process of manifesting requires a certain approach, you need to come to your creativity by understanding and connecting with your inner vibration. For example you can think of attracting your desire or you can see that your desire already exists and it is up to you to find it. Both thoughts have a different [...]
Let us look for a moment at dreams. When we are in deep sleep our conscious awareness is subdued, for all intents and purposes we are hibernating within and peace is experienced but we are not aware of the experience, only upon waking do we reflect back on the peace and say that we slept [...]
We have the universe inside us! The consciousness which created this universe is within all that is without is an expression of what is within. We have lost this knowledge yet it remains with us and makes itself known through a sixth sense. The more we learn to listen to this faint voice amongst worldly [...]
We all breath, how often during the day do you remember that you are breathing? Many become so involved in their lives they never take time to notice the breath. The mind is always in constant activity and many live in this kind of life, rarely remembering who is breathing them. If you want to [...]
