Calling Upon Kali: Awakening the Creative Rebel Within.
I pray that Kali awakens the rebel within us all, to shift the planetary energy, for it is individuals who create the culture that govern our behavior.
Browsing Tag:
Buddha
How to Practice Spirituality in Times When Religions Are Falling Apart.
I am not an expert in the Gnostic stories but am much more attracted to their approach to spirituality, which is very modern and filled with Energy.
The Truth About My Attachment to Buddha.
As my attachment to Buddha grows and I feel myself becoming more and more inclined to bow before him, I have to wonder, what is it that I’m searching for?
A Fear of the Dark: Life with Existential Anxiety.
Mental anxiety, for me, has required very physical actions. Nothing I do is about making it go away. I don’t believe healing works like that.
The Raven and Me: Keep Sending Your Love Letters to the Unknown. {poetry}
You might receive answers to your letters... the two sides of this correspondence, your love for this world and the world loved, would merge on them.
3 Dharma Lessons My Sister’s Dog Taught Me.
I think the world would be a better place if people as a whole were more dog-like. But dogs require a lot of time and patience.
How to Survive Awakening.
There is this misconception about awakening: it instantly fixes everything and we happily be tiptoe on a bed of rose petals for the rest of our lives. The experience and testimonies of the great yogis and mystics say otherwise.
What Is Yoga, Really?
Patanjali recognized this inherent limitation. In his often quoted and sourced Yoga Sutras, he states in one of the opening verses that Yoga is 'chitta vritti nirodha', roughly translating to 'the restraining or end of all fluctuations of the mind'.
Sid and His Five Ascetic Friends. {fiction}
A single raindrop plops into the dark water. Sid isn’t Sid anymore. The moon sets, and Sid lifts his eyes. Venus, the Morning Star, a brilliant flickering ember racing toward the horizon. Speechless, the mystery decloaks and stands naked in the mirror; his question has been answered.
Gratitude for Pain.
I'm tired because I cried for hours and hours and hours last night, tears streaming and soaking my pillow, and I woke with swollen eyes, still feeling sorry for myself, missing my partner, lamenting my children's misfortune, and feeling the depths of depression that have characterized my life ...