Recently I’ve come to more deeply appreciate Gurdjieff’s description of humans as three brained beings, and other traditions that describe something similar. In Tai Chi, there is the dan tien – a belly-center. There are also two other dan tien … Read More
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Neti, neti translates to English as Not this, not that. Dzogchen (“Great Perfection”, in Tibetan Buddhism) describes a constant, still presence that is our true nature. All the ways we establish a separate identity take us a step away from … Read More
I understand the Chakras to be a sort of multi-level skeleton for consciousness intertwining with our physical, emotional (astral) and mental (causal) bodies. Traditions I have studied use the word “bodies” to describe our connections to these realms of human … Read More
Thanks be to God. I’ve shared time with Sufis. Sufism is normally ascribed to Islam. However, Sufis tend to avoid rigidity, which leads to them being unwelcome in some Islamic circles.That same acceptance of diversity can sometimes be found in … Read More