http://beyondthemind.org Reflections on the Journey of Spiritual Awakening Thu, 07 Aug 2008 20:41:10 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I think most people would deny that they are addicted in some way to their pain, to their painful story. I also know that these same people will be appalled when they wake up to the fact that they truly are in some way, enchanted with, even in love ... http://beyondthemind.org/are-we-attached-to-our-suffering Probably the most profound moment of my life was spent peeling an egg while at breakfast in the Dining Room of Spirit Rock Meditation Center.  A very important teacher of mine once said that one of the most ecstatic moments of his life was spent watching ants crawling across a ... http://beyondthemind.org/egg-peeling-satori This is my answer to the bumper sticker "If You're Not Outraged You Must Not Be Paying Attention". I'm not suggesting there aren't things to be outraged by in this life, and especially in this modern age when our overgrown clever minds have now brought us to the brink of extinction. ... http://beyondthemind.org/if-youre-not-in-awe-you-must-not-be-paying-attention Show me a man who is completely present to whatever he is doing, and I'll show you a man who is free.  Show me that woman who is at one with whatever is going on NOW in her life and I'll show you a woman who is free, no matter ... http://beyondthemind.org/omni-tasking ...ah yes, the sweet words of SADE, and they point to something I want to discuss ~ how we allow the cycles of time to rob of us our inherent joy NOW.  I touched upon this already in my entry What Time Can I Be Happy Today? If we are truly ... http://beyondthemind.org/every-day-is-christmas-and-every-night-is-new-years-eve My friend, it is not reality that is the problem. It is the lenses through which most of us view reality that is the “problem”.  And it really isn’t an issue of “problem” so much as it is one of skillful versus unskillful.  Skill in what?  Skill in living, in living ... http://beyondthemind.org/what-if-everything-is-perfect What is this deepness?  this aching longing in the center of my chest?  ...can you feel it too, my friend? Bono says “I still haven’t found what I’m looking for” – thank you brother.  Have YOU found what you’re looking for my brother or sister who is reading this right now?  The ... http://beyondthemind.org/what-is-this-deepness I am going to tell you about a get rich quick method that works so instantaneously it will blow your mind and it doesn't matter the tiniest bit what your financial state is like at the moment.  You can become wealthier than the richest man alive in this very moment and in ... http://beyondthemind.org/the-secret-to-true-wealth When you look in the mirror do you like what you see? I am talking about an actual mirror but also about the mirror that reflects back to you your inner life?  Do you like what you see about your emotional life, your mental life, your spiritual life, your soul life? I hope so, I ... http://beyondthemind.org/do-you-like-what-you-see This is the normal condition for most people - divided internally and consequently conquered.  Conquered in the sense that there is very little harmony within, there is ineffectiveness, indecisiveness, inner turmoil.  Even the part of us that wants to be free from this suffering is part of the cause of the condition itself.  This ... http://beyondthemind.org/divided-and-conquered