Cultivating Consciousness

By TJ Woodward Quite possibly, what can seem even more difficult than making peace with others is the prospect of making peace with ourselves. We are burdened with what we have done or not done. And more deeply, many of us are burdened with an identity where we believe we …

  By Jakeb Brock Traditionally in the East, when an individual felt and responded to a spiritual calling, he or she became a disciple of a master or guru and dedicated him or herself wholeheartedly to a spiritual practice.  He or she totally withdrew from the world and gave up …

  By Jakeb Brock Here in the West where science has become like the voice of God, we have come to view human life as essentially random and accidental, with the basis for this view being the Big Bang theory of our universe’s origins.  Beginning with that one great accident, …

  By Jakeb Brock One of the true constants of human life is feeling the sensation that we call pain.  Every human being has known pain at times—male and female, rich or poor, East and West, black and white, etc.  And since pain is a sensation that most of us …

By Jakeb Brock From the moment we enter this world we human beings are literally inundated with a consensual reality view—that is, a reality view that has already been firmly established through a broad societal consensus.  Thus the main impetus of our upbringing is to learn to conform to and …

By Ellen Meredith Melanie, Jill, and their two dogs took refuge from Covid-19 in a sweet cottage in a rural area of Oregon. They chose to focus their energy on connecting back into mother nature, rather than feeling locked down or limited by the changes in their work and life …

  By Jakeb Brock Reintegration is a word often used to describe the fulfillment and fruition of our spiritual work.  It involves bringing our individual inner world or psyche into harmonious alignment with the perfection of being — that is, the full potential for which we were created.  It establishes …

  By Yoichi Utebi For most of us, the word ‘curse’ brings fantastical images of black magic, witches’ cauldrons, and a little “eye of newt and toe of frog” to mind. But though we may be tempted to believe they are merely fantasy, curses can, in fact, be a very …

  By Ania Haas It’s Monday morning. You open your eyes and realize that you are again in the same reality, in the same home with the same people and the same problems. You’ve had enough. You are dragging yourself out of bed, starting your day and the only thing …

  By Jakeb Brock We are all familiar with the emotion that we call envy.  We have all had feelings of envy, though we may be ashamed to admit it.  But most often we do not take this matter too seriously.  We view envy as a fleeting, almost whimsical or …