Cultivating Consciousness

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 Keridak Silk  Fall is the time of reaping the harvest. In many cultures, it also brings celebrations of thankfulness. Gratitude reaps amazing results at any time of year. The magic is that even being thankful for tiny things can make you feel good, change your outlook on life …

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 …

By Jakeb Brock The goal of all spiritual practice is to elevate our state of consciousness and thereby imbue our inner world with greater and greater light.  This is not an exclusive capability as it is possible for each and every human being inhabiting this planet.  It simply takes the …

By Dean Fraser Rules on what is acceptable in our own behaviour and that of others; and often these rules tend to be quite rigid. At one time in our life they may have been perfectly logical and worked for us then. We are creatures of habit unfortunately, and by …

  By Jakeb Brock As we begin our meditation on any given day, chances are pretty high that we will be carrying a degree of disturbance in our psyche.  This disturbance might come in the form of a problem that is currently pressing us — perhaps a financial worry or …