Don’t have the small self “let go”. The small self has to be surprised. Your task is to let yourself be surprised.
Timid….
Timid Bold Cautious Reckless
Guest Blog by Ian Ralby: The Choice To Practice….
At the conclusion of the course on “A Spiritual Survival Kit” (see here), I asked for the chance to guest blog in order to share some reflections. Having grown up with my mother as both my mom and my teacher, I have witnessed her teaching and her students’ development from a fairly unique vantage point. I vividly remember when she …
Why wouldn’t anyone want….
Why wouldn’t anyone want to crack open? We are languishing in hell if we don’t.
Accepting/taking in/imbibing/receiving….
Accepting/taking in/ imbibing/receiving Rejecting/ denying/dismissing Impressionable/spineless/dependent/gullible Independent/powerful/selfcontained
Shakti and Wisdom….
Everybody loves energy. It is everywhere, and manifests in countless ways. Without energy, there is no life. In my tradition, the term for energy is shakti; the shakti is God’s power of manifestation. Spiritual energy is latent, asleep, in each of us. And the term for that spiritual energy is kundalinī-shakti. In order to return home to who we really …
One of the most common and….
One of the most common and damaging mistakes a spiritual aspirant can make is to believe that the shakti will take care of everything.
Shy….
Shy Outgoing Reserved Coarse
Imagination Isn’t Practice….
Sit in the room and be realized. Do not offend anyone or make anyone uncomfortable. Then leave and resume your ordinary habits. Is this what you think sādhana is? Around Baba, there were people who did just sit around and then go home. Their discomfort came from their fellow ashramites, so their interactions and relationships looked very much like the …
The Guru shines a light….
The Guru shines a light on who we think we are, then calls it what it really is and shows us our delusion. Our job is to surrender to what the Guru teaches us.