In this past Saturday’s Lessons and Questions, I read aloud a passage from Devatma Shakti by Swami Vishnu Tirtha in which he lays out two ways of using the mind …
We must vacate our systems….
We must vacate our systems in favor of stillness, which allows the solutions we need to arise into our consciousness from a level we may not understand.
Passive / aggressive….
Passive / aggressive Transparent Maintaining self-reliance Powerless / no cards to play
How To Get Back On Track….
In my last blog post, I wrote about how we can know we are off track in our practice. Once we realize we have wandered from the path, though, we …
What you leave out….
What you leave out of a narrative is often more important than what’s there.
Fragile….
Fragile Durable Refined Crude
How To Know You’re Off Track….
Baba always said to be vigilant, because we can go off track spiritually in a heartbeat. And we do. We so easily slip into habitual consciousness, which is really unconscious …
You can’t magically change….
You can’t magically change a relationship if the other person is unwilling to change. But you can change your relationship with the relationship.
Sweet….
Sweet Bitter Fake / disingenuous Clear / truthful
Willing To Feel….
We cannot read a situation clearly unless we can feel. But we have to know what feeling actually is. If we are truly feeling, there are no thought forms. Otherwise …