No Future, No Past
So there was a vision. In it the unfolding of all the action and activity of life is seen as a visual pattern. It's a pattern in and of the…
December 2022 Sessions
A recap of subjects from recent group meditation sessions Dec 13 - Tuesday in Traverse City A guided meditation presented by Rob, created by Dhyanse, details below on the Dec…
What have I learned?
It's useful to periodically review and re-assess our current state and self-identity and how we present ourselves in the world. Do our actions match our desires? Are your motivations aligned…
November 2022 Sessions
A summary of what's been happening lately at the Wednesday evening group meditations November 30 A discussion on selfless love, karma yoga, consciously choosing emotions, living in the present. November…
On Belief, Trust, Intuition, Knowledge
Who do you Trust? Who do you learn from? Summer 2021: I walked into a bookstore I'd never been in before: Crazy Wisdom Bookstore and Tea Room, in Ann Arbor. …
October 2022 Sessions
A summary of what's been happening lately at the Wednesday evening group meditations October 26 The Isha Kriya was appropriate this evening. It's an effective 15 minute practice on detachment…
Move from “I am” to “This is”
There can be some distance between seeing the all-pervading unitary oneness of creation and actually living in the realization of this. Using third-person grammar and thinking in terms less identified…
Breath is Bondage and Liberation
A poem I must share. It came to my attention as I was contemplating the necessity of separating our sense of ourselves from the body and it's sensations and activities.…
Meditation Group Updates
There's been some time without weekly updates on the meditation group's meetings every Wednesday evening at the Grayling library. I've been thinking of how to proceed here. We can and…
Integration
Cognitive Dissonance is a term we might encounter in this modern age full of action and ideas. Definitions vary slightly, here's a basic meaning: Cognitive dissonance, anxiety that results from simultaneously…