The thing that we can most trust is nature itself. So the more you can actually breathe the air and feel the plants the better. -The Earth Speaks Slowly- The Earth and nature speaks slowly but always truthfully. That’s why slowing down and being in nature is so healing.
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Newsletter: Nonduality & Native Spirituality
If you’ve been following my newsletter you’ll notice that something has changed. Suddenly I’m green! This is because I’m exploring a new subject: How nonduality and native spirituality intersect. They come from very different cultures, and use very different concepts to teach spirituality… but they both have the aspect of helping humanity discover who we …
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Two parts to Native Teachings
There are two parts to native stories that that we often don’t see. You’ll notice that most of the Native teachings that come to us, that are being brought to us, are stories about how we are integrated with everything. Simple stories, told in so many different ways, but they have a theme that is …
Selfish human beings
Human beings, when we’re born, have the option of becoming completely self-centered and selfish or embracing a wider perspective. Much of this has to do with how we’re trained very young. -Overccoming Our Upbringing- Many of us have had really bad upbringing. We know that this is what therapy’s invented for. Nonduality says that we …
Satori and Samadi
I’m going to tell another story to help work us into an ongoing discussion about how non-duality and Native spirituality work. Satori. I’m sure anybody who’s been studying nonduality has heard about Satori. Lots of people define it as the little Enlightenment, the beginning. You reach Satori and then you reach Samadhi, Samadhi being full …
Native perspective on awakening
From the native perspective, that we’re being given by numerous native philosophers, we see that becoming a truly awake human takes a lot of work but it is doable. -Opposite of narcissism- The native state is one of being connected to everything and particularly every one. it is not in hierarchy. It’s literally the opposite …
The Story of a Lightbulb Moment
Actually, this is going to be the story of two light bulb moments because the two of them fit together to create a new paradigm that I can talk about in Nonduality teachings. The first one, many years ago, was running across Jill Bolte Taylor’s story of ‘My Stroke of Insight.’ It’s best to see …
Mind is the Primary Suspect
What nonduality tells us is that everything we’ve been taught is suspect. It should be examined. Everything that’s in our mind should be examined and suspected as being wrong and untrue. Through deep enough inspection we can step back from the whole thing and be free of it. What Native Traditions tell us is that …