Reaching into the inner depths… it’s actually a very useful way to think about spirituality (although technically it’s backward). But the idea of reaching into the inner depths gives us, gives us an opportunity to stop for a second, take that breath. Here we are. It’s habitual for us to live on the surface – …
Category Archives: Chats
The Pope is making a stink
So, the Pope seems to be making a big stink these days, and that’s pretty amazing. First of all, it shows how radical some spirituality can get. How fixed and mean a teaching about love can become so that even the Pope has to speak up against it, against his own people. That’s pretty radical. …
Unhook from the critical mind
Little-known secret: when you unhook from the logical, critical mind, it actually starts working better and becomes a fabulous tool.
How do you tell if someone is awake
How do you tell if someone is truly awake or not? This is a question that comes up a lot in groups. The reason people are always asking this question is because they want to find somebody that’s not going to suck them into a cult, or steal their money, or fool them in some …
The same old thinking
We all know the saying: “You can’t create a new paradigm using the same thinking that created the old paradigm.” But what do you do? You’re stuck in your paradigm, and the number one thing that keeps us in that paradigm is our language. Like right now, I’m writing and I’m using English. It’s the …
Filtering the universe
The entire universe does not filter itself through your perceptions, so ultimately, it doesn’t matter what you think.
Balance
Balance. It’s not a solid thing that you can create. Balance is always a movement, like riding a bike. That’s how I like to explain it. You know? You get that feeling when you’re on a bike of how the forward motion keeps the back and forth sway from falling over. Balance is something that …
Newsletter: Finding Harmony
This week’s newsletter is late because we danced this weekend. Bringing harmony and balance to the world in Montana. It can feel tricky to find harmony because we don’t actually “find” it. Harmony is already there. We just need to attune ourselves to it. Harmony takes the full body and mind, other people and nature. …