Urban Shaman
It's a whole new worldview that is not outside in, but inside out. This is the way it’s always worked. It’s not a theory. It’s not a new idea. It’s just the way life is unfolding, that out of nothing everything arises. It’s a fertile void, which everything arises in and from. You are part of a perfectly designed system that is generating every mome
... See moreDicken Bettinger • Coming Home: Uncovering the Foundations of Psychological Well-being
“You have all experienced times when your mind became a complete blank for just a moment, and you found yourself staring into space. If at that instant it were possible to inject any wish, any desire, with sufficient force, nothing on earth could prevent it from coming forth, very quickly. “Now, what is the cause of the confusion prevailing in your
... See moreJohn McDonald • The Message of a Master
For a taste of this mystery, simply close your eyes, calm your breathing, and try to still your mind. This will be next to impossible; thoughts and feelings will come up regardless. The calmer your mind is, the more disconnected and arbitrary will be the thoughts that arise. Images will appear out of nowhere, things you had long ignored or forgotte
... See moreRichard Smoley • The Dice Game of Shiva
Our two-way meditation, then, is truly radical psychotherapy - psychotherapy so deep that overt and particular results may be very slow indeed to surface. Nevertheless, when sufficiently persisted in, it is sure to yield - more as a bonus than an expected reward - quite specific improvements in that “outer” scene, in the problem-ridden realm of our
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