One pattern that can emerge when people do serious contemplative practice is that very potent questions surface about how to live and how to be. This is a really good sign. Our deepest questions almost always reflect some aspect of our core wounding. They tend to surface with incredible force in the awakening process…
Read MoreOne very interesting line of inquiry is to look at the places in your life where you lack energy - where you are mentally committed to a situation, person, or activity but where there is no actual energy for following through, engaging or really being present.
Read MoreThe great fear of the ego in all spiritual work is that it is somehow going to be annihilated or obliterated if it lets presence unfold completely. The cosmic joke about relying on presence-awareness to navigate life and make decisions is that it makes the mind more functional, not less.
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