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Tag Archives: consciousness
The Making of the Human Self
How do children develop a sense of self? From the moment they are born, babies are exposed to information that can teach them about who they are. By touching their own face and body, or by kicking and grabbing things, … Continue reading
Posted in Consciousness & Spirituality, Mind
Tagged awareness, child, child psychology, childhood, consciousness, ego, emotions, human condition, human self, infant, mind, neuroscience, psychology, self, self-awareness, toddler, world
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Neuroscience and Consciousness
Neuroscience is beginning to show that the brain is not the mind, and to point to the very existence of the soul (consciousness) as the causative factor behind the mind. 🤔 Continue reading
Raising the “Resurrection”
Quite recently on the occasion of Easter, I received an email in which the sender, a member of the weekly satsang group meeting locally, wrote me his thoughts on “the message of resurrection.” (Easter was celebrated yesterday in the Roman … Continue reading
Posted in Consciousness & Spirituality, Mysticism, The Mystical Life, Transformation
Tagged Abrahamic religions, awakening, born again, consciousness, deliverance, Easter, forgiveness, forgiveness of sin, human consciousness, journey, Judaeo-Christian, liberation, life, moksha, new life, Passover, penance, reconciliation, religion, resurrection, sin, sinner, spiritual awakening, spiritual journey
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A Satsang Invocation
The San Jose BMCM Satsang Invocation Leader’s CALL: “Krishna said: …you shall come to me; this I promise; for you are dear to me.” Group RESPONSE: “We come to your presence, Krishna. Bring us now into your light and wisdom.” … Continue reading
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Tagged adhan, awareness, Bhagavad Gita, chronos, consciousness, divine promise, enlightenment, experience, human condition, illumination, invocation, kairos, Krishna, light, mysticism, promise, sacred space, sacred time, sacred time and space, satsang, spiritual practice, spirituality
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The Moment of Awakened Awareness
The ineffable, unmanifest, undifferentiated Consciousness, that journeys to the universe of its manifestations through its mirror-mind, individuates infinitely as the Self. Is is this Self as the subject knower that becomes increasingly aware in the manifest dimension of object forms … Continue reading
Posted in Consciousness & Spirituality, Mysticism, The Mystical Life, Transformation
Tagged awakened awareness, awakening, awareness, consciousness, Dzogchen, emptiness, enlightenment, experience, human condition, illumination, Khandro Rinpoche, liberation, mysticism, nirvana, nothingness, release, samsara, self, self-awareness, spiritual journey, sunyata, transformation, Void
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Stillness of Mind
To the mind that is still, the whole universe surrenders. 😌 — Lao Tzu — STILLNESS OF MIND — That is the stargate to Infinity, and it is right where you are at this very moment. You can enter … Continue reading
Develop Your Awareness of God-Presence
Whether for the purpose of a contemplation sitting or at any other time, remember to acknowledge, invoke and invite the Spirit of God within you to come forth from within to fill your awareness and life with the experience of … Continue reading
Posted in Consciousness & Spirituality, Contemplation/Meditation, Mysticism, The Mystical Life, Transformation
Tagged awareness, consciousness, contemplation, contemplative meditation, emptiness, experience, Fr. Keating, Fr. Thomas Keating, God, God-presence, Infinite Way, Joel Goldsmith, life, meditation, mysticism, presence, presence of God, selfhood, soul, Spirit, spiritual journey, spiritual practice, spirituality, The Infinite Way, The Mystical Life, transformation
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Why Bother with Self-Realization?
Responding to a recently posted blog, Stephen messaged us the following three wonderful questions. QUESTION NO. 1 Since God has always been and will always be the Perfect Absolute Infinite Consciousness and this has never been and will never be … Continue reading
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From the Head to the Heart
In response to a recent blog we posted, the following question was raised by Bob as a comment which he posted on 05 June 2018. QUESTION “Hello, Marc! I have a question: How do I move from understanding and thinking … Continue reading
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