Loss of Self – What does it mean? What is lost? Is the experience similar to being lost?
Buddhism and other non-dual teachings say there is no self to lose. Others say the self is an ontolgical reality that has various levels or degrees of manifestation including those bound and confined within the world of object […]

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I wrote about universal consciousness a while back and that got me thinking about universal mind. What’s the difference between universal mind and universal consciousness?
Universal mind is sometimes referred to as God’s mind or the mind of God.
Consciousness is not necessarily self-reflective though it contains the potential self-knowing.
The url UniversalMind links to a web application […]

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Rumors and reports from the front lines abound around universal consciousness. And yet, a quick glance into the daily world, the newspaper, the blogosphere or a few minutes on Bill O’Reilly or the Huffington Post reveals universal unconscious still reigns supreme in the hearts and minds of the masses.
Most people think they are conscious. Even […]

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How much holding do you need in your environment?
Winnicott wrote a great deal about the importance of the holding environment for psychological development. When doing individual or group work with a therapist or spiritual teacher, the holding environment is a major concern.
Issues of basic trust are a concern for individuals involved in deep psychological or […]

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How do you respond to fakeness?
What does it mean to be fake?
When I think of fakeness and being fake, the first thing that pops to mind is insincerity followed closely by inauthentic and not real.
In the normal world, fakeness is often used to describe someone who seems too caught up in image and superficial living, […]

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Ipseity according to the dictionary is: selfhood; individual identity, individuality. [from L. ipse, self, himself]
The absolute is both my nature and my identity. Is the nature of the soul and her very identity. It constitutes her manifestations but it is also her depth and deepest essence. Alternatively, we can say the absolute is our true […]

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In Googling rapprochement, 3.3 million results are returned. In scrolling down the page, it appears that more than 90% of the returns elate to rapprochement in its use in diplomatic relations.
A rapprochement, which comes from the French word rapprocher (”to bring together”), is a re-establishment of cordial relations, as between two countries. In the political […]

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I’m still reading Your Soul’s Compass and came across a paragraph I just have to share –
Seeking spiritual guidance is often misunderstood as consulting a cosmic Dear Abby or a universal Google for advice on relationships, health, and illness, pathways to financial freedom, or even great car deals. While there’s guidance out there fabout everything […]

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My friend Gordon, co-author of Your Soul’s Compass, was attending a workshop with Hameed Ali (A.H. Almaas) recently. According to Gordon, people were using the the words “fantasy” and “imagination” interchangeably.
I commented that in fact these were opposite concepts. “Fantasy” is a mental construct–a substitute for reality. Imagination, on the other hand, is […]

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Is your ego functioning? What are ego’s functions? Do they serve you or entrap you?
The granddaddy of psychology, Sigmund Freud, said the ego functioned to manage the instincts and defenses against them.
According to Carl Jung, the four ways of interpreting reality are the four ego-functions - Sensation, Thinking, Feeling, and Intuition. These consist of […]

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