Posted in Questions on Jul 18th, 2009 No Comments »
Change & Transformation Happen in the Gap
One session of a 10-day training I once attended was focused on the “gap.” The teacher of this session, Alia, informed us that all change and transformation occur in the gap and not as a result of reading, studying, meditating, chanting or anything else.
The gap is an elusive rascal. [...]
Posted in Perceptions on Sep 16th, 2008 1 Comment »
What is the Ego Self?
Is the ego self something we need to reject?
The ego self is what most refer to when they say – me, I, me self, you, her, him, and etc. The ego self is the sense of self that most people have any awareness of.
That awareness is usually very vague. Very few [...]
Posted in Observations on Aug 14th, 2007 No Comments »
Yesterday A.H. Almaas mentioned that essential presence is what transforms the consciousness.
One’s practice becomes how to stay in touch with essential presence and not about achieving any particular state of consciousnes.
Almaas said that there are very few people who can actually live from, move from, and act in essential presence though many think they do. [...]
Posted in Perceptions on Aug 12th, 2007 No Comments »
True understanding has to do with transformation. If there is no transformation at the moment of understanding, then there is no real understanding . – A.H. Almaas
Last night, I heard A.H. Almaas give a talk on transformation. He began the talk by saying he had been wondering what was the most transformative experience in his [...]
