Yesterday I suggested that enlightenment is biological, and cited supportingly Humberto Maturana, who is a biologist. George Spencer-Brown observed that when we ask a philosophical question, we get a philosophical answer. It should surprise nobody that a biologist sees enlightenment on biological terms. Yet I also allowed that enlightenment could be magical. Or Christian orContinue reading “Recognizing Jesus”
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Enlightenment is Biology Realized
Gregory Bateson observed that often “Enlightenment is a sudden realization of the biological nature of the world in which we live. It is a sudden discovery or realization of life.” Humberto Maturana would surely approve. In “Reality: The Search for Objectivity or the Quest for a Compelling Argument” he wrote: I claim that the explicitContinue reading “Enlightenment is Biology Realized”
On Wanting Life to be Different
Wanting things to be other than they are is a form of not looking at things – it is a way of not giving attention to what is – and so it is a form of violence because it denies the very existence of that which gives rise to it. Here is life, the veryContinue reading “On Wanting Life to be Different”
The Many Ways We Get Home
Often when I am especially grateful for A Course in Miracles, I write about it in what I hope are helpful ways. I try to focus on the mechanics as I understand them, and not to overdo the spiritual drama. Being happy is not a race so we’re all experts and beginners at once butContinue reading “The Many Ways We Get Home”
A Course in Miracles Lesson 121
Forgiveness is the key to happiness. I want to talk a little about what can happen when we do the lessons of A Course in Miracles. There is a tendency to write or share about the lessons as if there is only one way to learn – using Lesson 121 as an example – thatContinue reading “A Course in Miracles Lesson 121”
Gifts of Light (Just Hug Already)
Say that you and I are sharing together. We are in a cafe, perhaps, having tea or coffee. We are talking about Emily Dickinson and her struggle to adequately express her deep spiritual insights and experiences in the Christian and other patriarchal languages that were given to her. There I am. There you are. ThereContinue reading “Gifts of Light (Just Hug Already)”