I think we are moving perhaps in the direction of a space where it is possible to address questions of awakening and what-happens-after without so much judgment and confusion and drama. Perhaps we are getting clear on the simplicity. Perhaps we are focusing on the helpful work and the relationships which make that work light.Continue reading “Awakening in Relationship”
Author Archives: Sean
Personalization as the Root of Conflict
It took me a long time to understand that the root of so many conflicts and problems in my living arose out of an insistence – a sort of mental habit – of personalizing everything. Things did not just happen; they happened to me. It was not life but my life. Thus, my investment inContinue reading “Personalization as the Root of Conflict”
When Our Teacher is Love
Love doesn’t talk about itself. It doesn’t brag or boast or chide. It just moves us a little, here and there. We get a sense that something is off and with it a sense of what would be corrective. That’s love, as I am using the word “love.” It’s natural; it’s inherent. We don’t haveContinue reading “When Our Teacher is Love”
Beyond Spiritual Ideals
We have ideas about what life should feel like and look like and these ideas guide our behavior. These ideas are not our own; we acquire them from the culture in which we find ourselves. We think that spiritual people are peaceful vegans or celibate monks or scholarly ascetics. And we act accordingly, and ourContinue reading “Beyond Spiritual Ideals”
Consciousness in Christianity
How can we think about consciousness in Christianity? About being spiritual beings for whom Christian language such as A Course in Miracles is most resonant and helpful? About the world and the living and the others that arise in perception? I have been helped in this regard – have seen thinking clarified – with prisms. GrowingContinue reading “Consciousness in Christianity”
Attention and Spiritual Healing
Correction is a natural function of attention. That is, when we give attention to our living – and to the world in which it is lived, and the others with whom it is lived – to the extent that that living is unloving, it will naturally realign itself with love. That is because the oneContinue reading “Attention and Spiritual Healing”