Category Archives: Awakening

Perhaps we are moving beyond a space of needing to “know thyself.” Perhaps we are entering a new space where it is enough to realize the process of knowing, without getting hung up on knower and known and so forth. The self seems to be that which has certain identifying data (name, birthday, place ofContinue reading “Getting Beyond “Know Thyself””

When I say “let go of Christ” or “let go of A Course in Miracles” what I mean is: let Christ be. Let A Course in Miracles be. Let God be. I don’t mean have or don’t have, possess or don’t possess. I mean simply give attention to Christ, or God, or A Course inContinue reading “On Letting Go – and thus Knowing Deeply – Christ”

Radical doubt underlies my experience of being Christian. At any moment – for any length of time – I am willing to let the whole practice and tradition go, to see it all as unhelpful, confused, discriminatory, superficial, distracting, unnecessary, illogical . . . It is like an enormous wave overtaking this aspect of myContinue reading “Doubt as a Christian Virtue”

For a long time I wanted a monastery. Then I wanted one with whom to want a monastery with me. Then I wanted one with whom to expand this want to include the various ecstasies associated with the insights one imagined would be gained in the monastery, yet are in this living mainly enacted sensuallyContinue reading “Wanting Monasteries”

If somebody asked me for the secret to awakening or the best way to see the face of God and live or how to be so happy that even dying can’t turn your frownie upside downie, I’d probably say “give attention to your experience of resistance and see what you can do to cut itContinue reading “The Secret to Awakening”

In a sense, A Course in Miracles became a distraction. Imagine that you are trying to reach a particular city, and have with you a map that guides you to the city. When you reach the city, the map is no longer helpful – indeed, if you insist on referring to it, it can onlyContinue reading “A Course in Miracles as Map”