On the spiritual path, the personal, collective and universal shadow must be faced sooner or later. This means fully acknowledging and accepting the horror and mayhem of existence without flinching. Although this is a crucial step along the way it is not an end in itself. The facing of the horror (which can break a person) is an entry point to a further revelation. That revelation is the Homecoming into a profound trust in the core of Creation/Existence itself, and an underst

It has come as quite a surprise to me that highly spiritually evolved people who only need to walk through the door that is already open to them, persistently make the choice to remain unenlightened. The attachment in one form or another to the personal, individualized self is so strong that it outweighs their professed and long-held desire and commitment to liberation. When the open door is finally recognized and the invitation to walk through is offered, there is an unwilli

From John Lindsey The predominant experience now is one of silence. Thoughts and feelings flow on top of this silence, much like the upper currents of a river or ocean, but underneath there is pervasive quiet and stillness. There is a sense of timelessness as well: Not that the passage of relative time has stopped, but an internal singularity where time neither moves nor freezes. The felt-sense is somewhat holographic— like a snapshot that appears to move, but is actually sti