Your invitation is to play, consciously

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The greater universe is here to play with you, to have fun, to challenge itself in untold ways. With all compassion and sincerity, it now invites you to become a more conscious player. There is no script. You are the author, playwright, screenwriter and actor. For the universe will do whatever you wish. You can play at whatever level of intensity you might choose. But its invitation is for you to play full out, to not hold back. To truly create anything you want to. We are inviting you to … [Read more...]

Transforming Our Species Part 2

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A radically different way of life and of being is calling us, with every breath. If you listen deep inside, you can sense its voice. As a flower blooms and a baby matures, as a caterpillar becomes a butterfly, so we as human beings are now metamorphosing into something new. Something radically different is beckoning us. It is the unknown. I invite you to realize that this opportunity is here now. It's time has come. Whether or not you individually embark upon this journey is not in itself … [Read more...]

Beyond Human Beings

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"A human being is a part of a whole, called by us 'universe,' a part limited in time and space. He experiences himself, his thoughts and feelings, as something separated from the rest...a kind of optical delusion of his consciousness. This delusion is a kind of prison for us, restricting us to our personal desires and to affection for a few persons nearest to us. Our task must be to free ourselves from this prison by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole … [Read more...]

The Addict Must Die

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Who or what is reading this article? Everything going on in your mind is filtered through a lens that uses thoughts, perceptions and analysis to comprehend these words. It does little but interfere, deaden and intellectualize all you come into contact with. For your ego-mind has developed infinite ways to categorize whatever you encounter to ensure that your identity or world view remain intact. Its mission is to protect your identity (how you project yourself to the world), with your full … [Read more...]

Failure of the spiritual quest

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Almost everyone has made their dream - which is their own creation - more powerful than themselves, the dreamer. They have become so much a part of their own dream that they have forgotten that they are the ones actually dreaming their reality, that it is a fiction that they recreate at every moment. It absolutely cannot exist separate from them, any more than what they dream in their "sleep" can exist separate from them or can control their lives. Yet, they spend their entire lives in a … [Read more...]

The End of the Dreamstate

It is very possible that we as a society, as a species, are about to transform - not just as individuals, but in a deeper sense. If so, it's increasingly difficult for this transformation to occur in those who still bring a lot of baggage - false beliefs, guilt, anger, conditioning, positions and automatic behavior. This is because the transformation involves letting go, not struggle. It comes from a deeper place, a tuning in to a place of deep quietude, recognition of our unity with all things. … [Read more...]

In the Presence of your True Self

The struggle to get better, the struggle to correct things about ourselves that we judge or don't like, the effort to push up against perceived bad traits or laziness in ourselves and perceived "others," while laudatory in many ways, keeps us firmly lodged within the world of resistance. Even if we resist for what we deem to be a "good" purpose, it is still resistance, and thus lies firmly in the world of the ego-mind. The core rationale of the ego-mind is that it will protect us by keeping us … [Read more...]

In The Prison of Your Mind

This is a sincere invitation that may well be the most relevant you will ever receive. It involves forever walking out of the prison of your own mind, your thoughts and your emotions - your eternal jailors. This is the very familiar and yet, real, prison in which you have lived for all of your life, and it is all you have ever known. We invite you to simply leave it all behind. This prison is a by-product of the story you continue to tell yourself and others about who you are and who you want … [Read more...]

The End of Struggle

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"Many people think that enlightenment is an altered state of consciousness. Actually, what we perceive every day through the distorted lens of ego is the truly altered state - we see things that don't exist, we believe things that aren't happening, and we live in a false world of our own creation." - Adyashanti, The End of Your World (2008) Previous articles in this series have addressed the key myths that stand in the way of awakening. For the opportunity to awaken is very real and ever … [Read more...]

Is Anyone Really Waking Up in MN?

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It's easy for those interested in consciousness to look at Bush's legacy disdainfully and wonder how he could have successfully tricked so many people for so long. But while it's simple to see the consequences of his unrealistic and neo-conservative beliefs regarding economic, environmental, energy and global policies, it's harder for these same people to realize that their own beliefs about awakening have just as little in common with reality. Yet, the consequences of these beliefs impact them … [Read more...]

Getting Better is not Waking Up

This is the second in a series of articles about the awakening journey. It describes both the common myths that stand in its way and real steps available for those brave souls who are truly interested in waking up now. The material is controversial in that it questions and challenges many of the assumptions most people hold dear and asks for each of us to instead examine what is really true. As you look inside yourself, you already have the guidebook for your awakening there. You only need to … [Read more...]

Is Anybody Really Waking Up Here?

This is the first in a series of articles about the awakening journey that describes both the common myths that stand in its way and real steps available for those brave souls who are truly willing to wake up now. The material is controversial as it questions and challenges many of the assumptions most people have about awakening and asks instead for each of us to examine what seems really true. The authors' purpose is to create a mindset that authentic awakening is truly possible and that … [Read more...]