These days I waiver between being inspired and disoriented. I am not sure what is coming or going. I wonder if I am in denial. The Awareness School is all about transformation, the work of the mystic, creating our own “conscious shocks” so life doesn’t serve those up for us, and… We are in an unprecedented situation. Looks like life has provided a pretty big conscious shock. The Awareness School is also about people connection and group work. We gather in retreats to be a part of something that cannot happen otherwise. It allows a quickening to occur within us … [read more]
A Mystical Easter Miracle
I am convinced that my recent mystical experience was a result of the convergence of various synchronistic occurrences, but then again mystical experiences are always just that. They are grace points eternally available; waiting for us to see and experience. My mind has felt scrambled lately as if I was going through some kind of alchemical change. Perhaps I am reading something into my experience, but I am oriented that way. I am steeped in a mystical life of meditation while presently facilitating four groups rooted in transformation, meditation and mysticism. My true North is where inner and outer worlds … [read more]
The Evolution of Our Relationship with Higher Energetic Frequencies
In these times, we are being asked, in not so subtle ways, to look at our relationship with higher energetic frequencies. We are being asked to challenge the way we are living. We face the collective shadow en masse in the form of a virus. It is only in times of great crisis and disaster that we pull together in a way like no other. This collective shock requires us to see a larger picture. It can weave us together, and allow us to relate in deeper ways. It creates possibilities where there were none. We start to concern ourselves … [read more]
What is a Living Teaching?
What is a living teaching? A living teaching is ancient knowledge and practices that are passed on from person to person. Its modern face adapts to the times, and the foundational principles of transformation carry on without being watered down. Absolute values find their way into the hearts and minds of people. Looking at the history of religion, one can see how things have become distorted and how rituals exist with no substance behind them. Things have become hypocritical and lost and have been for a very long time. One is hard pressed to find vibrant deep esoteric teachings in … [read more]
More On Self-Observation
The ability to observe oneself is so important for our conscious evolution both as individuals and as a collective. Let’s discuss Self-observation and how it is a misunderstood concept. If we think we can already observe ourselves, we are missing out on a key component of our transformation. It is usually our thinking labeling our action that is our limited perception we think is Self-observation. We are convinced that we are seeing what is actually going on within us without much effort at all. Because we can articulate it and label it, we think we have observed it. I am … [read more]
Listening for New Impressions
I imagine the term listening evokes many things, from hearing sounds and being attentive to observation and noticing. For me, listening is not just with my ears. As a trained musician with very developed listening skills, it took work to expand my “spiritual” listening to encompass more than just ears. I am oriented to listening objectively at this point. My musical training helped and hindered that process. The more I focused on listening, the more I heard, and the more I heard how I was not listening! Through musical training, I learned to listen in a way I never had … [read more]