Lovers
When you are a lover, you’re personal, but you have no boundaries that separate you from your lover. – A.H. Almaas The minute I heard my first love story, I…
Ballet of Life
The job of the artist is to deepen the mystery. – Francis Bacon Early precursors to ballets were lavish court entertainments of Renaissance Italy. The first ballet for which a…
Into the Night
Night into nightA wave of stillnessAn infinite amplitudeCaressing spaceDark velvet voidAbsenceNo directionNo orientationNo here nor thereNor not-hereNight arisingAs night descendsOnly nightKnows the nightAn absoluteIntimate loving J Harper
Transformation of Consciousness
Yesterday A.H. Almaas mentioned that essential presence is what transforms the consciousness. One’s practice becomes how to stay in touch with essential presence and not about achieving any particular state…
Transformation
True understanding has to do with transformation. If there is no transformation at the moment of understanding, then there is no real understanding . – A.H. Almaas Last night, I…
Out of Egypt
It is interesting to note that the Egyptians made a very elaborate science of collecting, storing, and discharging large amounts of static electricity. Supposedly, a concentrated, ionized “field” would enhance…