People talk a lot about needing to “quiet the mind”, and I get it, but I’ve just got a really different take on it. When people talk about “the mind” like that, they are referring to the chattering in the head. To me, ‘mind’ is something else: as I experience it, my mind suffuses the totality of my being. Furthermore, only when the whole of my being is present to an issue does it feel like I’m really thinking. What passes for thinking in our culture is something else: the thinking that is … [Read more...] about Quieting the Mind
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Fearing our own peace of heart
When the male aspect of our consciousness detaches from the female aspect of our consciousness, it moves us into a state of anticipation. That is the state in which most of us live almost all the time. It is a state in which there cannot be peace of heart – in fact, it is mistrustful of a peace of heart. For that reason, ‘anticipation’ and ‘peace of heart’ may be understood as opposites. Peace of heart is a state of being that is liberated from all anticipation. It is made possible by a … [Read more...] about Fearing our own peace of heart