The non-material, or non-visible, realm does not lie dormant. It is active, constantly. It is what infuses and makes possible the world we know and see. The intangible realm of vital forces is what we often call the ‘spiritual’ dimension for within it lies the conscious intelligences that establish material life. Spiritual matters have long [...]
In the Age of Materialism, it is said that people have their orientation outwards and towards the boundary that separates humanity from the lower orders – the animals and plants – rather than the inner orientation towards Source. And it is within the great depth of materialism that represents the final stage of a [...]
‘The greatest barrier to consciousness is the belief that one is already conscious.’ P.D. Ouspensky In the light of current events, I was reflecting that it may help to bring some clarity if we can make distinctions between the various scales of perspective. As I had spoken about previously,[i] different individuals can be physically [...]
‘Men as we are, we are mostly creatures of circumstance, confined to the sensations of the outer world…and the joys and sorrows of life are but echoes of outward events. This slavery is due to the domination of the body…Greedy of enjoyment and afraid of sorrow, we come to depend on others and, receiving our [...]
An experience and/or sensation that people are having in greater frequency recently is that of being in a ‘different reality’ from other people. I have heard it spoken that someone can be standing right next to another person and yet it feels like both are living in a completely different reality. Is this a [...]
At our general level of awareness there is often no perceptible or discernible pattern to the flow of events. Partly this stems from having been conditioned into perceiving a particular dominant reality program. We do not have access to objective reality, although there can be moments and instances when glimpses occur. The phenomenon of miracles [...]
‘The Abyss has been looking into us for long enough. It is time for us, after becoming as spiritually grounded and metaphysically well-informed as possible, to begin looking back into it, and so come to a deeper understanding of exactly what is being done to us – and maybe even who is doing it.’ Charles [...]
You have said that the biggest threat of technology is not from the apparatus itself but from its corruption of the human essence. What is the major threat of technology against the human essence? This is something Heidegger wrote about in his seminal essay, ‘The Question Concerning Technology’. He said that technology encourages us [...]
'When you are with your sovereign Self, you can then walk in the noise again and show people that silence is here too, in your very own being. When you act forth from your Being – your Self – you ground the energy within you. You can be the quiet within the noise.' Kaleb [...]
‘The real tragedy of our time lies not so much in the unprecedented external events themselves as in the unprecedented ethical destitution and spiritual infirmity which they glaringly reveal.’ Paul Brunton Several years ago, I used the same opening quote when I was writing about what I called a ‘metaphysical malaise.’ As I observed [...]
I recently have been looking at and trying to describe the situation regarding our human quest for meaning. In fact, the opening chapter in my new book UNIFIED focuses on exactly this and describes how most people have been living with a particular worldview for so long now that it is becoming difficult, extremely [...]
‘If humanity is to survive, a radical transformation of human nature is indispensable.’ Sri Aurobindo The time of the heretic has now arrived. It is the heretic of consciousness that represents the figure of resistance against consensus and controlled thinking. The ‘real heretic’ preserves the advantage and enchantment of the outsider. And what is this [...]
