The Contemplative CycleQ. Further into our investigations into prayer,somehow prayer seems to be in that place of first making sure we are able to 'be in the t...
TransmissionQ. I very much appreciate your observations and frankness. If I'm understanding correctly you’re making a big distinction between self-i...
Investigating PrayerQ. I realised I have never spoken to you about prayer, and I would like to. That might be a missing part of my practice. A. Prayer is di...
Embracing the Dark"Midway upon the journey of our life, I found myself within a forest dark...." Thus Dante begins his Divine Comedy and journey through th...
Searching for your Inner CoreQ. I’ve searched for my ‘core’, as you suggested,* but although I can sense something, I can’t locate anything specific I could call a co...
Life Choices -A DialogueIt’s not uncommon for people who have been dedicated practitioners of meditation or other inner disciplines to reach a stage of feeling t...
Higher EmotionQ: What is the role of emotion for growth and understanding? I am often overcome with the emotion of appreciation, and empathy towards s...
Release the StrivingQ. I would find no other pursuit ultimately satisfying and yet to be honest there is a lingering feeling that I have not ever really full...
Silence and KnowledgeQ. Winter in Canada, fishing with long time friends. Cold, snowing, ever so quiet and still. Learning Spey casting; an art form when done...
DiscernmentQ. I’m puzzled as to why some Teaching I read or hear seems to have power, whereas others saying much the same thing, even in similar wor...
MotivationQ. For my entire life searching for my "true nature" has driven much of my interests and values. I've read and studied many teachings and...
What Integration meansQ. I’m trying to understand how psychological Integration comes about. What actually does it mean? What integrates with what? A. It is us...
Interior and Exterior CastlesHow to make or preserve space for inner growth, for contemplation, for insight into the nature of things, is a perennial issue in a busy ...
The Price of KnowledgeQ. I've struggled over my inability to fully relax into the Symbolic process, and yet the benefit of seeing the blocks has meaningfully ...
Creativity and CausationQ: My moments of freshness and creativity sometimes seem like bubbles in my chest, like boiling water, arising into awareness out of now...