Why are you here on planet Earth, here in this body? Is there a desire for awakening? Are you seeking a place where the consciousness is clear, radiant and quiet? Are you desiring a mind that is blissful and spacious at all times? We call that the desire to awaken,...
The Mind is Empty Yet Manifests Phenomena The mind in essence is empty. But that doesn’t stop phenomena from happening. The mind is going to manifest phenomena. Surely. Without ceasing. Always. By learning to dive beneath the waves of the phenomena we can find the...
The Daemon vs. the Demon Are you listening to your inner demon, or your inner daemon? Your “calling,” or your “daemon,” is the part of your being that you cannot deny. It is a guiding light that demands to be followed. By contrast, the “demon” is that...
Embodying the Sacred Feminine: Leaving Room To Be Awakening is the process of contacting the feminine principle, the sacred feminine, the spaciousness. Most people think ‘I’ve got to work on unfoldment’, ‘I’ve got to meditate more’. Or ‘I’ve got to...
Luminosity and bliss is the natural state of the mind – before it reaches turbulence. In order to keep the mind from being in a state of turbulence, one has to let go of two veils which generate all our machinations. The two veils that generate turbulence are:...
Meditation – Why Don’t You Practice? When it comes to meditation, here is a practical and fundamental question: Why don’t you practice? The bottom line is fundamentally that when you’re practicing it doesn’t seem to be effective. You don’t get the hit. So...
What are ‘you’? What is the ‘self’? The definition of ‘you’ is ‘hurt’. Be very clear about this. ‘You’ is ‘separation’. Separation is, by definition, hurt. You don’t want to know that the...
Spiritual growth leads to the experience of the transcendent state, the most beautiful state available to the human consciousness. In this blog post we’d like to share with you a foundational tool that we believe is fundamental (and universal) to the journey of...
This video of Doug & Catherine Sensei describes how to use mantra to overcome negative thoughts. It was filmed live during a public talk on April 20, 2017, at Watkins Books in London. When we catch ourselves thinking negative thoughts, how can we move through...
Doug Duncan (Qapel) and Catherine Pawasarat Sensei giving a talk about Tantra at Watkins Books in London on May 3, 2017 What is tantra? How does it work? In this video, Doug & Catherine share their perspectives on tantra as a meditation practice. If you dip a...
