Integral Spirituality as an Antidote to Spiritual Bypass A Good State isn’t Enough – We Need to Develop Our Stages 18 September, 2022 by Duncan Cryle A Good State Isn’t Enough In Buddhist and other spiritual practices, we focus on getting into a...
Advancing While Retreating What is it like to meditate for a month? 10 May, 2021 by Catherine Pawasarat Sensei Advancing In Meditation Retreat What is it like to meditate for a month? I embark on annual month-long meditation retreats. It took me nearly twenty years of...
Exploring the Mysteries of the Gion Festival Catherine Pawasarat Sensei is the author of a new book – The Gion Festival: Exploring Its Mysteries. We interviewed her about the festival’s ancient spiritual roots, her love for the community that surrounds it...
The Ego: A Necessary Brat , , 12 July, 2020 by Doug Duncan Sensei Edited by Catherine Pawasarat and Andy Rogers The Ego: A Necessary Brat Most of us cherish our independence and our freedom to decide our own values, goals, and other life choices. At the same time...
Enlightening the Shadow and Chakras 19 APRIL, 2020 Enlightening the Shadow and Chakras by Doug Duncan and Catherine Pawasarat What does the path of spiritual awakening consist of? Fundamentally, spiritual practice gives birth to an ever-growing realization: there is a...
What an Amazing Life: COVID-19 21 March, 2020 by Doug Duncan Sensei My late mother had a saying: “It’s an ill wind that doesn’t blow some good.” With the deadly coronavirus it may seem hard to find the good in it. Let’s try. Nature’s Intelligence – A...
Buddha Nature: Mirror-Like Consciousness 26 October, 2019 Gone to the Source – Buddha Nature You’ve probably heard this term ‘Buddha Nature’ before. What does it actually mean in the context of awakening? In dharma, transcendence is called...