Update: In-person Saturday Satsangs will hopefully return in 2022 depending on Covid-19. Our self-inquiry gatherings are for ardent pilgrims. We discuss and explore the nature of what is self-evident, here, now. We expose and grok the illusory nature and appearance of the personal self and rest in the spaciousness of aware presence, just this, here, now…. Continue reading
All Saturday Satsangs are cancelled for 2021. We will update this site in January about our gatherings for 2022. Our self-inquiry gatherings are for ardent pilgrims. We discuss and explore the nature of what is self-evident, here, now. We expose and grok the illusory nature and appearance of the personal self and rest in the… Continue reading
What is contemplation? Typing the word contemplation here eases my muscles a bit and slows my breathing. Being still has a profound positive effect on our human biology and being still with a focus on a specific word or object slows our breathing, relaxes our muscles, and our flows our blood more easily through the… Continue reading
I’m passing along this announcement for the upcoming TAT virtual retreat. I’ll be there and I hope to see you! Anita Avent Love, Friendship, and the Return Home A Virtual TAT Spiritual Retreat Weekend September 11-12 2021 “Intentional self-inquiry is a conscious attempt to get congruent with what life’s trying to do for us…. Continue reading
“Eternity isn’t some later time. Eternity isn’t a long time. Eternity has nothing to do with time. Eternity is that dimension of here and now which thinking and time cuts out. This is it. And if you don’t get it here, you won’t get it anywhere. And the experience of eternity right here and now is… Continue reading
I am happy to share the news about Bart’s (my spiritual teacher) newest book — now available on Amazon. I’ve already ordered my copy and it sounds like a page-turner. I am sure this book will fuel deep and earnest discussions in self-inquiry groups. Here is a book blurb from Bart’s website RealFacePress: This is… Continue reading
Suzanne Segal (1955–1997) was a writer and teacher about spiritual enlightenment, known for her sudden experience of self-realization which she wrote about in her book Collision With the Infinite: A Life Beyond the Personal Self. Two years after her shift into a “sense of unity,” Segal relapsed into the uncomfortable state of constant anxiety she had first experienced. At… Continue reading
Wei Wu Wei is one of my favorite Perennial Wisdom teachers. Getting straight to the point, he wastes no time on frills. “Why are you unhappy? Because 99.9 percent of everything you think, and of everything you do, is for yourself—and there isn’t one.” ― Wei Wu Wei “Disciples and devotees…what are most of them doing?… Continue reading
A personal identity accumulates slowly, influenced by family, culture, religion, and societal norms and begins to gel as young children. Most of us are taught to be separate by family, society, educators, and the traditions of using a dualistic language. Society and religions continually reinforce we are separate from each other. Nearly 95% of humans… Continue reading
