Buddha had it easy. He was not distracted by television, the internet, news of disasters in foreign lands, or the latest shenanigans of stars and politicians. He did not need to return phone calls, respond to the emails piling up in his inbox, or catch up with the latest tweets and Facebook postings. He did […]
Continue readingHow do I pray?
Someone recently asked: How do I pray? I answered: I pray not for divine intervention in the world around, but for divine intervention in my mind, for therein lies the root of my discontent. We usually think of prayer as an appeal to God, or some other spiritual entity, to change the world in some […]
Continue readingThe Divine Play
I wrote this on my return from India in 1970. It is the first piece I ever had published. I recently came across it in some old files, so I have posted it on my site as archive material. I’d probably polish the words a bit now, but otherwise I still like it. http://www.peterrussell.com/Odds/divineplay.php
Continue readingThere’s No Such Thing as Ego
I don’t have an ego. And nor do you. That doesn’t mean you and I don’t get caught up in egocentric thinking and behavior, but that we are mistaken in thinking of the ego as some separate individual self. some “thing” in the mind. When I observe my own mind, I notice there is an […]
Continue readingFrom Hafiz:
It happens all the time in heaven, And some day It will begin to happen Again on earth— The men and women . . . . Who give each other Light, Often will get down on their knees And. . .with tears in their eyes, Will sincerely speak, saying, “My dear, How can I be […]
Continue readingGaian Perspective on Gulf Oil Leak
The Global Brain is Watching. (This is text from video. Watch the video.) The live video feed from the fractured oil pipe a mile beneath the surface is allowing anyone with Internet access (currently more than 1.7 billion of us) to watch the plume of oil pouring into the Gulf of Mexico. And, moreover, to […]
Continue readingThe Death of the Mouse
The mouse that sits in our hand so much of the day is on the way out. It has served its time well. But the future is mouse-free. Thanks to the iPad. Apple launched the mouse nearly thirty years ago as a way of pointing to places on a computer screen. It freed us from […]
Continue reading2012: Temporal Epicenter of a Cultural Earthquake
In recent times there has been growing interest in the possibility that the global crisis is coming to a head in the year 2012. It will be a time when we will see major changes, major transformations of humanity, perhaps an awakening of the human spirit. Most of this focus on 2012 stems from the […]
Continue readingSeek and Ye Shall Not Find
“Seek and Ye Shall Find!” In daily life this may be true; the more we search for something, the more likely we are to find it. Although, even in this realm, synchronicity sometimes plays an important role, opening us to possibilities we never could have planned for. [see: How to be a Wizard] But when […]
Continue readingThe Path of No Path
Spiritual teachers with non-dual leanings often say that there is no path to enlightenment. There is nowhere to get to; you are already enlightened, you just do not know it. There is no need for a technique or practice; they will only keep your mind trapped in the illusion of relative phenomena. Do not meditate; […]
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