I am now doing weekly (or so) free short podcasts on breathing, presence, and much more. Still developing my approach and working out the kinks (for example, I just recently worked with a musician in Italy to create 30 seconds of introductory theme music for some of my podcasts), but I hope you’ll take a… Continue reading New Podcasts On Breathing & Presence From Author Dennis Lewis
Category: Advaita
Spiritual Suggestibility
The word “spiritual,” imbued with so much potential meaning and promise, is one of those words behind which many people hide and about which there is much confusion and obfuscation. On the social media, people readily bandy this word about. An entire industry has been created to take advantage of our “spiritual suggestibility.” And, yes,… Continue reading Spiritual Suggestibility
Listening In Two Directions at Once
The effort to listen in two directions at once, inwardly and outwardly, and suddenly realizing that, in a very real sense, there is no inward and outward; there is only the vast, silent spaciousness of Presence that welcomes everything into its miraculous embrace. Copyright 2016 by Dennis Lewis
Defining and Labeling
As part of the latest spiritual paradigm, some people will tell you that it’s better if you can avoid defining and labeling things, especially in relation to ourselves and others. Of course, that may be a very difficult task, since defining and labeling are part of what the human brain does quite naturally and automatically.… Continue reading Defining and Labeling
The Struggle To Awaken
Some people say that no struggle is necessary in order to awaken. One especially hears this from the new and fast-growing crop of non-dual Zen and Advaita teachers, some of whom even offer Satsangs on the Internet. After several years of studying with Jean Klein, a true Advaita master, I appreciate how easily one can… Continue reading The Struggle To Awaken
Awakening: Two Perspectives
“Awakening comes unexpectedly when you do not wait for it, when you live in not-knowing. Only then are you available.”–Jean Klein, Blossoms In Silence “Awakening begins when a man realizes that he is going nowhere and does not know where to go.”–G.I Gurdjieff, from In Search of the Miraculous, by P.D. Ouspensky