Pip: If you have ever suspected that the wellness industry is selling you the feeling of awakening rather than the thing itself, breath4balance has some thoughts — and some receipts. Mara: Jan has been writing this week about what authentic inner life actually looks like, how mystical traditions encode real experience, and where symbolic systems … Continue reading Podcast Episode: Authentic Spirituality And Inner Worlds
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Reclaiming the Inner World
There is a world we have almost forgotten. Not the world of phones, deadlines, opinions, news, appointments and the endless noise of the outside. I mean the inner world. The quiet world behind the eyes. The world of dreams, symbols, silence, light, intuition, prayer, meditation and subtle presence. Many old traditions knew this world very … Continue reading Reclaiming the Inner World
Structural Yoga and Somatic Yoga
Two Epistemologies of the Body 1. Yoga as a Way of Knowing Yoga has never been merely a system of exercises. At its core, it is a discipline of perception. Every genuine yoga tradition implies a particular answer to a fundamental question: how do we know the body? Is the body something that must be … Continue reading Structural Yoga and Somatic Yoga
The Enneagram as Dynamic Vortex: revelatons after a Sufi Shake
The "Work" of Gurdjieff often operates on a long time-horizon; I danced the "Movements" of Gurdjieff long ago and perhaps this has planted a rhythmic seed in my motor memory. Some days a good friend of mine let me know that only if you understand the enneagram completely, a higher being can be born. Apparently … Continue reading The Enneagram as Dynamic Vortex: revelatons after a Sufi Shake
What is Meditation?
What is meditation.....really? A short, sharp analysis! Most of the meditation manuals start with posture, breath counts and schedules: twenty minutes in the morning, twenty in the evening, sit in lotus if you must, repeat the mantra, wait for the quiet mind. The transcript you gave me takes the exact opposite approach. It doesn’t offer … Continue reading What is Meditation?
The path of the Yoga of the Inner Light and the Yogic Theory of Mind & Consciousness (YTMC)
If you’re new to meditation and curious about those moments when light seems to appear behind closed eyes, tiny sparks, a soft glow, or sometimes a strange, all-encompassing luminosity, here’s a simple, plain-language guide that brings together an accessible version of the Yogic Theory of Mind & Consciousness (YTMC) and what it means for practicing … Continue reading The path of the Yoga of the Inner Light and the Yogic Theory of Mind & Consciousness (YTMC)
Signs You’re in a Spiritual Box
Not all cages have walls.Some are woven from incense and Sanskrit.Some are lined with crystals, teacher quotes, and hashtags about awakening.And some are shaped like silence. The most subtle prison is the one we do not know we are in—the one we mistake for freedom, progress, or enlightenment. The spiritual box does not always look … Continue reading Signs You’re in a Spiritual Box
Endogenous DMT: The Hidden Bridge Between Phosphenes and Hyperspace
In recent years, research into the mind’s hidden landscapes has taken an unexpected turn — back inside the brain itself. For decades, explorers of consciousness have wondered why certain states — deep meditation, breathwork, near-death experiences — seem to unlock intense visions of light, tunnels, fractals, and archetypal realms so vivid they rival waking reality. … Continue reading Endogenous DMT: The Hidden Bridge Between Phosphenes and Hyperspace
Meditation and Unusual Experiences!
When Unusual Experiences Happen: How Can We Talk About Them? Have you ever had a strange experience that didn’t quite fit into the usual boxes of science or psychology? Maybe you saw lights with your eyes closed, felt time slow down or speed up, sensed something shift inside your body, or felt energy moving through … Continue reading Meditation and Unusual Experiences!
Phosphenes can be enhanced by Sound: intersection of Nada Yoga and the Yoga of the inner Light
As many of you meanwhile know, phosphenes are the door to the mystic perception of who we really are. They are the stepstones which lead you into recognizing who you really are. I have experimented with phosphenes quite some time now, in silent meditations, in hypnogogic sleep and during meditative music. Phosphenes, the subtle light … Continue reading Phosphenes can be enhanced by Sound: intersection of Nada Yoga and the Yoga of the inner Light
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