Presence alone can dissolve patterns of unconsciousness. Eckhart Tolle, in the 10 week web seminar being hosted by Oprah Winfrey, puts total emphasis on experiencing Presence. He says you can call it what you want – consciousness, awareness, God – but that it permeates the universe. And that it alone can dissolve the patterns of [...]
Note by Greg Butler: This is Part 3, the final installment of Plant Medicine and Patience, by Carrie Wenninger. In this post, she shares an intimate look into her experience of the mystical realms of consciousness by way of a shaman and the plant medicine known as ayahuasca. Since the publication of the best-selling book, [...]
Note by Greg Butler: This is Part 2 of Plant Medicine and Patience, by Carrie Wenninger. In this series of posts, she shares her experience into the mystical realms of consciousness by way of a shaman and the plant medicine known as ayahuasca. Since the publication of the best-selling book, 2012: The Return of Quetzalcoatl, [...]
Note by Greg Butler: The following posts on Plant Medicine and Patience was excerpted from a series of e-mails I received from a friend and reader of this blog, Carrie Wenninger. The e-mails were part of an ongoing conversation on this subject. Therefore, the tone of the piece is very personal, friendly, and free-flowing. She [...]
The speech on race by Barack Obama today brought tears to my eyes. It resonated deeply in my heart, filling it with an excitement and hope for new possibilities in the world. I learned later that it had that effect on a wide spectrum of people. I think it is fair to say that in [...]
Eckhart Tolle’s book, A New Earth — Awakening to Your Life’s Purpose, is the focus of more than two million people world-wide. These masses of people are participating live in a free on-line course with Oprah Winfrey and Eckhart Tolle. Although the book was first published in 2005, it is now the #1 selling [...]
Each man has his own vocation. The talent is the call. There is one direction in which all space is open to him. He has faculties silently inviting him thither to endless exertion. He is like a ship in a river; he runs against obstructions on every side but one, on that side all obstruction [...]
Patterns of consciousness define us. Consciously and unconsciously, we are forming patterns in behavior and thinking every moment of our lives. Some of these patterns contribute to internal freedom and creativity of spirit. Some contribute to states of internal bondage and suffering.
By the use of inner awareness, we can become conscious of what patterns are [...]