by Jonathan Van Valin | Jun 28, 2019 | Articles, Awakening, Enlightenment, Healing, Life
Sometimes seekers come to a meeting with a spiritual teacher, and experience a rush of energy. “Oh!” they might say, “could you feel that? The energy here is so powerful!” I know what they mean. I’ve felt it too. Some seekers follow teachers, or go live with them in... by Jonathan Van Valin | Jun 28, 2019 | Articles, Awakening, Enlightenment, Healing, Videos
Pain shows us the way by showing us what we are not. Love shows us the way by showing us what we ARE. Pain demands our attention; sometimes spectacularly so. Ultimately it drives us to ask: “Isn’t there another way?” It is a simple cudgel. The only... by Jonathan Van Valin | Jun 28, 2019 | Articles, Awakening, Enlightenment, Life
Ever had an amazing, outrageous or awe-inducing spiritual experience? Maybe one that offered insight into spiritual truth or greater awareness of how the Divine works within these four dimensions we seem to live in? Good for you! Amen! Perhaps most who read... by Jonathan Van Valin | Jun 28, 2019 | Articles, Awakening, Enlightenment
There is nothing new under the sun, said a wise philosopher. Truth is older than existence. I have nothing to add. Truth is not contained in any secrets. Rather, it is spread out over all the earth, in all times, all things; in every blade of grass. A freeway. Dish... by Jonathan Van Valin | Jun 28, 2019 | Articles, Awakening, Enlightenment
Perhaps it’s been years and years since one has even thought of it… yet, at some point arose a curious thought about the distant past: That one had put oneself in the cage. Put oneself there?!? It had always seemed like it was just the way it was. That one had... by Jonathan Van Valin | Jun 28, 2019 | Articles, Awakening, Enlightenment, Life
All your decisions follow from your beliefs. Beliefs define the parameters – the range of decisions – from which you can select your actions and potential outcomes. As such, they determine our experience. Change your beliefs, change your world, and your...