by Jonathan Van Valin | Nov 7, 2020 | Articles, Awakening, Enlightenment, Intuition, Life, Trust, Uncategorized
For many, it was so fleeting as to be easily forgotten or simply dismissed… but there was a moment where the mind was clear and inwardly you knew. You’ve certainly experienced a moment of inner guidance that led you in the best direction you could possibly have gone... by Jonathan Van Valin | Jul 15, 2020 | Articles, Awakening, Enlightenment, Healing, Life, Uncategorized
There is a way of “looking past” all the stories a person might be telling themselves; past their “egoic structure,” and past all their pain and suffering and contracted self-concept. To what then? What is there? This is why music and art can be so powerful…... by Jonathan Van Valin | Apr 22, 2020 | Articles, Awakening, Enlightenment, Uncategorized
We sing the song of existence through our giving and receiving. Up and down the melody goes… It is impossible to exist in this world without all manner of things coming and going. Likewise, it is impossible we will not sometimes be giving, and sometimes receiving.... by Jonathan Van Valin | Jul 21, 2019 | Articles, Awakening, Healing, Life, Uncategorized
I stood at the end of the pier. The snow-clad Olympics glistened over Puget Sound, coruscant from end to end on this particularly warm evening in April. Rigging on hundreds of boats tinkled casually amid an occasional seagull’s cry, and in the distance… as is common... by Jonathan Van Valin | Jul 1, 2019 | Articles, Awakening, Enlightenment, Healing
As the mind stills, its thoughts still, and separation stills. In stillness, divisions fall away. As divisions fall away, oneness (wholeness) is at hand. And what is whole is healed. Sometimes people come seeking healing. Sometimes physical healing, sometimes... 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...