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 | 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... 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 | Jul 7, 2018 | Articles, Awakening, Enlightenment, Healing
What appears to be a healing process is like a lighthouse guiding a ship to safety. The lighthouse doesn’t choose where it’s light falls… In fact, it doesn’t do much of anything. It just shines. It doesn’t really have any “will” of its own. It doesn’t try to...