Darkness

The Buddha rejected the way of the ascetic, but people get hung up on his view of attachments and miss… Read More

Even the "saints" felt spiritual darkness. The term “dark night of the soul“ was used to describe the doubts experienced by a… Read More

Many spiritual groups don’t welcome dark feelings or dark sentiments in their functions. We don’t have this prejudice on Reflection… Read More

Snakes mostly just lay in the sun trying to get some heat, digesting something they could gulp without too much… Read More

Dwelling is what gets me. I wonder how I could have done things differently.  Well for me on dwelling, I practice… Read More

There is an old Native American practice, or rather non practice. They never apologized. Can you guess why? It’s about… Read More

Stress re-enforces habit big time. I daresay some people are so accustomed to their stress habits they forget they are stressed.… Read More

Is the frustration invalid because it’s "bad"? Some people avoid any and all frustration like they aren’t allowed to be… Read More

I do like the idea of accepting the literal facts of gender difference without additional prejudice. Men don’t need to… Read More

I value my shadow side, and have a natural inclination toward it. It is sort of my spirituality, but people… Read More