That's right. This here blog is becoming defunct. The new one can be found at http://www.silentmusings.com Over the course of the next few weeks, I'll be migrating most of the articles here over to the other site, as well as posting some new...

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I have heard said by those few whose wisdom I would trust with my life that there inevitably comes a time in one's evolutionary development when all the tricks of the spiritual trade will eventually fail. Every meditation, mantra, asana, pranayama,...

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I've just been wondering ... since my rate of production has slowed so dramatically in the past several months. It doesn't really matter much to me if anyone actually does read it, but I am still curious about whether I've lost all the loyal..

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It's been a while since I posted anything ... recently I noticed it's been nearly three months. A few times during this period I began to write something, but each time I quit midstream, as if some force was stopping me from saying something...

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Something that becomes more and more evident as one experiences new openings into spiritual awakening is the violent nature of our culture. If you are paying close enough attention, you will notice violence being perpetrated in almost every aspect of...

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