From the monthly archives:

April 2009

by Krishna Gauci
Printable PDF
 

Often people wonder about or ask questions that are a variation of this basic theme:
“How can I trust that this is really the highest form of enlightenment? What if I’m barking up the wrong tree here? What if the experience that you offer is not it? Sometimes I’m incredibly frustrated with [...]

What about Techniques?

April 8, 2009

by Krishna Gauci
Printable PDF
 

This was originally a letter written to some folks involved in the Waking Down in Mutuality Process, but could be useful to anyone wondering about the role of techniques and methods in the process of an organic spiritual unfolding:
What exactly is “Skill In Means” or “Skillful Means” about? I think it’s [...]

by Sandra Glickman
Printable PDF
 

“Why didn’t you just go ahead and bust the guy?” asked my trusted friend Junelle. We were all sitting at a birthday party-ten of us, friends and intimates of many years now. My birthday friend was commenting how both I and a companion had each in turn been candid and respectful [...]

by Saniel Bonder
Printable PDF  
The idea of waking up is a part of many spiritual teachings. It is associated with the endeavor to get spiritual, conscious, awake, enlightened, free, or somehow escape the perceived prison of the phenomenal world of body, emotion, and mind as you experience it. There are innumerable methods to achieve [...]

by Saniel Bonder & CC Leigh
Printable PDF
 
Because Waking Down in Mutuality typically appeals to people who have outgrown the usefulness of traditions, teachings, and teachers that prescribe formulaic practices for students to superimpose on themselves, we generally avoid that sort of approach. Instead, our teachers work with students to develop custom-tailored programs that address each [...]