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A simple seeker was meditating on the concept of intention, and she was attempting to connect and merge individual human energies with those expressed on the Kabbalah Tree of Life, and also, necessarily, those expressed on the Ladder of Light. To be on one tree .. “Not on, but within.” “We’re moving beyond form?” “WeContinue reading “A Map is a Guideline”

A simple seeker was meditating on the concept of serving a sacred cause, alone, if necessary., but not necessarily alone. “What cause?” “I don’t know.” “So, all that is missing is the cause?” “The cause? Not a cause?” “Could it be any cause?” “No.” “Then that narrows the field, somewhat.” “You’re mocking me.” “Yes.” “ButContinue reading “Alone if Necessary”

A simple seeker was meditating on the concept of reverse transcendence. “How did that idea get into your mind?” “I don’t know. Perhaps You put it there.” “For what purpose?” “Perhaps to inform me of the topic of today’s lesson.” “How would you explain reverse transcendence?” “In traditional yoga practice, the mind of the studentContinue reading “A Higher Infusion of Energy”

A simple seeker was meditating on the mystery of Tarot. “How did you manage to move your focus from The Hermit, as a solitary seeker, of enlightenment to comparing Aces?” “The Major Arcana, which includes The Hermit, relates to general personality characteristics, while ..” “Did I ask ..?” “The Aces introduce each of the fourContinue reading “A Dynamic Relationship”

A simple seeker was meditating on her spirit teacher’s explanation of their relationship. He didn’t need physical existence or human form, He told her. “Why?” “I use you as ballast, to connect to your particular world of illusion.” “If my world is one of illusion, and I can reluctantly accept that it is, or seemsContinue reading “A Common Root”

A simple seeker was lost in thought. What thought? She was meditating on The Fool, the Tarot’s anti-hero, or so he seems to be, at least as he begins his journey through life. He isn’t even given a number, unless Zero can be considered as such. Like herself, or as she once was, he seemsContinue reading “A Beginning”

A simple seeker was deeply engrossed in reading Tera Kathryn Collin’s “The Three Sisters of Tao.” “It’s possible to read with much less intensity.” “Perhaps, for some, if what they’re reading is for casual entertainment.” “Even some serious students allow themselves some distance from the text.” “Yes, it is as a text, with an importantContinue reading “Feminism and Ancient Wisdom”

A simple seeker was admiring, in her mind (but where else could she admire anything?), a beautiful pink rose that someone had generously shared on Twitter. But, as beautiful as the flower was, something else was going on, Envy. was slipping into the picture. “What’s wrong with envy?” “I want to be able to appreciateContinue reading “Experience as a Teacher”

A simple seeker was puzzled by the seemingly contradictory and mutually exclusive (from her albeit limited understanding) terms of evolutionary and Buddhism rolled in together, in something she had been reading. “What seems to be the problem?” “Buddhism and evolution together?” “Everything is together.” “But, spirituality should be forever.” “It is.” “But, not necessarily asContinue reading “Evolutionary Buddhism”

A simple seeker was meditating on the concept of emptiness. “What would it look like?” “It wouldn’t look like anything.” “What do you think emptiness means to a spiritual seeker such as yourself?” “Without form.” “What is without form?” “Potential.” “What potential?” “Any and all.” “Where does this emptiness which is potential exist?” “Perhaps whereverContinue reading “Emptiness is Never Empty”