Welcome! In this section, you’ll find blog posts related to Inner Knowing and finding your Inner Teacher. Topics include learning how to pay attention in order to make perception shifts to become more awake, deepening our spirituality and connection to nature, as well as developing a strong connection and conversation with our Inner Teacher or Inner Knowing. These terms may be used interchangeably.
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Q: What are the main points that need to be made in finding your inner knowing?
In the beginning, starting around middle school and often continuing through our early twenties, a mysterious sadness begins rising in our consciousness, usually arriving in tandem with a low-level anxiety. Until we figure out the cause, we do our best to live with this feeling of, “Oh no, I’m getting pulled under.”
Unfortunately, there doesn’t seem to be anyone to help us identify what this melancholy feeling is really about. Even at this early age, life can start to feel … Read More
Live life as though it is a game full of possibilities.
Rather than as a string of singular actions that irrevocably determine your future.… Read More
The current energy around the world can be likened to a gumball machine where all the gumballs are falling out of it. Hitting one after the other. They are not big enough to do great destruction, but they are sizable enough to hurt.Think of them as just pellets hitting the top of the head one after the other. And there seems to be an unlimited supply for the near future.
So, of course, the action is to move away from … Read More
The primary doorway to the spiritual life for most people comes through the heart. “I know, but I don’t know why I know. I love because I don’t know what else to do. I want, I desire, I need.” The seeking begins, and it’s from the heart.
Being aware of this, all religions, from the beginning of time, have been structured to appeal to the heart. Because it’s within the heart that inner knowing and intuition live.
But religion, in … Read More
When we experience peace, we are immediately tempted to do something with the peace.
We think, How can I keep this peace? How can I make more peace? How can I not lose this peace? Does this peace mean that I have become awakened?
Instead of letting ourselves be within this peace.… Read More
Q: You often talk about how we are brainwashed by culture. Why is that a bad thing? What can we do to prevent this?
Cultural brainwashing teaches us not to question and not to think or act for ourselves. There are many ways to prevent this and still live a so-called normal life. It’s not realistic to set impossible expectations. Most of us will feel we can’t fully disengage from culture. But we can become more aware of how language … Read More
Q: Can you explain what influence language has on our perceptions?
When we are born, we’re born with full awareness. We’re still connected to the All–That–Is. Looking into a newborn’s eyes, you can see the ancientness of their souls. You can see the wisdom of the ages looking back at you. Because this newborn is still fully connected, this is their experience.
But before long, to make us more suitable to living within the families and cultures into which we’re … Read More
