Meditation
A Practical, Hard Work Guide to Evolutionary Consciousness
[smartslider3 slider=9] Let me begin with a story I used to tell my students: The stranger goes to New York City and asks a homeless person, “How do I get to Carnegie Hall?” And the […]
Crash Course in Urban Shamanism
Spiritual practice is not for everyone, but sometimes survivors of psychosis have a calling to discover the truth in the world’s mystical traditions. This essay summarizes some of the lessons I’ve learned exploring altered states. […]
The Neuroscience of Suffering – And Its End
“Do not pursue the past. Do not usher in the future. Rest evenly with present awareness” (Tibetan meditation instruction) It was 1972, and Gary Weber, a 29-year old materials science PhD student at Penn State […]
Magdalena Bak-Maier, PhD – From Enough! to enough: A Doorway Into Wiser Living
Have you ever heard someone say that they had had enough in a way that felt peaceful and full of contentment? A way that made you convinced and possibly inspired, or maybe even envious you […]
Rachel M. Walls – Poetic Healing
My first poem just sort of came to me. I had no idea, at the time, the impact it would have on my life. During a warm summer evening in Barcelona, I encountered a woman—the most […]
Consciousness Explorers Club’s Monday Night Reality Adventure – September Events in Toronto
The Consciousness Explorers Club Meditate. Celebrate. Activate. “When we begin practice, the self and the world seem to be material. Space is rigid, objects are solid, there is a carnality to the body and a […]