So, recently I downloaded my first iphone game. It’s called “Doodle Jump.” What a revelation!

Confession: I haven’t played a video game, (if they are still even called “video games”) since Space Invaders came out on those arcade machines with the eerie green screens.

After just a couple of games, I realized that Doodle Jump is a perfect little microcosm of Nature, and a great mirror and teacher, for those on a spiritual path. If you approach it the right way, of course. (more…)

If you have done even a little bit of exploration of an authentic Tantrik tradition, you know that the Guru-disciple relationship is the central practice.

Yes, we work with mantra and yantra. We practice kriya yoga and ayurvedic self-care. We do dream practice, mind training and nonconceptual meditation. But the heart of everything is Guru Yoga.

Guru Yoga means working with the teacher to awaken within yourself a memory of the natural state. Then you use your practices to develop your connection to that transmission and make it your own home.

Most of us need a teacher who has walked the path before us and can guide us. Otherwise, we may take long detours, or fall into a ditch of fixation masquerading as real understanding.

But how can we find a good teacher? This is a question I get more than any other. (more…)

A student from Oregon asks:

You always say everything is fine. There are no problems.  Then why do we try so hard to transform ourselves? Isn’t this a contradiction?

Well, it turns out that there are no contradictions, either! (more…)

What is required of a pilgrim on the Supreme Path is that he should ever keep on walking. To spend one’s time in the remembrance of the Eternal does indeed mean to be a traveller on this Path.  —Anandamayi Ma, Ananda Varta, Vol 4, No 1, p. 59

Students often want to know how to fit spiritual practice into their busy lives. Even if a practice only takes twenty minutes, sometimes students can’t decide to do it. (more…)