Over the last ten years I have done a lot of letting go: news, television, novels, computer games. Recently though I was considering many of these things were distractions from the spiritual path, but they also lent my life a joyful quality, and I found I was losing my joy in life. Many things that used to give me joy, were now appearing as merely neutral. Even my morning cof...

I was talking to a cousin of mine, and she is involved with a “consciousness coach” who teaches certain spiritual subjects like breathing meditation, organises retreats, and so on. But this coach’s about-me page on her website reads more like a curriculum vitae, with references to roles she fulfilled in the business world and in functions within the government.

I’m st...

I've been meditating for 11 years and for the first time I became bored while meditating. I was taking part in a 30 minute online bodyscan meditation but the boredom kicked in under 10 minutes. I've been taking part in these particular online meditations for about 6 months and have always enjoyed them. What does it mean?

So first off it's the 6 karmic realms and I guess that's mind boggling because I wonder if there are realms where there is no karma?

The Asura and Deva realms are different. The Asura's are jealous of the Gods being ??

Also the Asura's aren't all they are cracked up to be. There's more beings in the bottom than the top and many are called Demons which hurts..<...

Are Bodhisattvas important to you or do you think the opposite and consider them irrelevant to your practice? Or somewhere in the middle?