Expansion Contraction Integration
Consciousness doesn’t grow in a straight line; it is not meant to stay in an expanded state, and it is not meant to stay in the state of contraction. It breathes, moves, and flows, allowing the awareness to go deeper into presence and into its own supreme intelligence.
There are moments when awareness opens wide — a sudden clarity, a knowing with sense that everything is connected. It is the “aha” moment that comes in suddenly, without effort. This is the moment where conscious awareness expands. It widens perception through the dissolution of the personal “I”. In that moment, the mind becomes silent enough for insight to enter effortlessly.
Danger and Fear
Seventeen years ago, I rode a motorcycle for the first time. I wasn’t looking for speed; I was trying to escape the pain from an experience of betrayal. The sound of the engine drowned out what I didn’t want to feel; my iron companion gave me a sense of freedom I was craving within, desperately grasping for it externally. It became a way to outrun what I couldn’t face inside, and a constant chase of perceived freedom, which dissolved moments after I turned off the ignition.
The End of Pretending
“You don’t need to become anything. You only need to stop pretending what you are not.” – Robert Adams
The Cost of Self-Betrayal – The Illusion of Sacred Obligation
Staying in places that no longer serve the soul out of duty or perceived debt.
In Sanskrit, dharma means action aligned with Truth. But over the centuries, dharma has been confused with duty, which carries within it the motto “endurance is virtue”.
Duty is ego programming for Self-betrayal, in which one mistakes socially constructed obligation for dharma. Dharma belongs to the soul abiding in full Presence, free of programming and restraints.
The Mirage of Overthinking
In Sanskrit, the word vikṣepa means “mental distraction” — the scattering of consciousness away from its center.
When vikṣepa dominates, the mind starts to fragment reality into endless possibilities and imagined outcomes. This is the root of over-analysis — an attempt of the ego to preserve control by dissecting the infinite into comprehensible parts.
Overthinking is simply the mind’s refusal to surrender. It clings to motion because motion sustains the illusion of a separate “I” that must decide, fix, or protect.
Presence as the Alchemist – Stepping out of the illusion of doing into the Truth of Being.
“Presence Allows Form to Transform”
“Be still, and know that I am God.” — Psalm 46:10
“Tasya bhūmiṣu viniyogaḥ.” (“The power of practice is established through steadfast dwelling in Presence”.)— Yoga Sūtra I.14
The Geography of Being
“Where you stand is where you are seen by the Earth as the reflection of the inner Self.” — Eternal Act
Sat Yuga Is Here Now
In the ancient philosophical teachings, cycles of time are described in the Purāṇas. It is where humanity moves through four great ages — Satya Yuga, Tretā Yuga, Dvāpara Yuga, and Kali Yuga. Humanity is now entering Satya Yuga (Sat Yuga) from Kali Yuga.
Satya Yuga is also called the Age of Truth. It is the first and purest of these cycles. It is said to be the era when the principle of cosmic order comes into alignment — when truth and purity, compassion and awareness are natural expressions of Being.
But Age of Truth is not only a time in history — it is a state of consciousness.
The Higher Narcissus – Awakening of the Divine “I Am”
Narcissus looked into the water and fell in love with his own reflection, not realizing it was himself. His longing for the image consumed him until he drowned, falling into his own image in the water.
The story of Narcissus is not only about vanity —it is the drama of consciousness awakening to itself. The myth is often told as a warning against self-obsession, but its deeper meaning holds a higher truth. Narcissus symbolizes the soul’s reflection in consciousness – the moment the Self sees itself through the mirror of Creation.
The lower Narcissus is bound by image. It says, “I am this form, this name, this body.” It seeks and strives for validation, power, and admiration from reflection, forgetting that the reflection is its own light.
The Stillness Above – Hot Air Balloon Contemplations
I found myself in this vastness between earth and sky, watching myself cross from doing into Being. A light wind carried the vessel upward as my mind became quieter, not because I was trying to quiet it, but because the expansiveness of what was unfolding in front of my eyes demanded reverence.
I felt my heart awaken to this deep, primal calmness from which a knowing of creation appeared. It felt like the finite and infinite united, and I felt the true essence of awareness that comes before thought, sound, and movement.
It seemed we were being drifted by the invisible, an unseen current of the atmosphere. The cold air froze time, and I felt the abyss of timeless spaceless abode awaken in my heart.