Deep Psychology

From my practice and experience, three simple reasons explain why meditators stall on the path and fail to reach the deep insight taught in various guises by all spiritual traditions.Next listen: What...

18 Mar 34min

Nowadays, I tend to use the word recognition to describe awakening: here's why.This is a snippet from my episode Is Enlightenment the Right Word? (#135)Explore all my episodes on spirituality: https:/...

17 Mar 7min

Enlightenment is our default word for spiritual awakening or deep spiritual insight. While it may serve and inspire certain students to engage in spiritual work, I also believe it is problematic and t...

15 Mar 5min

Despite problems, the word enlightenment does capture two real aspects of awakening: transformation and insight.This is a short snippet from my episode Is Enlightenment The Right Word? (#135)Explore a...

12 Mar 3min

We use the word enlightenment all the time in spirituality.But it might actually be one of the most misleading words in the entire field.It suggests a climactic transformation, a final state, somethin...

11 Mar 30min

Perhaps 1% or fewer practitioners reach late-stage meditation, where awakening has permanently altered one’s perception.Late stage says: “There is no centre for awakening to happen to.”This is a snipp...

10 Mar 9min

Mid-stage practitioners constitute perhaps 5–10% of meditators. This is the stage where awakening begins to stabilise.A core feature of this stage is that thoughts lose their unquestioned authority. T...

8 Mar 10min

At the early stage, meditation is something you do. It is an activity during the day, set apart from life, distinct from the rest.Awakening is imagined as a future event: a breakthrough, a shift, a pe...

5 Mar 6min