new site

I have started a new website called OneWord.

I am very happy with how Eternal Awareness evolved from its modest beginnings on Blogspot/Blogger to its modest place here on WordPress. And I also like that my very first post is still here, because it helps give me perspective. I can go back and see how I’ve changed or improved, whether in terms of self development, writing style or focus.

It’s funny, because in starting another site, I found myself wondering if I had abandoned Eternal Awareness. Eternal awareness is not, however, something that stops or goes away.

Eternal awareness is something that grows. In the beginning it is like starting a fire by hand - you get a few sparks going and then carefully nurture those first, timid embers into a warm flame.

My awareness fire began with very small sparks, so small I swore they weren’t there. But they were, and as they grew I realized a flame called deeper awareness was actually coming into view.

I have never presented myself or this site as an authority on eternal awareness. The name came about from a class I took. My original blog was inspired by my teacher, but the name was changed after I took a class on the Bhagavad Gita.

In the Gita, Krishna tells the forlorn Arjuna that he simply doesn’t understand the nature of what’s going on. Arjuna is faced with a terrible dilemma: his small army is facing a larger army whose ranks are filled with old friends and relatives. In awful despair, Arjuna is caught in a spot where he is powerless to fight. Krishna reprimands him, telling Arjuna it is not only his duty to fight, but his eternal duty to fight - that there is something of a higher perspective that he is supposed to kill.

To paraphrase Krishna, “Arjuna, you need a change in perspective. And the first thing you have to do is to become aware that you are an eternal being.”

I started thinking about that, and decided to try to do my small piece out of respect for Krishna and Arjuna’s great story. So, one of the things I did was to change the name of my site to Eternal Awareness. It’s funny how something small like that can help focus you. Eternal Awareness became a daily, weekly and monthly meditation - a working, everyday life mantra.

This site will stay up, and it is likely that I will become active here again. In the meantime, and through all of time and beyond, I hope your sparks grow into deeper and deeper awareness.

new discussion group forming

Below is a message from James Souttar, which he posted in the comment section of my blog, and on some other blogs as well.

James lives in London and has a blog called Transforming Communication. I first met James on Tarquin Rees blog Anulios. Tarquin (aka Segovius) lives in Barcelona, and in recent months has been very busy, unable to blog. Tarquin asked his site visitors if they would consider guest blogging and I submitted a potential post, which he graciously posted. James is referring to that post in his message below. If you enjoy longer discussions, I encourage you to consider participating in James’ new blog abwoon, and be sure to keep your eye on Anulios’ site, too - he’ll be back.

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From James Souttar:

Tarquin, Mark, Serenity, Others… Our extraordinary discussion here [on Anulios' blog] has been percolating through me slowly over the last few weeks. And it has inspired me to want to carry out an experiment. I’ve set up a blog site on the following url which explains what this is. And if you feel so minded, I would be delighted if you would join me in it.

http://abwoon.blogspot.com

warning: not guru kool-aid

Segovius over on Anulios has allowed me to be his first guest blogger. I think he is a bit out of his mind for putting my stuff on his site, but what the heck - I enjoy hanging out with fellow madmen. He posted a rather long article I wrote, that primarily focuses on recognizing the real thing when you see it.

I very much enjoy Segovius’ (Tarquin Rees in real life) site. Tarquin is a talented European blogger, currently based in Barcelona (that’s one of his photos, above). Discussions sometimes go along at length, which is refreshing in a world where so many of us are conditioned to a quick fix.

Comments touch on some other areas, including the ‘mad behavior’ sometimes witnessed among teachers of the deeper inner mysteries. Perhaps you enjoy sipping a steaming hot coffee whilst you mull things over, or maybe you just need a break from the sugar-highs of the kool-aid served up by puppy mill gurus. Either way, kick your feet up for a few minutes (preferably more) and check out Anulios.