By Adam J. Pearson Introduction “There will be periods of frustration; there will be periods of doubt. Your worldly involvements would hamper your Sadhana (practice) and an atmosphere of defeat would prevail. But, come what may, just throw everything aside, don’t bother about anything and continue your abidance in the ‘I am’ with all earnestness….
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Haikus While Walking in the Rain
By Adam J. Pearson Walking in the rain; Droplets tapping on a face, True nature laid bare: Empty, clear, aware– Never were we wet or dry, Nor did we ever walk. Beyond One and two, Body, mind, and awareness Belong to no one. Laughing and laughing, Clear tears pouring out like rain; How was it missed so long? Part…
Stabilization, Insight, and the Four Images of the Diamond Sutra
By Adam J. Pearson [Cover Image by Doug Adams, Gungarama temple, 1998] “Subhuti, if bodhisattvas have images of self, images of person, images of a being, images of a liver of life, they are not bodhisattvas.” ~ From the Diamond Sutra, the oldest printed book in the world (printed via a 9th century block print)…
Modern Movies Meet Ancient Archetypes: An Interview With Thom Pham and Review of the Heart of Stars Tarot
By Adam J. Pearson Introduction – Why Study the Tarot? Like the great psychologist, Carl Jung, I have long seen the Tarot cards as a repository of archetypes, universal ideas personified by types of people like the Magician, the Shaman, the Wise Man or Sagely Woman, the Great Mother, the Jester/Joker/Trickster, the Warrior, etc. The…
