The Dharma archive gathers the essays published at Heartmind. These writings explore consciousness, non duality, and the world’s contemplative wisdom traditions. New essays are added regularly.
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- THE SOUL MIND AND THE EGO MIND
There are two minds at work in us. The soul mind, which we can also call the Heartmind, is what… Read more: THE SOUL MIND AND THE EGO MIND - LOVE
If we are the ocean, moving for a while in a shape called you, then what is the water? The answer I have come to, after many years, is love. - FEAR
A Note Before Beginning I have drawn on Kashmir Shaivism, Advaita Vedanta, Buddhism, Christianity, Sufism, Taoism, the psychology of Carl… Read more: FEAR - WHAT ARE WE HERE FOR?
Something has been known for a very long time. Not by one tradition. Not in one place. Not by one… Read more: WHAT ARE WE HERE FOR? - AWAKENING OF THE HEARTMIND
I went to India because I had to. There is no simpler way to say it. Every obstacle fell away.… Read more: AWAKENING OF THE HEARTMIND - FRIENDSHIP
The Sacred Ground of Friendship There is a kind of friendship most of us have touched at least once in… Read more: FRIENDSHIP - THE WAVE AND THE OCEAN OF LOVE
Close your eyes for a moment. Imagine the sea. Not a stormy sea. A gentle one. Early morning, perhaps, when… Read more: THE WAVE AND THE OCEAN OF LOVE - REALITY HAS MORE LAYERS THAN THOUGHT
Most of us encountered physics in three chapters. Newton. Einstein. Quantum mechanics. And even if school made them feel dry,… Read more: REALITY HAS MORE LAYERS THAN THOUGHT - THE OCEAN AND THE WAVE
Consciousness, Cymatics, and the Great Mistake of the Simulation Theorists One: The Universe Speaks Before It Thinks Take a flat… Read more: THE OCEAN AND THE WAVE - THE GREAT FORGETTING
Consciousness, Contraction, and the Return of the Whole There is a question that runs beneath every spiritual tradition that has… Read more: THE GREAT FORGETTING - SCALES OF THE REAL
When it comes to consciousness, its depth and the architecture of awareness, one of the most overlooked insights is that… Read more: SCALES OF THE REAL - CONSCIOUSNESS AND THE WISDOM OF NOT KNOWING
A Comparative Essay on Kashmir Shaivism and Dzogchen Two of the world’s most sophisticated non-dual philosophical traditions, Kashmir Shaivism and… Read more: CONSCIOUSNESS AND THE WISDOM OF NOT KNOWING - IF HUMANITY STOPPED
A Reflection on Sovereignty, Power and the Return to True Nature Consider, for a moment, the Highland Clearances. Between 1750… Read more: IF HUMANITY STOPPED - THE OCEAN OF HEARTMIND
Some realisations arrive quietly, through years of practice and study. Others arrive in a single moment, written in red on… Read more: THE OCEAN OF HEARTMIND - THE SACRED PULSATION OF HEARTMIND
Spanda, the Flower of Life, and the Śrī Yantra There are two sacred diagrams that have travelled across civilisations, each… Read more: THE SACRED PULSATION OF HEARTMIND - PSILOCYBIN AS PSYCHOLOGICAL MEDICINE
The slender, bell-shaped fruiting bodies pictured here are Psilocybe semilanceata, commonly known as the Liberty Cap, and among the most… Read more: PSILOCYBIN AS PSYCHOLOGICAL MEDICINE - PSILOCYBIN, NEUROPLASTICITY AND STROKE RECOVERY
Psilocybin, the psychoactive compound found in certain species of fungi, has moved from the margins of counterculture into some of… Read more: PSILOCYBIN, NEUROPLASTICITY AND STROKE RECOVERY
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