by Craig Hamilton | Apr 22, 2021 | Awakening, Q&A, watch
When any of us dedicate ourselves in earnest to a spiritual practice, it eventually begins to bear fruit in our everyday lives. We begin to notice that we have more space around our thoughts and emotions. We gain more frequent access to higher states and...
by Craig Hamilton | Apr 14, 2021 | Awakening, listen
We all strive to be open-minded. Throughout our lives, most of us have experienced the benefits of suspending our rigidly held beliefs and letting go of our certainties in order to make room for what we don’t already know. This all-important ability is the foundation...
by Craig Hamilton | Apr 9, 2021 | Awakening, watch
When we hear the term “spiritual practice,” most of us think of a technique that is performed repeatedly over a long period of time in order to prepare ourselves to eventually experience a spiritual breakthrough or achieve some future enlightened state. But what if...
by Craig Hamilton | Dec 18, 2020 | Awakening, listen
Awareness, or consciousness, is perhaps the most profound and significant aspect of human existence. In every moment of our waking life, we are aware. We are conscious. Yet, because of our habitual focus on the “content” of awareness — the thoughts, feelings and...
by Craig Hamilton | Oct 9, 2020 | Awakening, Craig Hamilton, Q&A, read
Question: At the heart of your teaching, and of many other spiritual teachings, is a kind of demand to let go of our ego’s wants and needs. I get this at a cognitive level. And when I sit down to meditate, I find it fairly easy to simply let go of everything. But when...
by Craig Hamilton | Sep 11, 2020 | Awakening, Craig Hamilton, Q&A, read
Question: Does the ego ever come into alignment with the evolutionary impulse? And if so, what happens to it? Does it go away or dissolve? Answer: It depends which ego you’re talking about. Ego is a term that is used in different ways, by different people to mean...
