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 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 | Mar 27, 2021 | Meditation, Q&A, watch
During meditation, it’s common to experience sensations of anxiety or tension that arise seemingly out of nowhere. Since most of us associate meditation with being calm and relaxed, it’s natural to assume that these uncomfortable feelings mean we’re doing something...
by Craig Hamilton | Mar 12, 2021 | Meditation, watch
Many of us come to meditation to help us relax and deal with the stress in our lives. But as we evolve in the practice, we begin to discover that the goal of meditation is less about physical relaxation and more about existential relaxation. As we begin to experience...
by Craig Hamilton | Mar 12, 2021 | Meditation, Q&A, watch
We all know it’s important to have goals. They keep us focused and push us to grow beyond our limitations. But when it comes to meditation, while we might be doing the practice with a goal in mind, fixating on a specific outcome or state that we’re trying to get to...
by Craig Hamilton | Nov 6, 2020 | Spiritual Life, watch
“Flow” is a popular concept in spiritual and personal development circles; And getting into flow states is often considered a kind of spiritual practice. But there’s a big difference between these peak experiences and the kind of spiritual awakening that leads to...