Presence and Teaching

When I wrote a poem about presence and teaching, I had just come from a 30-day retreat at Spirit Rockmeditation center.  I was tired from driving eight hours from the Bay area up to Eugene where I stopped for the night at a motel, but felt such an incredible energy and peace it was hard to sleep. I [...]

About Mike Seymour: author of this blog

I was raised in New England in a culture of social privelege and spiritual unconsciousness, a troublesome combination because I thought I was at the apex of society, but actually in the deepest delusion.  I externalized my unhappiness by being a trouble-maker and getting kicked out of the same school twice. My teen years were [...]

Presence in Conversation

I had a wonderful experience last night attending a Conversation Cafe which was originated by my good friend Vicki Robin and facilitated by her with a small group of five altogether. What I will write about in this post has everything to do with Awakening and showing up in our authentic, being, as opposed to where [...]

Schools that Limit or Liberate our Children

 
 
 
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A hierarchical (left) vs. democratic classroom setup.                                           
How do we know if our children are getting the kind of education that is worthy of the special gifts each child comes into the world with? Let’s [...]

Context for Planetary Awakening

Something began to happen in the thirty or so years since Limits to Growth was first published in 1972 by Dana Meadows and others. The social justice, environmental and spiritual movements  of the 60’s which were separate went, like rivers, underground all over the globe. The mysterious and wonderful matrix of the deep human mind [...]

Some Inspiring Words

“The first peace, which is the most important, is that which comes within the souls of people when they realize their relationship, their oneness, with the universe and all its powers, and when they realize that at the center of the universe dwells Wakan-Taka (the Great Spirit), and that this center is really everywhere, it is within each of [...]

Awakening to Peace

As a therapist I found that people seeking personal growth, awakening or just getting happier would have one question on their minds “How do I get better?” This question gets more urgent the more pain we’re in, the more we desire to be in some different state of mind than our present one. We want [...]

Omega: a poem

Omega, a poem by Mike Seymour

There is something of immeasurable
                 and imponderable beauty
                  in every person
which cannot exactly be seen,
but rather touched inwardly from one’s own depths,
a deep connecting with
                  and speaking to deep
                  in a language beyond word
                                             or even breath.
To [...]

Making Sense of Awakening

However connectedness to the great unity comes about, it is really important to take note that something unique has happened. This suggests the importance of an on-going awareness of what is happening within our mind and body, undistracted by incessant thinking. Some form of contemplative practice is the only way I know of maintaining mindfulness. [...]

Day 1: Greetings Fellow Pathfinders

This is my first post on this blog and I’m excited to get started. I hope those of you on the path toward a bigger self will join me on this part of your journey, share your own insights, challenges and inner growth. I think the best way to start is by way of [...]