December ’08 Speedlinks

David Hobby, a photographic lighting blogger at Strobist does this nifty thing he calls speedlinks. Basically he periodically shares a collection of cool links that are worth checking out. What a great idea. Let’s do the same thing here.

Each of these people talk about related topics, but they do from a slightly different angle with varying contexts and experiences. Appreciating their unique qualities is much like enjoying all the ingredients in a delicious pie. Oh sweet variety!

So with that, let’s dive right in!

Davidya has a great post titled The End of Ignorance where he talks about the flashes of awakening and the progressive dissolution of egoic identification. The sword of Truth at work!

Takuin offers us a quick bite about perceiving the world through beliefs vs. looking at what’s actually arising in front of you.

Kenton Whitman brings up some funny points about being happy and being sad, and suggests that we take a look at what’s right about our emotions rather than what’s wrong about them.

Evelyn brings up a very important topic about how the pain we feel is can often be the pain of others. Recognizing this, the ability to surrender and allow the pain to pass through you without trying to ‘fix’ the problem becomes that much more important, for there’s nothing ‘wrong’ that happened other than the energy of someone else’s pain being resisted and then getting stuck within your own body. Nifty concept, eh?

Avani-Mehta discusses how to claim your personal power and learn to say no and feel good about it while coming from a place of integrity and self-respect. This is important because acceptance of what is doesn’t mean you somehow give up the ability to say no.

Irene addresses the topic of synchronicity, sharing some personal experiences of hers as well as what those synchronistic events have taught her. Synchronicity is such a fun topic and you can tell she is enjoying her ‘coincidental’ experiences in the process.

Myrko explores the meaning of the finger pointing to the moon and what this popular saying is really telling us and what insights we can learn from it.

Mike Elias points out how all actions are neutral and all people are inherently innocent. What does this really mean and how does it impact our life? We’ll let Mike do the talking.

Steve Pavlina explains and illustrates how soulful relationships work when you choose to come from a place of Oneness and Unconditional Love rather than separation and fear.

Have you found some more cool spiritual articles worth checking out? Feel free to share ‘em with us down in the comments section below.