Spiritual Teachings Articles
21 Ways to Stay in the Peace
From Byron Katie Compiled by Mary Lynn Hendrix Introduction The following are simple, yet powerful practices that can give you new ways of looking at your life circumstances, and in that, crea read more...Aloneness - to accept or avoid?
One of the things which makes humans unique, is not just our ability to be alone, but to be able to realise that aloneness is actually our very nature, even as we are with others, whether it be as l read more...Be-Loved
LOVE – what is it really? The Collins dictionary defines love as "to have great affection for; feel sexual passion for; enjoy something very much". I would venture to say if I asked 200 people, I read more...Being a prisoner of our past
I sometimes wonder if I'll ever cease to be a prisoner of my past. Either the events which happened, dramas I made out of them, the belief in past itself, that it needs to be looked at, or even the read more...Brandon Bays interview
Waking up to who you are and letting go of who you are not. read more...
Developing Spiritual Balance
An interview with Stuart Wilde Q: In your tape series "Loving Relationships" you explain how females have a natural spiritual balance. You also mention that when women figure that out and stop tryin read more...Letting go
Letting go. How the f**k is one supposed to let go? So many times over the last few months I’ve heard “Mark, you must let go! You’ll get everything you desire (!) if you’ll just let go!”. read more...Ordinary Life
How do you stay in touch with the opening and powerful experiences that can occur in workshop situations or during a session? How do you integrate this experience into ordinary daily life? I believe read more...Satori, an interview with Avikal Constantino
Why would you want to know the truth of who you are? An interview with Avikal Costantino, facilitator of Satori retreats worldwide, and founder of the Integral Being Institute by Mark O'Brien. Ma read more...Tantra Tennis
Do you like playing tennis and want to go a bit deeper into it? Dissatisfied with the lack of connection with the person over the net? Want to combine your love (of tennis) with meditation, and work read more...The Courage to Trust
Finding the courage to trust. What does that mean? When we say we trust someone, or we ask to be trusted, what exactly are we saying? Osho spoke often about trust, and of course he managed to say di read more...The Five Pathways of Mankind which we all take
1. I walk down the street. I see a deep hole in the footpath. I fall in. I am lost … I am hopeless. It is not my fault. It takes forever to find a way out. 2. I walk down the same street. There is read more...The Invitation - a challenge thrown down
It doesn’t interest me what you do for a living. I want to know what you are here for, and if you dare to dream of meeting your heart’s longing. It doesn’t interest me how old you are. read more...The Magical Act of Appreciation
Krishnamurti said, “We are the world, the world is us.” I want to talk about the possibility of healing ourselves and our families (and thereby our world) through the discipline of giving and re read more...The times they are changing...
I interact with many people each week and in the course of this I have noticed an increasing trend where the reliable constant seems to be change. All over the world we are seeing changes happening read more...Unveiled: an interview with Anna Davidovitch
Anna Davidovich, the source of the "Unveiled Rite of Initiation", speaks with Mark O'Brien about initiation and how that presents itself within her work, the place of ritual, and the importance of intention. read more...
World Dharma and Natural Freedom
An interview with Alan Clements read more...