Avi: Humans more than any other creature, live their lives in a world made of imagination. If you look around right now, chances are that almost everything you can see or hear in your environment began its existence inside someone’s imagination. For this reason, I’ve often felt that the limits of what we imagine are limits … Continued
Avi: Meditation techniques are often built upon quirks of our neurobiology. In the case of the fire kasina practice, staring at a flame illicits an afterimage, which is then used as a focus of concentration. Over time, this practice bridges our outer visual perception and our inner world of dream-like images. I encourage you to set … Continued
Avi: Visionary practices speak the language of mythopoetic images while body-based practices work with felt flows of subtle energy. One of the secrets of real magic is that image and energy are not truly independent. A symbolic image of healing placed in a chronically stressed part of the body may shift the energy patterns there. Conversely, … Continued
Avi: For most of my life, thinking meant speaking to myself in a clear strong inner voice which felt like “me”. Then after a shift in my practice in 2010, that inner voice largely disappeared and for a long time this was a traumatic loss. I felt as though I couldn’t think at all and it … Continued