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Sky Gazing

Taking Charlotte’s notes to Heart on Voluntary Simplicity, a simple, great exercise for tonight.  And simplicity simply feels lighter doesn’t it!

Sky Gazing, a  practice and a wonderful teaching in what Awareness is.  The method comes from the Tibetan Dzogchens. Pretty chill!

Lie on your back facing the sky.
Notice the limitlessness and vast depth of the great blue.
Notice the limitlessness and vast [...]

Voluntary Simplicity

Hello, internet world! Charlotte here, for the first time on Passion Pancakes.

I was driven to write a little something here today because of some interesting ideas that I’ve been exposed to recently, ideas that I am stoked to explore more deeply and share!

I’ve joined a discussion circle on campus called “Voluntary Simplicity” in which we [...]

Awareness.

“The ability to perceive”

A powerful topic, these terms tend to go around the block:

The All Mighty “Self Awareness“
“Higher Awareness” (and said bragging rights upon achieve such a state.. right?)
“Enlightened Awareness“

Time to expand our awareness on what these terms mean!

From my personal experience, awareness is the conscious viewing in the theatre of life, the theatre of experience! Whenever you take in the performance through [...]

A New Thought.

Being?  Here’s a spotlight on this wonderful word:  How does the idea of “ending suffering” in our physical life and perception of reality sound?  How do run-on sentences sound?

Ultimately we must not forget our souls, our spirit and the ever pervading awareness which houses life as we know it.  Complicated I know, but it can as simple as [...]

Introductions!

Ahoy Hoy! This is the positive zone by two peoples:

Charlotte Spafford (http://passionpluspeace.blogspot.com)
Matthew Vogt (http://mattvogt.com)

Passion Pancakes?  We’re here to share wonderful things – two motives: one, to inspire you and two, to figure things out for ourselves.  Words from the heart and fueled with experience.

Have you ever enjoyed a process so much, you asked yourself how [...]