Spirit Grooves

A collection of dharma, dharma practice, music, and astrology blogs from the autumn of 2015 in easy-to-read 6x9" fromat for laptops and iPads..

A collection of blogs on dharma practice, music, and photography by Michael Erlewine

A collection of blogs on dharma and dharma practice by Michael Erlewine given in the Spirng of 2016

A collection of blogs on the dharma (and some other topics) by Michael Erlewine for the Summer of 2016

The collected series of blogs for the Fall of 2016 by Michael Erlewine as posted on Facebook and Google+.

This is a series of blogs on dharma topics and related subject during the Winter of 2017 by Michael Erlewine.

This is a talk about liberation through seeing, and the message here is meant to be a catalyst, rather than to make any particular point or answer. It is about liberation through whatever we do in life, like: what we do each day. I'm not saying this approach is for everyone, but I am saying that it may be useful for some of you. In particular, those who struggle with practicing dharma too formally...

This is intended for meditators who are having difficult learning the standard way, and presents an alternative approach, in this case, using photography

May Erlewine and Seth Bernard perform at the Wealthy Theater in Grand Rapids, Michigan as photographed by Michael Erlewine. Performance: May 21, 2010.

588 pages, 429 illustrations, paperback, available on Amazon.com This second volume in the "How to Use Astrology" contains more advanced material and supplementary materials include full-phase aspects, in-depth cycle analysis, including the Saturn cycle, Saturn to the angles, large chart patterns. Also, how to set up an astrological business, perform astrological readings, and much more. Advanced...

I am working on a series of small books that show what various close-up (ones I use) lenses do at each of the main apertures. This may not be useful to anyone, in which case ignore it. But for those trying to decide where to put their money in lenses, it could be a help. This first booklet includes lenses I have talked about often. Following soon are a whole bunch of enlarger-style barrel lenses,...

This is Volume One of a short series that offers images at various apertures for a group of very fine lenses for close-up work. These are large images, so you can see what happens at each of the various apertures for some special lenses.

Here is a description of our studio here in Big Rapids, Michigan    

How fortunate to have come across someone like Khenpo Rinpoche in the sea of life in which I found myself, although it was anything but an accident. In fact, believe it or not, Rinpoche first came to us in a dream. Here is the story:

A selection of 29 dharma articles by Michael Erlewine, with an emphasis on the concept of Karma and how it relates to the Eighth Consciousness (Alayavijnana) or Storehouse Consciousness.

IN YOU ARE INTERESTED BROWSE THE BROCHURE (1) SEND ME AN EMAIL (2) I WILL SEND YOU MY PHONE (3) WE TALK (4) YOU VISIT THE STUIO  

This is one of those topics that get me running in circles. What are my best options, taking a traditional single-shot photo or stacking an image? And if I stack, should it be many or just a few layers. I thought it interesting to go over some of the options. 

A selection of dharma blogs and stories from 2015 by Michael Erlewine  on various topics, including Yidams, Terma, Khenpo Gangshar, Rebirth, Lunar Cycle, Impermanence, Vipassana, Karma, Shines, Gaps… fifty articles in all

When KTD Monastery (Karma Triyana Dharmachakra) was being built, they did not have the ability to do mail order business. KTD members Michael & Margaret Erlewine, along with translator Ngodup Burkhar and calligrapher/ artist Sange Wangchuk and his wife Tseten built a complete dharma goods business run out of the Heart Center KTC dharma center in Big Rapids, Michigan. It was called KTD Dharma Goods...

Here are the covers of some of the our publication “Astro*Talk,” a periodical newsletter that reached out to something like 14,000 readers every so often as part of my company Matrix Astrological Software, a company still going strong today, although no longer under my direction. I thought some of you astrology buffs might like to wander through the past a bit. I am amazed that I published these i...

Back in the 1980s, the fledgling computer software company Matrix Software, the home of the first astrology software to all comers, Matrix had a weekly dinner every Firday night. Here are some of the menus from that time, just for fun.

Sacred Images: The Dharma Art of Sange Wangchug,  Volume 3: Detailed artwork for creating Tibetan-style Pecha Sadhanas

These images were hand-drawn by Sange Wangchug for Sacred Dharma use, and to be shared only with those who will treat  them with respect. This, the second volume is more decorative. The first volume contains the deity images. Please enjoy, but read the stipulations 

These images were hand-drawn by Sange Wangchug for Sacred Dharma use, and to be shared only with those who will treat  them with respect and not alter them.

The “Four Thoughts That Turn the Mind Toward the Dhama,” also called the Common Preliminaries and the Four Reversals are considered by many as the place to begin understanding, learning, and practicing the Dharma. Not some scholarly doctrine or list of imperatives, the Four Thoughts are already familiar to most people as part of their deepest inner sense of reality.