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Self inquiry can be in the form of not “Who am I?” or “What am I?” But it can also be “What Is?” or “what is This all?”, or “What’s…
The term “neo-Advaita” in the broader world actually means a post-Ramana Maharshi teaching – such as what has been termed the “satsang movement” – in comparison to a more traditional…
If you look at a website for spiritual dating – which I did when I got was doing a project for a new potential website – it’s interesting to see…
I have noticed that even among the intelligent, well-educated spiritual folk, there is an assumption that the meaning of words is God-given or external or fixed: basically somehow sacrosanct or…
Dear Friends – Just thought I’d write a short note, in lieu of a meeting announcement. In addressing those that have been on some kind of path for quite a…
An earlier article was entitled “Living the Question”. This current missive turns out to be more from the non-doer perspective, so to speak… In other words, there is no one…
Self-inquiry is very simple. It is the simplest, humblest thing possible. How Do not think, or look for steps or a “how”, or see it as a complicated process…
Enlightenment There can be no enlightenment for a person. This is absolutely clear. So why worry about such a thing? It is a futile goal. Relax… “I”, as this (supposed)…
A Meditation on Pure Beingness “Thirty spokes has a wheel…” reads Lao Tzu*: the usefulness is the center, which still, silent, just as the usefulness of a pot is…
The Mind/Consciousness Distinction This article was spurred by a question – one that has also been asked on my website, in social media, and in my meetings, and so…
One of the most fundamental questions students of consciousness and awareness have is, “If awareness is universal or nonlocal, then what about deep sleep or during anesthesia? Doesn’t consciousness go…
In part 1 of this series of articles, I brought up the key question of whether one can “separate the teaching from the teacher”: a phrase I heard from former…
No one is in any privileged position with respect to Truth (or Beauty or Love). There are no authorities in that regard. This is something I’ve discussed over the years…
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