Posts by meestereric
Comedy Sketch – Advaitins Anonymous (AA)
[Note: this sketch was performed by the actor Vishal Patel who read the script and volunteered – at a recent Francis Lucille retreat, in Temecula, California. I did the fake “announcement” afterwards] “So I heard there was a woman who spent a million dollars on retreats and seeking enlightenment over the years, traveling around the world…
Read MoreWhat is Spirituality?
“It is not easy to find happiness in ourselves, and it is not possible to find it elsewhere” – Agnes Repplier It’s interesting to see how much misunderstanding of the word “spirituality” there is in our culture. And, I believe the same reason that people are not truly happy is the same reason there…
Read MoreNonduality and the Three Principles Psychology as Teaching Models
An acquaintance from an online forum sent a message to me recently, with a good question about Sydney Banks, who had a large awakening experience and, eventually, inspired what became the Three Principles Psychology movement. His question was in regards to its relation to nonduality teachings (I’d sent him some articles about nonduality student’s experiences):…
Read MoreNotes On Saving The World
“I have said these things to you, that in me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation. But take heart; I have overcome the world.” – Jesus (John 16:33) If I see a worm on the sidewalk, I put him in the grass. If I see a man passed out on…
Read MoreWhat is Nonduality?
Nonduality is the cutting edge. It is the cutting edge of spiritual seeking — the end of it; it is the cutting edge of creativity — the source of it… and it is the cutting edge of society: where “thought leaders” hang out (in unknowing). One day, after a satsang, a friend asked me at…
Read MoreSpiritual Reflections on Spiritual Teachings (The Three Principles, Non-Duality…)
This is an update to an article I wrote a couple of years ago. I just re-read it and liked it, so am expanding it beyond mentioning The Principles (3P) in order to include the non-duality teachings I’ve been involved with (since early 2016). Those have heavily influenced my outlook, the content, the jist of…
Read MoreSanity, Insanity and Common Sense Revisited
The title and content of this article refer to the book “Sanity Insanity and Common Sense” that was an early entry in the spiritual psychology field that has come to be known as “The Three Principles”. What follows is the fascinating dialogue in the form of a FaceBook thread, from July 2015. Some of the…
Read MoreIs Meditation Needed?: Meditation and the Three Principles
Meditation… Like yoga, is something you hear about more and more, as more and more people do it, talk about it, or feel they should do it. But with increased popularity, is there a decrease in understanding? Like yoga, which has gone from a deep practice of mind-body-spirit integration, to more of an American-style…
Read MoreWestern Philosophy of Mind and the Problem of Life
Turning Western Philosophy of Mind on It’s Head Is life a problem to be solved? The philosophers and scientists who are trying to figure out how the mind works are basing their models on an orientation towards problems solving. They look for example, at animals in the world surviving, and see them solving problems: how…
Read MoreThe Paradoxes Along the Path
This essay is about the apparent paradoxes seen when one looks deeply into philosophical questions and encountered long a spiritual path. At some point, a beautiful juncture, after grace bestows light upon the limited human mind, the Land of Paradox is revealed looking back out through the door, from the other side, from the impersonal…
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