Nonduality
You are what you are looking for. (This article is in response to a question). Introduction Non-duality—which roughly means “not two”—is a practical way to point students toward an experience, or rather (and this is important), a reality that cannot be pointed to directly. Oneness, however, is a concept, and, while it may certainly be…
A friend from India asked: Q: How does the unconditioned awareness look at this pain from an objective point of view? A: It is indeed a good “yoga”, so to speak – the harder the path to the seeing, the more it reveals, sometimes… Why should pain be any different from any other of the…
Q: How can I get rid of anxiety? A: There are two fundamental ways to treat anxiety, as I see it, and both are rooted in recognizing the illusory nature of it… the phenomen, the experience. And, anxiety could be said to often be at the root of some other unwanted or unnecessary experiences, like…
Or it could be titled, “Is the world a dangerous place – do you really know that?” T = Teacher S = Student S: You said something the other day about “Is the world really a dangerous place,” something like that. Can we go into that, look at that please? T: Yes. S: Because sometimes…
It seems to be consistent with modern guru’s or teacher’s behaviors and teachings that liberation or awakening or enlightenment or whatever you want to call it, does not reduce the desire or love of food, money, or sex. (And yes, I’m aware of the distinction made by some teachers of “self realization” or “establishment” versus…
Readers were asking why all the articles disappeared… It’s too much “responsibility” for lack of a better word… besides, I never intended to start a blog, but that’s what people called it. It was merely a writing experiment (such as for maybe a book project down the road) to test things out, and to share…
I have a question. [S = “Student” A = “Teacher”] T: OK. S: How can I attain spiritual liberation. T: I don’t know. I am not spiritual. S: You seem like a very spiritual dude. T: I don’t have a spiritual bone in my body. S: Really… (sounding dubious). T: They’ve all dissolved. S:…
Meditation can be good for the body and mind, temporarily. It’s beautiful thing, like a tranquilizing drug, to help with clarity of mind and relaxation of the body. It can, for example, temporarily allow anxiety – a bodily reaction or “energetic” experience, in a loop with thinking – to dissolve away. This is useful and…
A Dialogue Q: What’s your real value, at the end of the day, after years of seeking and suffering and finding, and all you’ve inquired into and seen and practiced over the decades? Is it worth anything, or just empty at the end of the day? Seems to me all this non-dual talk…
I was diagnosed with “clinical depression” 30 years ago or so. I was told I’d be on Prozac – a popular SSRI antidepressant at the time – for the rest of my life, akin to how a diabetic needs to take insulin. Over the years I learned how what the doctors said was a lie,…