An interesting conversation with Liberated Self over on Interconnected vs Oneness. Today this arose, a little more compact way of describing fundamental reality. I updated the comment a little for this context. Our fundamental reality …
Recently, I became aware of a book by local philosopher Leonard Angel. It’s called Enlightenment East and West. I’ve not had a chance to read the book but did go over it. He covers a …
Liberated Self’s blog mentions a new documentary film opening this summer in select cities in the US, Enlighten Up! “Filmmaker Kate Churchill is determined to prove that yoga can transform anyone. Nick Rosen is skeptical …
There’s a saying that floats around spiritual circles. The instructions are on the outside of the box. The box is the ego, the mental construct we have formed. Our separate reality. We need people or …
“Perhaps there is a pattern set up in the universe for the one who desires to see it, and having seen it, to find one in himself.” — Plato To me, the pattern is an …
One of the funniest lines in the Movie version of Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy is this little bit of philosophy. It speaks nicely to the failings of many belief systems. While an idea may …
The challenge with using Sanskrit terms is that, though the meaning is often more precise, English doesn’t always have an equivalent concept. For example, I’ve avoided the term Atman as it’s understood poorly and it’s …
Last week I got a chance to hear Rupert Sheldrake speak again. He spoke of 2 competing paradigms of science in recent history – the model of fixed laws and the evolutionary model, giving examples …
Yogasthah kuru karmani ‘Established in yoga, perform action.’ “Today, yoga is a household word and practiced by millions of people, yet few people know what yoga really is. The Sanskrit word yoga means ‘union’ and …
Recently, I’ve seen a couple of books on the Tao Te Ching, originally written by Lao Tzu some 2,500 years ago. Just 81 short verses, it is widely translated in many versions. The 2 versions …
India has a very ancient spiritual tradition that has somehow survived the usual ravages of time. Partly because it has had periodic revivals, partly geography. Within that tradition are 6 systems of philosophy designed to …
When you explore subjects like self actualization and success, you’ll hear messages like “what you believe you receive” or “pretend it to be it.” This may be true for the field of action, of thinking …