Shankara’s 3 laws
Shankara’s 3 laws: 1st law: Brahman is real 2nd law: the world is not real (the half truth) 3rd law: Brahman is the world Thus, the world is real, but not the real we started …
Category: Truth
Knowledge and Devotion
Love says, “I am everything.” Wisdom says, “I am nothing.” Between these two my life flows. — Nisargadatta “Jnana and bhakti, knowledge and devotion, understanding and surrender, inseeing and outpouring, mind and heart, cannot be …
OOOPs
From Vasistha’s Yoga (translated by Swami Venkatesananda) IV:39 Valmiki is speaking: “..if he is not enabled fully to understand the truth, his mind will not find rest. As long as the mind is swayed by …
One Being
Recently in another discussion forum, someone raised the question of the 2 selves. The unchanging inner Self and the changing personal self. This is a classic experience around Self Realization. The witness Self observing the …
Awakening the Body
We tend to think of enlightenment as an abstract future promise. A place where the transcendent peace we’ve experienced becomes an ongoing reality. Where we find an inner freedom. This place is known as Moksha …
What is Enlightenment?
Takuin recently responded to the question What is Enlightenment? on his blog. His answer is excellent. “Enlightenment is limitless expansion within a limited field.” “The limited field is this physical world we all live within. …
Seer and Seen
In a discussion on Reframing Emotions, personal vs. impersonal perspectives arose. Seeing with the heart vs. seeing with the intellect. I’ve spoken of this a number of times, both on it’s role in the awakening …
Success vs. Control
In a recent correspondence with a reader, I was asked how it is that some “spiritual” teachers talk of success, mastering the mind, and motivation, while others like Tom Stine speak of having absolutely no …
Shared Vision
Each of us experiences everything uniquely. Every unique point of awareness is a unique way of perceiving the whole. If we have a strong ego sense, we’ll tend to identify with these experiences and say …
The Power of Speech
In both spiritual circles and popular expressions, we find a number of sayings that suggest something important about our voice. Always speak the sweet truth. Sticks and stones… Never speak ill of another. Thy word …
Omniscience
Omniscience is a very big subject. (laughs) It is all knowing. But not about knowing all things. It is about knowing all knowing. Total knowingness. This can be very hard for the mind to grasp. …
Unfolding God
The direct experience of God is one of the most significant events in anyones life. Even more profound to live it, to become what has been experienced. At it’s crown, this is God Realization. And …