Month: October 2022

• October 6, 2022

  The Process Of Obscuration Of Nondual Consciousness “I Am” According to Sri Ramana

  We do well to listen to Michael James again as he discusses a seminal passage from Sri Ramana Bhagavan’s Nan Yar? (“Who am I?”). The following is an excerpt from from Michael James’ Happiness and the Art of Being: An Introduction to the Philosophy and Practice of the Spiritual Teachings of Bhagavan Sri Ramana (2012; second edition) *…
• October 3, 2022

  Michael James On Sri Ramana’s Injunction To Constantly Remember Our Self

  The following (below the “*”) is an excerpt from Michael James’ marvelous Happiness and the Art of Being: An Introduction to the Philosophy and Practice of the Spiritual Teachings of Bhagavan Sri Ramana (2012; second edition) * Though we are infinite and absolute being, we do not know ourself as such because we ignore our essential…
• October 1, 2022

  Epistemic Doubt Pertaining To The Waking And Dream States

  Arguments, like those from Michael James’ excellent Happiness and the Art of Being: An Introduction to the Philosophy and Practice of the Spiritual Teachings of Bhagavan Sri Ramana (2012; second edition), about the three states (of waking, dream, and deep sleep) help us to come to epistemic doubt concerning waking and dream. How so? There…