Month: May 2023

• May 24, 2023

  Is Karma Yoga Sufficient For Liberation?

  In a recent post, I discussed Vivekananda’s view that the essential aim of karma yoga is total self-abnegation and thus of moksha, or freedom from bondage. I’d like to draw out a few further–in my view, crucial–points below, those that have occurred to me since. I come to the conclusion that karma yoga is, on…
• May 23, 2023

  The Heart Of Nonduality: Monthly Meditation Group & Instruction

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• May 22, 2023

  Swami Vivekananda On Karma Yoga

  The main lines of Vivekananda’s little book Karma Yoga may already be familiar to you from The Bhagavad Gita, but there are some surprises as well. I was surprised, for instance, to learn that karma yoga is not really the path of selfless service to others. Not really–but hang on; I’ll get there. The Basics…
• May 19, 2023

  Is There A Shortcut?

  A common story line among some spiritual teachers who have “attained the Way” goes something like this: I took the long road to come to Self-realization and, along the way, I discovered a shortcut. Now I only teach the shortcut and believe it’s utterly unnecessary for others to do what I did. I don’t doubt…
• May 15, 2023

  Game Over

  An Analogy Imagine that for the longest time you get fixated on objects illuminated by the sun. How interesting! Or how terrible! When each object is illuminated, you get caught up in this one. Then that one. Then that one… Imagine that one day you became interested in where this illumination comes from. At which…