Month: October 2023

• October 13, 2023

  Atmananda On The Nonexistence Of Though

  I begin by citing Atmananda’s Atma Nivritti: 1 Thoughts and Myself I How can thoughts which rise and set in Me, be other than Myself? Il When there is thought, I am seeing Myself; when there is no thought, I am remaining in My own glory. Note that “I,” “Me,” “My own,” and “Myself” all refer…
• October 12, 2023

  Do Samskaras Exist?

  1. Every thought is, on its own, just a thought. That’s, precisely, what the experience is. 2. It can be said, however, that every thought can be traced back to an I-thought. The latter is a samskara or vasana. 3. Buddhi (intellect) is what undertakes the tracing back, the inquiry. 4. What buddhi discovers is, actually, just…
• October 11, 2023

  Speculative Remarks On Nisargadatta’s Mature Teaching

  Why, after 1973 and before his death in 1981, did Nisargadatta change his style of teaching, and why did he do so so dramatically? I talked to Maurice Frydman [who edited and translated I Am That] some four years back and he edited my words, emphasizing certain points and adding his own ideas, in the book…
• October 10, 2023

  Atmananda’s Higher Reason: ‘Objects Have Themselves No Connection With Each Other’

  Let’s go through a case of Higher Reason from Atmananda’s Atma Darshan. Here it is: “Objects have themselves no connection with each other–their connection is always with thought alone.” Here, Atmananda is speaking loosely of “objects”; in this case he’s referring, say, to sensing: i.e., to hearing, to seeing, to smelling, etc.  So, take experience 1:…
• October 6, 2023

  Before Everything, I Am: A 3-Day Home Meditation Retreat, Oct. 27-29

  Home Meditation Retreat At A Glance For more details and to sign up, go to the Luma registration page. ​About Me ​I’m a meditation teacher and a practical philosopher. You can learn more about me by visiting my website. The Nondual Teaching In Brief ​What the perennial nondual ​teaching says is as beautiful as it is true: “There…