Month: January 2024
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Living Without Intrusive Experiences
A 3-Day Home Meditation Retreat, Jan. 19-21 Living Without Intrusive Experiences ”Living Without Intrusive Experiences” is a 3-day home meditation retreat. Combining elements of Advaita Vedanta, Kashmir Shaivism, and Zen Buddhism, it’s centered on a playful yet earnest exploration of one’s own experiences. Home Meditation Retreat At A Glance About Me I’m a meditation teacher…
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Two Lines Of Inquiry In Atmananda’s Teaching
Atmananda’s teaching often takes two different lines. One line follows the process of separation while the other invites us to reduce everything to Consciousness. 1. The Process of Separation The process of separation involves splitting subjectivity off from accidental yet habitual identification of the subject with some object or other. Here’s a typical example: Whenever…
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Atmananda’s Synthesis Of Advaita Vedanta And Kashmir Shaivism
Here’s my thesis: Atmananda’s teaching is a synthesis of Advaita Vedanta and nondual Kashmir Shaivism. As for the former, we might look at his prakriti, or lines of Higher Reason, that are concerned with the path of exclusion. We’re invited to understand that we are Consciousness once all mental superimpositions have been removed. This, then,…
Andrew Taggart, Ph.D. 