Month: May 2024
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The Fallacy Of The All-in-One Romantic Relationship
Why are there so many dating apps today? And why has finding a romantic partnership become so “high stakes” in recent times? In this video, I speak of just some of the historical conditions that have given rise to what I’m terming the “all-in-one romantic relationship.” Near the end, I touch upon the deep existential…
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What Is It That You Truly Long For?
1. What is it that you truly long for? 2. Inventory possible objects: love of another person, a beautiful home, robust health, considerable wealth, and so on. All of these change. When you’re younger, you may long most for a romantic relationship. Perhaps you now long for a beautiful home. And so on. 3. Whatever…
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Are The Stars Just As Close As This Touch?
When I look into the distance, I see the stars far away. Yet when I touch the floor or my leg, I feel that it is so close. How can consciousness be said to be “closer than close”? A wonderful question! When you close your eyes and put your hand on the floor, how many…
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Weed And The Nondual Teaching
Question: I don’t like the fact that I smoke weed, but I absolutely can’t help it in some cases. We won’t worry about weed per se. We’ll simply and kindly see it as a “coping mechanism”: it actually provided a temporary solution to some problems of suffering when you were younger. What’s now clear–and this…
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Does Awareness Suffer? A 2-Day Online Meditation Retreat, May 25 and 26
Does The Awareness That You Are Ever Suffer? “Does The Awareness That You Are Ever Suffer?” is a 2-day home meditation retreat held on May 25 and May 26. Drawing largely from the Direct Path teaching of Advaita Vedanta, it’s centered on a playful yet earnest exploration of one’s direct experience. Here, we are concerned…
Andrew Taggart, Ph.D. 