Month: September 2024
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The Self, Which I Already Am, Is Awareness
“The Self alone is the spontaneous self-effulgent Awareness.” —The Essence of the Ribhu Gita, “Verse 29” 1. I am not the body, the senses, or the mind. I am whatever it is that knows, or is aware, of these objects. 2. A searching inquiry will reveal not just that I am aware of these objects…
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The End Of Discrimination (Viveka)
1. Since suffering is identical with mixing up the Self with the content of objective experience (e.g., “I am the knower” or “I am the doer”), the first step on the path of Advaita Vedanta is normally to “unmix” the Self from the content of objective experience. This is termed viveka, or discrimination. One, hereby,…
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No Inside, No Outside, Only Seamless Self-Reality
A clay mug is surrounded by space on all sides. Let it be granted that space is “outside of” the clay mug. And when it’s asked, “What is inside of the mug?,” we can say: “Mug-space.” And so, there is outside-space and mug-space. Of course, when we take a sample of outside-space and mug-space, we…
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‘Know All This Universe To Be Formless’
One could hardly do better than to follow this glorious meditation from Avadhuta Gita I.41: Know all this universe to be formless. Know all this universe to be devoid of transformation. Know all this universe to be pure existence [sat] itself. Know all this universe to be of the nature of the Supreme Beatitude [ananda].…
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Is It True That ‘I Am Awareness’?
The first point to establish is that awareness is. Consider the fact that seeing–that is, reading these words–is appearing right now. Then ask yourself, “Am I aware of reading right now?” Open directly to the experience of being aware of seeing. Now, place greater emphasis on I am aware and much less emphasis on of…
Andrew Taggart, Ph.D. 