Author: Andrew Taggart
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A Direct Path Compression Of Drig Drisha Viveka
The opening verse of Drig Drisha Viveka states: Form is the seen, the eye is the seer; that eye is the seen, and mind is its seer; thoughts in the mind are seen by the Witness which alone is the Seer, but can never be the seen. —Drig Drisha Viveka, trans. and commentary by…
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Why I Can’t Know Myself So Long As I Take The World To Be Real
Ramana Maharshi’s “Who am I?” is such a wonderful text. Consider just one brief line of inquiry. A Dialogical Summary His interlocutor asks him about when Self-realization will occur (Question 4). Not until the idea that the world is real has been removed, replies Bhagavan. There can’t be?, queries the disciple. Nope, says Bhagavan. Why…
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The Banality Of Evil, Revisited: The Horror of Just ‘Let[ting] Off Some Steam’
When we think of someone spraying bullets through stained glass windows into a Catholic church where young children are observing morning mass, we should feel horrified. In an effort to make sense of our horror, however, we should not resort to psychological categories like “mental illness.” If we do, then, sadly, we’ve failed to reckon…
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The Mystery: Ego Only (Seemingly) When ‘Looking Elsewhere’
The reason our ego disappears when we investigate it in this way is that it does not actually exist even now, but merely seems to exist when we are looking elsewhere instead of at ourself alone. –Michael James, in reference to the teaching of Sri Ramana Maharshi (my emphasis) There’s something very peculiar about the…
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Pathless Path Podcast: Living The ‘Yoga of Work’ With Andrew Taggart
The Pathless Path With Paul Millerd You can watch the 1:53 teaser here. Living The ‘Yoga Of Work’ In this lively interview with Paul Millerd, I discuss my older views of Total Work (circa 2018-21) as well as my updated rendition, which I’m calling “the yoga of work.”
Andrew Taggart, Ph.D. 