Author: Andrew Taggart
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Do Emotions Arise IN My Body?
Question: Fear arises in my body. Anger arises in my body. Anxiety arises in my body. But while at times overwhelming, many times they arise from a more loving space . As a first pass, one can say that “fear [as well as other emotions] arises in my body” (my emphasis). It’s true, at this level…
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Though The Image Of “Myself” Appears 10 Or 20 Feet Away, I’m Always “Here”
Would it make any difference to your understanding of your own nature if you were to look at an image of “yourself” that’s 10 feet away? 20 feet away? 50 feet away? The image of this body would get smaller and smaller, of course, but would any other, more elementary insight dawn? It might. When…
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Why Self-help Is A Dead End
Self-help is a dead-end because it’s going in the wrong direction. “How can I…?” is the wrong question based on the wrong setup. How can this conclusion be understood? 1. The separate, inside self emerges at the same time that the separate, outside world emerges. You can’t have one without the other. Hence, Ramana Maharshi…
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Worldliness Won’t End Suffering
1. You must understand, via a searching, deep inquiry, that dukkha is almost ubiquitous. This is true in two senses: you experience loads of discontent and thus long for contentment (ananda in sense 1). And you experience lots of disturbances, intrusions, agitations, volatilities, and restlessnesses and thus long for abiding peace (ananda in sense 2). …
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How Seeing Reveals You
When you squint hard, you’ll be able, for a short time anyway, to focus on a sight, one that may be at a distance. Notice that you’ll feel the sense of separation between you, the apparent seer, and the squinted at object. This is the gross level. Suppose someone tells you to relax and to…
Andrew Taggart, Ph.D. 