Category: philosophical counseling

• March 9, 2022

  The Essential Point Of Sadhana

  The Essence of the Nondual Teaching The essence of the nondual teaching can be succinctly formulated: There is only one Reality. And you are That. For those rare beings who see the Truth of these statements (i) immediately (i.e., at least “sudden awakening” [kensho]) and (ii) completely (i.e., full, or great, awakening [sahaja samadhi]), there…
• March 8, 2022

  The Only Blessing I Ask: A Lyrical Meditation

  This Dialogical Meditation begins: There is just one Reality, encompassing and pervading all. Without bounds. Therefore, without limit. Utterly changeless. All alone and all one. Therefore, we have heard it said: Tat tvam Asi. You are That. You. Are. This. This meditation, lyrical in style, takes one into the very Fullness of Being.
• March 7, 2022

  Meditation Is Like A Warm Bath of Radiant Light
• March 5, 2022

  self-knowledge = SELF-knowledge

  1. self-knowledge = SELF-knowledge. a) When I inquire exhaustively into who I truly am, I discover that I am the Self. Cf. Balyani: “Whosoever knows thyself knows thy Lord.” b) The cultivation of self-knowledge takes us into psychology (Cleaning Up) and into philosophia (wisdom). c) The sudden flash of awakening is, in Rinzai Zen, called satori…
• February 28, 2022

  Every Single Being Longs For Abiding Happiness: A Dharma Talk