Category: philosophical counseling
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Sunyata On Negative Capability
The “rare-born mystic” who, by midlife, went by the name Sunyata states this about his childhood: Due to my passive receptivity and negative capability (both marvelous tools, but each also having a shadow side that made me seem weak), there was a steady succession of “smaller” ego cruxifixions as I made contact with people during…
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How Can We Keep Up Our Spiritual Practice In The Midst Of Our Daily Activities?
The questioner asks Annamalai Swami a question that is relevant for anyone–perhaps like you, dear reader–who is committed to spiritual practice. It is: “How can we keep up our sadhana in the middle of all our daily activities? It is very difficult” (Annamalai Swami: Final Talks, ed. David Godman, p. 59). Annamalai Swami’s answer is…
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The Constancy, Intensity, And One-pointedness Of Self-inquiry
In Annamalai Swami: Final Talks (ed. David Godman), a questioner asks Annamalai Swami a very important question. He or she wonders why asking, “Who am I?,” has not brought about Self-realization. After all, Sri Ramana Maharshi seems, at the age of 16, to have asked, “Who am I?,” but one time and, in a flash,…
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Annamalai Swami On The Need For Constant Meditation
In Final Talks with Annamalai Swami, a student asks Annamalai Swami, a disciple of Ramana Maharshi when Ramana was alive and, in later years, a fine teacher in his own right, about how he or she can “stabilize” in the Self. After all, the questioner states, “One can have a temporary experience of the Self……
Andrew Taggart, Ph.D. 