Category: philosophical counseling
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Reality Never Stirred (Ajata)
Absolute non-manifestationis the only Truth. –Papaji How would it be possible for the manifest to “come out of” the Unmanifest? If such were the case, then somehow the Unmanifest would have to be the cause of manifestation and thus manifestation would have to be real. But this isn’t possible. To see that this is utterly…
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The Unborn Cannot Be Born (Ajata)
The unborn, or pure being, cannot be born. It’s also not possible for the nonexistent (i.e., non-being) to be born. It’s not possible for non-being to come into manifestation. The unborn can only seem to be born. This “seeming birth” is known as maya. That which projects maya is the finite mind; what is projected…
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Vedanta Or Tantra?
The mind is movement. Since this is so, there are thus two basic approaches to “seeing beyond” the mind. The first can be found, for instance, in Zen and Advaita Vedanta. Practice, in the language of Zen, aims at bringing all conceptual activity to a halt. What remains once mental activity has ceased? What, indeed,…
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Existential Fear: 3 Approaches
Question: I have this deep down existential fear that I can’t seem to get beyond. It’s been with me for so long that it’s become a familiar companion. What should I do? Investigate. Step 1: Is It Real? Ask yourself, “Is this existential fear really real?” For how could fear, which is presumed to be…
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Ajata: ‘This Is The Absolute Truth’
There is no dissolution, no birth, none in bondage, none aspiring for wisdom, no seeker of liberation and none liberated. This is the absolute truth. –Gaudapada Only pure being is. Non-being is not. To say that “non-being is not” is to say that non-being is non-existent. Nothing–that is, not a thing–ever came into being. Not…
Andrew Taggart, Ph.D. 