Category: philosophical counseling
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There Is Only The Plenum That Is Silence
The Bhagavad Gita happily suggests that there are many paths to the Truth; those discussed in the Gita, as you’d expect, include raja yoga, karma yoga, bhakti yoga, and (yes) jnana yoga. Turn to raja yoga and, in particular, to one meditation technique: concentration on and thus absorption in the Self. 1. You know that…
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What, Really, Is The Body?
★ The following 4 guided meditations (this is the first in the series; the others will be released later this month) were recorded in early October 2024 as part of a Yoga of Awareness Workshop held via Zoom. ★ Listen with an open heart (preferably with headphones) while turning the brightness of your computer down.…
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Considering A Hypothetical Caste Sorting From A Metaphysical Perspective
0. Let me speak in the hypothetical. A fictional caste-like system hypothetically makes sense, provided that one can look at the matter from a purely metaphysical (not from a political, historical, cultural, or empirical) point of view. Here’s how: 1. In lieu of believing that all beings are “created equal,” we should take stock of…
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Error Messages Vs. Clean Messages
Question: If all arising are consciousness arising, is there a difference between the “error messages” and the “clean messages”? That’s a really good question. Ultimately speaking: No, there is no difference. Yet provisionally speaking: Yes, there appears to be a difference. What’s An Error Message? An error message indicates that I (aham) have inadvertently mixed myself (aham)…
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What Is The Relationship Between Brahman And The Universe?
Swami Prabhavananda’s book The Spiritual Heritage of India provides a beautiful and satisfying answer to the question: “What is the relationship between Brahman and the world, between the One and the many, between Being and becoming?” The pith is that the question must be answered in accordance with the level of development of the student.…
Andrew Taggart, Ph.D. 