Category: philosophical counseling
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No Relationship! Not Unreal!
Question: What is the relationship between objective experience and subjective experience? There’s no relationship! Let’s see what this means. To begin with, we may draw a provisional distinction between objective experience and subjective experience. The former refers to perceiving, sensing, and thinking while the latter could be another name for awareness or consciousness. We draw…
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Why Is It So Difficult To Abide As Loving Awareness?
Question: If it’s so simple to rest in the space of loving awareness, which is what we are, then why does it feel so difficult to stay here? A First Reply Who is the one asking the question? How hard is it to simply be yourself? You are yourself. Can you ever be anything other…
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Does This Objective Experience Shine By Its Own Light?
Consider any feeling such as fear, sadness, or anger. It certainly seems as if this feeling is animated by its own internal, inherent power. Is it? Examine the following questions by staying only with your experience of this feeling: “Does this experience shine by its own light? Does the fear manifest, while illumining, itself? Can…
Andrew Taggart, Ph.D. 