Category: philosophical counseling
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Finite Mind Is A One Way Street Going Outward
The finite mind, necessarily, is a one way street going outward toward objects. Necessarily, thought cannot turn around and go back to its source. Realizing this, the finite mind relinquishes all attempts both to find the Self as an object or to wait for that Self to appear as an object. What does this realization…
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Suppose That Only The Infinite Mind Exists
Suppose that there only exists the Infinite Mind. Since, in this thought experiment, only the Infinite Mind exists, nothing else can exist in its own right, can come into being from somewhere outside of the Infinite Mind, or can pass out of the Infinite Mind. That is, only Being is; non-being, necessarily, is not. Suppose,…
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The Finite Mind In Atmananda’s Reduction To Consciousness
One way of interpreting a particular line of inquiry in Atmananda’s teaching is to say that he is showing you that the penultimate step in the reduction to Consciousness is the finite mind. Let’s suppose that we take over Rupert Spira’s schematization from his book The Transparency of Things: perception (the world) can be reduced…
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The Sweet Flow Of Experiencing
Experiences aren’t things. When they’re not reified, they flow naturally and thus are fresh and innocent. Hearing is sweet, melodious, and receptive; sensing is effervescent; touching and tasting are sensitive; seeing is relaxed and expansive; feelings like sadness or anger gently roll without roiling. A separate self, coming after the flow of experience, is a…
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Things And Egos In Atmananda’s Teaching
In Atmananda’s teaching, we can pull out two basic areas of focus: the independent existence of things and the independent existence of separate selves. Both areas of focus are amenable to the same style of analysis. Pick any purportedly independently existing thing–for instance, dense, solid sensations in the chest that seem to indicate that there’s…
Andrew Taggart, Ph.D. 