Category: philosophical counseling

• March 15, 2023

  I Want, I Know, I Do

  While there are quite a few ways of seeking to conceptualize what the ego-self is, I’d like to offer a very simple, straightforward one. Ego can be analyzed in the following terms: The I, apparently static and unified, somehow selects and then identifies itself with desiring; likewise, with the act of knowing; and with the…
• March 14, 2023

  An Interpretation Of Ranjit Maharaj’s Teaching

  Ranjit Maharaj’s teaching can be found in Illusion Vs. Reality, which is now a two-volume book. Here, I offer what I consider an interpretation of central aspects of his teaching. Preface You must trust the Master, provided that he or she really is a Master. This is the crucial bhakti element in Ranjit’s teaching. Pointers…
• March 13, 2023

  The Awareness Teaching: A Brief Overview

  The Awareness Teaching 1. There are, perhaps, 2 main versions of the perennial nondual teaching when it comes to the path of knowledge: the first is the awareness teaching, the second the emptiness teaching. (One brief comparison by the sharp Greg Goode.) I believe that the awareness teaching makes the most sense for most of those stepping…
• March 11, 2023

  When Isaac Asimov Missed Nonduality

  The Last Question I just finished reading Isaac Asimov’s beautiful SF short story “The Last Question.” I begin with my interpretation. 1. AC is the evolution of Consciousness into God. So, God becomes; it’s not the case that God is. 2. God is Supreme Intelligence just because God, as Supreme Intelligence, has answered the last…
• March 7, 2023

  Divine Beauty

  Divine beauty–that of a rolling mountainscape, of a dancer’s gait, of a kind, matronly face–is the truth of the divine light shining forth in form. The beautiful form, intimating the fullness of splendor, whispering its essence, entreats the tarrier. But allow the eye of the heart to gaze through the form. Then the gaze and…