Tag: Consciousness

• July 1, 2025

  You Mean Karma Yoga ISN’T Primarily About Being Of Service?

  Question: I thought karma yoga had to do with being of service to others. That’s not so? No, not directly–though that’s one type of action that can arise. The target of karma yoga is the ego-self–specifically, its diminution and ultimate “extinction” (The quote marks around “extinction” are meant to indicate that the ego-self never existed…
• June 25, 2025

  Ego In Two Senses: Covert And Overt

  Question: The nondual teaching says explicitly that the Self is not the doer, and yet I’m still hung up on being the doer. How do I go beyond this idea? Ego In Two Senses In what briefly follows, I don’t mean to suggest that ego “in the two senses” is anything but a stipulative distinction.…
• June 23, 2025

  Is Atmananda’s Direct Path Teaching The Same As Ramana Maharshi’s?

  Question: Aren’t Atmananda and Ramana Maharshi essentially saying the same thing, and can’t their direct path approaches be regarded as versions of the Witness teaching? Excellent question! And just the right one. In short: No! Atmananda’s teaching can be divided into “the lower” and “the higher.” The lower teaching employs the Witness in order to…
• June 19, 2025

  Suffering, Ultimately, Never Was

  For most spiritual seekers who set foot on a nondual spiritual path, the idea that suffering–indeed, my suffering–is real provides the motivating force to embark. This is a good, albeit provisional, thing. Slowly, however, this claim is sublated. First, this suffering seems to spread until it seems almost ubiquitous, sometimes to the point of suffocation.…
• June 13, 2025

  How To Transcend Engagement With The World

  ‘Engagement’ You stated that not infrequently it seems as if you’re still “engaged” with the waking state. Take time to contemplate the following point: And what seems to follow from taking “all this” to be real? If this interpretation is correct, ghen what’s so neat about it is that all we have to do is to…