Tag: Meditation
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On Violence And Universal Love
In an ABC News interview following the shooting at a Catholic school in Minneapolis, a neighbor, Pat Scallen, recalls how he ran from his house to the scene and sought to help in whatever way he could. Soon, he saw children running out of the building. According to ABC News, Scallen said the girl [who,…
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Courage Is The Most Important Virtue For Our Time
In 2012, I argued, “The most important virtue for our time is courage.” Yesterday, I read Christopher Rufo’s manifesto, “New Right Activism,” in which he states, “The most important virtue of our time is courage.” Despite the fact that Rufo’s claim is situated within a particular political context–for him, it’s the New Right’s attempt to…
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Self-control As An Aid For The Inward Turn
The nondual teaching says that one must turn inward in order to know that one is, right here and right now, being-peace. And yet, actually turning inward seems, at first, to be nearly impossible. I touch on this conundrum in this talk: The question then arises, “What is it that makes an inward turn possible?”…
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The Bogeyman Fallacy In Spirituality
When you’re a child, you might, at some point, become afraid of whatever goes bump in the night and, in particular, of the bogeyman. For a while, you might close your eyes and hope that by virtue of your falling asleep, he won’t appear. But this won’t do since sleeping children could still be bothered,…
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‘I Am Not Of The World, Yet I Am In It’
‘I Am Not Of The World’ I have given them your word, and the world has hated them because they are not of the world, just as I am not of the world. I do not ask that you take them out of the world, but that you keep them from the evil one. They…
Andrew Taggart, Ph.D. 