Tag: Spirituality
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Chop Wood, Carry Water
A Lecture Plus Guided Meditation On July 26 Event At A Glance About Me I’m a Ph.D.-trained practical philosopher and meditation teacher. Over the past 15 years, I’ve explored—with executives, tech founders, and finance professionals—the things that matter most (philosophy) as well as the deep peace that’s at the heart of our experience (meditation). I’ve…
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‘Mind In Purity Is The Self’
“Mind in purity is the Self.” –Ramana Maharshi, Be As You Are: The Teachings of Sri Ramana Maharshi (ed. David Godman), p. 118. How can it be that the mind that has been purified is identical with the Self? To understand how this is so, we had better begin our inquiry with the question: “What…
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Whatever I Really Am Must Be Present Right Now
Part 1: Neti Neti You know the following beyond a shadow of a doubt: “I am present right now.” You cannot possibly deny it. You also can accept the following principle: “Whatever I am must be present right now.” Put these two together: You’re now in a position to test any candidate for what you…
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A Very Short Tutorial On Self-inquiry
Right now there’s a sense you have that I am reading these words. Then there’s the sense that I am looking around. Then a sense that I am experiencing tiredness or boredom. Then a feeling that I am getting hungry. These experiences–reading, looking, feeling tired or bored, getting hungry, and so on–come and go, come…
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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…
Andrew Taggart, Ph.D. 