Tag: Spirituality
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The I Is Non-relational
Is the I capable of entering into a relationship with non-I? If it is, then the I would have to be in relationship with the world, the body, or the mind. Specifically, it would have to be an I-perceiver, an I-gross body, an I-energy body, or an I-mind. Is any of this possible? Take the…
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‘This Ghostly Ego’
What a wonder it is! This ghostly ego which is devoid of form comes into existence by grasping a form; grasping a form it endures; feeding upon forms which it grasps, it waxes more; leaving one form it grasps another; when sought for it takes to flight. Know thus. —Ramana Maharshi, Ulladu Narpadu, verse 25…
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Diversity (Which Is Not) And Oneness (Which Is)
The finite mind projects a diversity of objects (e.g., the body, the world, other minds, etc.) and then assumes that reality is such that it conforms to this diversity. As a result, when the finite mind “goes in search” of the Self, it posits twoness: its own independent existence as well as that of the…
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The Weirdest Thing
The weirdest thing that seems to happen has never actually happened. I seem to have woken up from the dream state and, as a result, I really do believe and feel that I am the waker, an individual with a life to lead. Chalk this mistake up as the weirdest weirdness there possibly is. After…
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There’s No Questioner Who Asks, ‘Who Am I?’
There is no entity by [the] name of ‘mind.’ Because of the emergence of thought, we surmise some thing from which they start: that we term mind. When we probe to see what it is, there is nothing like it. After it has ‘vanished,’ Peace will be found to remain eternal. –Ramana Maharshi as cited…
Andrew Taggart, Ph.D. 