Tag: Spirituality
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Why Do I Oscillate Back And Forth Between The Body-identity And Higher States?
Question: It’s funny how the feeling of aliveness is so deeply buried in this body. Even when I get out a level or a few [and come to higher states] and see my life beyond time, as part of a complete super-I, I am still oscillating and undulating back into a deep place within this…
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Does Sickness Contradict The Nondual Teaching?
Question: I still can’t seem to kick this illness…. You mentioned a few conversations ago that I should look for places where the teaching seems not to be true and investigate. Having this illness [that won’t go away], I am struggling. While I recognize that all these experiences are arising to me, I still feel…
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Considering A Hypothetical Caste Sorting From A Metaphysical Perspective
0. Let me speak in the hypothetical. A fictional caste-like system hypothetically makes sense, provided that one can look at the matter from a purely metaphysical (not from a political, historical, cultural, or empirical) point of view. Here’s how: 1. In lieu of believing that all beings are “created equal,” we should take stock of…
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Error Messages Vs. Clean Messages
Question: If all arising are consciousness arising, is there a difference between the “error messages” and the “clean messages”? That’s a really good question. Ultimately speaking: No, there is no difference. Yet provisionally speaking: Yes, there appears to be a difference. What’s An Error Message? An error message indicates that I (aham) have inadvertently mixed myself (aham)…
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What Is The Relationship Between Brahman And The Universe?
Swami Prabhavananda’s book The Spiritual Heritage of India provides a beautiful and satisfying answer to the question: “What is the relationship between Brahman and the world, between the One and the many, between Being and becoming?” The pith is that the question must be answered in accordance with the level of development of the student.…
Andrew Taggart, Ph.D. 