Monthly Archives: March 2010

I read Nisargadatta and try to understand his image of non-duality, but I don’t. The notion seems to be that if we are all of the unmanifest, then in that context we are all one and everything is of the … Continue reading →

I have come to think that one problem I have in understanding the wise – gurus, realized or enlightened individuals – is that they take words that have definite meaning to me, change their definition, and then try to bend … Continue reading →

Let us presume that I am consciousness.  Consciousness is bound to the senses and their interaction with sense objects.  Through them, consciousness becomes intertwined with likes and dislikes, craving and aversion, desire, hate, ill-will, greed.  Thus, from consciousness springs happiness, … Continue reading →

Being against, standing against, has no value. It only tells others they are wrong. It tears down and divides but does nothing to improve or to foster harmony, peace, compassion or even responsibility.   Being for ignores the negative and promotes the … Continue reading →