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“If we were to dye a piece of cloth we’d have to wash it first.” – Ajahn Chah

I Am That

In teaching, there is a difference between general discourse and guidance given specifically from a teacher to a student or practitioner. A discourse is universally true and the consumer receives the teaching with the perspective that it is simple truth … Continue reading →

Words are words; teaching is teaching. The adage that tells us we cannot attain enlightenment from reading books is meant to say that seeing the truth, knowing truth, is experiential. But, the words of teachers, masters and gurus, whether spoken … Continue reading →

OK, once and for all (for now) I reject the position that the existential self does not exist, is not real, is not tangible and significant within the confines of birth and death. The existential self is real, if only … Continue reading →

“All the dreams are superimposed over a common world. To some extent they shape and influence each other. The basic unity operates in spite of all.” – Nisargadatta, I Am That While Nisargadatta is a non-dualist, statements like this leave … Continue reading →

“A man who claims to know what is good for others is dangerous.” – Nisargadatta, I Am That The world could use a heavy dose of this message. I’m sure it would be good for them!  🙂

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 →