Category Archives: Advaita Vedanta

Neo-Advaita

Posted on 6 March, 2022 by amartingarcia

Who am I? Someone who wants to play. I borrowed that expression from you. Neo Advaitist- No play. I told you I don’t believe in any teaching; only, ‘Being is’, and that is what I am. Some say, Being is … Continue reading →

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Not thinking

Posted on 3 March, 2022 by amartingarcia

What are the antonyms of thinking? Thinking is a conscious act. So, I think, the antonyms of thinking must express an unconscious action like sleeping, but I can’t find the exact word. Unconsciousness is the antonym of consciousness, not of … Continue reading →

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Intuition

Posted on 29 January, 2022 by amartingarcia

(‘The word is ArSha or ārṣa. The meaning is given as “relating or belonging to or derived from RRiShi-s or ṛṣis-s”.) D quotes…’Brihad. Up. 1.4, explaining how ṛṣi-s and devatā-s have got ‘extraordinary body-mind-complexes, which enable them to gain knowledge … Continue reading →

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Sastras (Scriptures)

Posted on 19 January, 2022 by amartingarcia

Only intuition and the sastras (scriptures) can afford knowledge of Reaity Continue reading →

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The three non-existing princes

Posted on 24 May, 2019 by amartingarcia

A young boy asked his nanny to tell him a story, and the nanny told him the following story to which the boy listened with great attention: Once upon a time in a city which did not exist, there were … Continue reading →

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Is a single neuron conscious? A short discussion.

Posted on 22 April, 2019 by amartingarcia

Posted on April 22, 2019 by amartingarcia   M. Advaita Vedanta’s perspective is better seen from the top down rather than from the bottom up. Consciousness or awareness can be considered (there is a consensus on this) as a ‘fundamental ‘property’ of (or … Continue reading →

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Three questions & answers

Posted on 8 January, 2019 by amartingarcia

Three Q/A from QUORA (on brain, philosophy, QM, NDE, consciousness) How does the brain understand philosophy? M. The brain… understanding philosophy? My reply to this is similar to the one I gave recently to another question and which was based … Continue reading →

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Two answers in Quora: 1)Consciousness; 2)The spiritual path

Posted on 26 December, 2018 by amartingarcia

https://www.quora.com/What-do-you-consider-the-most-apt-definition-of-consciousness/answer/Alberto-Mart%C3%ADn-2?__nsrc__=4&__snid3__=3630072118  (been repeated here? – 98 upvotes) re  consciousness   https://www.quora.com/How-can-the-heart-soul-be-unhardened/answer/Alberto-Mart%C3%ADn-2  (spiritual path only way)  

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Is duality real?

Posted on 7 October, 2018 by amartingarcia

Subject-object – Advaita Vision comment Anon.: ‘No matter who says what, it is your job to look directly at your own experience/mind without the images of models, teachers, books, and like minded people, and to recognize how the subject-object dichotomy … Continue reading →

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Advaita Vedanta – l

Posted on 16 January, 2018 by amartingarcia

Advaita Vedanta can be called a mystical path, a spirituality, science of reality, or a combination of both (which I prefer). It can be called nonduality or ‘Monism’ (preferably the first): monism because it takes reality as being One (“without … Continue reading →

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