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Category Archives: non-duality
Is reality knowable? (From Quora)
“The affirmation that reality is not knowable is itself an assertion of knowledge about reality.” Does this sound like an example of the law of non-contradiction? So this proves that reality is knowable? Tom McFarlane, degrees in philosophy, mathematics, and physics. … Continue reading
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Tagged contradiction, knowledge, logic, mind, Neo-advaita, reality, Truth
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Siddharameshwar (teacher of Nisargadatta)
Sri Siddharameshwar Maharaj (1888 – 1936) Sri Siddharameshwar was the guru of Nisargadatta Maharaj and Ranjit Maharaj – see the chart of the Navnath Sampradaya (also known as the Inchageri tradition). Philip Renard’s guru was Alexander Smit, one of Nisargadatta’s disciples. … Continue reading
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Vision and conceptualization
“Anon.”: ‘The ideas or concepts of Advaita or any other school of thought/belief, etc., introduce duality into the mind…“It’s only the conceptualization of thought that prevents direct experience of what is.”’ M. That is, in my opinion, like putting the … Continue reading
‘Satisfaction’
From ‘Nondual Clarity’ – Feb. 12, 2017 David Aldridge. As Liberation matures you notice how much of life is devoted to the search for stimulation and excitation. Once all that is dropped, there is a release into true Satisfaction. SA. … Continue reading
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Tagged Chandogya Up., Excitation, Indra, liberation, maturity, Prajapati, Satisfaction, self, Virochana
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Pantheism, agnosticism/atheism — and advaita
http://www.quora.com/How-would-you-define-your-sense-of-pantheism/answer/Brad-Neil I have devised this classification for reference: Modes of pantheism (Divine pantheism; Natural pantheism; Spiritual pantheism; scientific pantheism) Brad Neil, proponent of nonduality Modes of pantheism Within the range of categories given, I find myself somewhat ambivalent: I most closely align with natural I believe the physical universe is … Continue reading
Consciousness-Existence-Love
http://www.quora.com/How-many-of-you-agree-with-the-theory-that-our-consciousness-ends-when-we-die?__nsrc__=4 How many of you agree with the theory that our consciousness ends when we die? (There’s of course nothing called ‘Soul’ of a person that goes on to live forever in afterlife. I’m an atheist. I person believe that … Continue reading
Advaya lll
To the Eastern ways of liberation the most important discrimination possible is the one between ‘the two levels of reality’: between the level of the timeless, the discrimination less, the always-present (Reality with capital R), and the level of the … Continue reading
Why the name Advaya? ll (Philip Renard)
The term advaya (or its equivalent, pu-erh in Chinese, fu-ni in Japanese and gnyis-med in Tibetan) is being used explicitly in a few traditions which, because this explicitness, could be together called ‘the one advaya tradition’, ‘the one direct … Continue reading
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Tagged advaya, Buddhism, discrimination, East and West, experience, life, mySelf, non-conceptual, non-discrimination, non-dual Understanding, religion, spiritual, traditions, Truth, ultimate truth
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Plato’s Cave
From Quora Question: ‘Can we step out of Plato’s Cave?’ X As I remember, Plato spoke of the few that escaped into the bright light of day, becoming (at least temporarily?) blinded. That, by itself, has to have some … Continue reading
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Tagged blindness, Diotima, Plato, reality, secret transmission, Socrates, Truth, unity
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Advaya
Inviation in satsang & the ‘holy sequence’ II – Philip Renard Why the name Advaya? This site is called Advaya. This is a Sanskrit term, which means ‘non-duality’. This term has been used very often in texts of both … Continue reading
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Unanimous Tradition / Tradición Unánime 