Tag Archives: ego

Great hubris in our time

Posted on 29 July, 2013 by amartingarcia

(Unlike Prometheus, who stole fire from the gods to give it to humans, these others stole oil resources from their owners and gave them to themselves) ‘The Hubris syndrome’, by David Owen (medical doctor and politician) ‘For some politicians and … Continue reading →

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Tristan and Isolde (the feminine principle) – lll

Posted on 25 June, 2013 by amartingarcia

In the last post we quoted Wagner (“What Destiny separated in life emerges as life transfigured by death”), noting how his real spiritual aspirations, his actual yearning despite his failings in the ethical and moral sphere, have been either by-passed … Continue reading →

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Tristan and Isolde (expanded)

Posted on 19 June, 2013 by amartingarcia

Tristan und Isolde Liebestod – ‘love death’ – is the central theme in Wagner’s opera with that title. A theme that reverberated through European culture from the time of the Romantic revolution – especially German Romanticism (Fichte, Schelling, etc.) – … Continue reading →

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The feminine principle

Posted on 11 June, 2013 by amartingarcia

The power of the feminine principle (Shakti, Prakrit-Nature): Creation, Life, Nurturing – and its cycles. Also desire, with its attending temptation. Woman, however, (embodiment of the Goddess) can also be redemptress (e.g. Mary in Christianity). In Wagner’s opera ‘Tristan und … Continue reading →

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I am neither the mind,nor the intellect,nor the ego,nor the mind stuff.I am neither the body,nor the changes of the body.I am neither the senses of hearing,taste,smell or sight.Nor am I ether,the earth,the fire,the air.I am existence absolute,knowledge absolute bliss … Continue reading →

Posted on 21 March, 2013 by amartingarcia | 2 Comments

Two views of Consciousness (Ramana`s and Nisargadatta’s)

Posted on 13 October, 2011 by amartingarcia

“… there is no other self to act as witness of the individual than the individual himself functioning as the ego, which after all is only the mind associated with reflected Consciousness.”  Ramana Maharshi This teaching of Bhagavan is simplicity … Continue reading →

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ego, witness and (reflected) Consciousness – Bhagavan

Posted on 9 October, 2011 by amartingarcia

The individual is nothing else than the ego which, again is only the mind. Simultaneously with the rise of the ego the mind appears, associated with the reflected nature of the Self, like the red-hot iron in the example. How … Continue reading →

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Life is purposeless (Jean Klein)

Posted on 16 July, 2011 by amartingarcia

“Where there’s an ego there is purpose. And when there is no sense of “I” there is no purpose. Life is purposeless. There’s only beauty in living in the eternal. If you believe you are the individual “I” you are … Continue reading →

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The only experiencer

Posted on 13 July, 2011 by amartingarcia

‘you’ are not free, You are freedom ‘you’ do not have experiences, You is experience Itself ‘you’ are/is experienced by It (the only experiencer)

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The ‘hiding’ ego

Posted on 9 July, 2011 by amartingarcia

“Can any hide himself in secret places that I shall not see him?” (Jeremiah 23:24) [This means that] should “a man hide himself in secret places,” i.e., he retains his ego, his “I,” then, says G-d: “I will fail to … Continue reading →

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