Yet ask: where does an object go and what does it do when it is not appearing in the unified flow of subjective experience? When we look into nonduality – conceptually, experientially, poetically, et cetera – one of the first insights is that Being presents itself as unified to a center that is stable. ThereContinue reading “Nonduality and the Nature of Desire”
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Love Does Not Compare: ACIM Daily Lesson 195
Let us pause for a moment and think of those with whom we compare ourselves. I mean literally search our thoughts and find those individuals (or groups even), and maybe even do a little comparing right now. Aren’t these folks easy to find? Easy to objectify? Easy to envy or scorn? Those who are lessContinue reading “Love Does Not Compare: ACIM Daily Lesson 195”
Love Comes Naturally
Yet it is natural to love one another. It does not take effort or discipline; we don’t have to be taught. Love arises in us as a condition of our being. You could say that we are love, and does it not feel true? Does it not feel like you did not say those wordsContinue reading “Love Comes Naturally”
On Being Wrong (And What Comes Next)
A lot of my thinking over the past year rests on an assumption about observers, namely, that cognition and perception are observer-dependent, and thus cannot provide access to any absolute Reality or Truth. Yet notice that for this assumption to justify the conclusion, it has to be interpreted as being actually real – that is,Continue reading “On Being Wrong (And What Comes Next)”
Beyond Boundaries
Yet perhaps we cannot go beyond names. Perhaps to even try is to descend into a state of infinite regress. “This tree is a white pine.” But before we call it a “white pine” we call it a “tree.” And before we call it a “tree” we call it “it.” Can we reach a stateContinue reading “Beyond Boundaries”
On Descriptions of Spiritual Awakening
Heinz von Foerster once said – here paraphrased – that complexity is a consequence of language; it does not inhere in the world. I want to extend his insight and say that complexity is not a property of experience but rather is a property of descriptions of experience. Basically, I am suggesting that experience happensContinue reading “On Descriptions of Spiritual Awakening”