Tag: Consciousness
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The Final Non-Duality 4 – Modern Non-Duality: Awareness, Realization, and the Trap of Sudden Awakening
The Self Does Not Awaken — It Eternally Is Modern non-duality, especially in the traditions emerging from Advaita Vedānta and later crystallized in the teachings of figures like Ramana Maharshi, Nisargadatta Maharaj, and more recently Rupert Spira and Francis Lucille, offers what seems to be one of the most radical breaks from ordinary consciousness. The…
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Contemplative Seeing and the Unshakable Center – 7
The Depth of Silence – Seeing Without Seeking There is a seeing that is not bound to the restless search for meaning, control, or security. It is not the movement of thought attempting to grasp, categorize, or resolve, but a direct witnessing—silent, effortless, and without center. This article explores the nature of contemplative seeing, the…
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The Unveiling of Being – Article 8: Technology, AI, and the Limits of Artificial Thought
The modern world is increasingly shaped by artificial intelligence, automation, and digital technologies that promise to revolutionize human existence. Some believe that AI and advanced computation will eventually match or even surpass human intelligence, fundamentally altering our understanding of consciousness, creativity, and thought. This belief rests on the assumption that intelligence is merely an advanced…
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The Unveiling of Being – Article 4: Consciousness and the Illusion of Reductionism
Throughout history, human thought has struggled to comprehend consciousness, the very faculty by which we experience and understand reality. In contemporary discourse, materialism and reductionism have sought to explain consciousness in purely physical terms, treating it as an emergent property of neural processes. However, these attempts have persistently encountered insurmountable barriers. If we analyze consciousness…
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More on Reincarnation: The Experience of Unity and the Misreading of Time
A sequel to: Post 28 – The Contradiction of Reincarnation Much of what is interpreted as “evidence” for reincarnation arises from powerful experiences in which the boundaries of individual identity appear to dissolve—experiences of deep empathy, of remembering what was never learned, or of seeing oneself within lives not one’s own. These moments can be…
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Post 27 – The Structure of Being on the Illusion of Dualism
Introduction The Structure of Being perspective challenges a series of dualisms that are often taken for granted. By questioning the very idea of becoming—that things emerge, change, and vanish—this view exposes a fundamental mistake in our understanding of time and existence. This mistaken view gives rise to several apparent dualisms: Moreover, these themes resonate with…
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Post 10 – Contemplating the Authentic Sense of Being
Describing the Authentic Sense of Being How may we describe the authentic sense of Being? It is not a “sense” in the conventional understanding of the term, yet sensing, feeling, knowing, and awareness are words often employed to gesture toward it. Here, language falters—words become mere symbols pointing to that which they cannot fully contain,…
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Post 8 – Eternal Being and the Illusion of Change: Eastern Insights and Nihilistic Paradoxes
The East“For the soul, there is neither birth nor death at any time.It has not come into being, does not come into being, and will not come into being.It is unborn, eternal, ever-existing, and primeval.It is not slain when the body is slain.”— Bhagavad Gita, Chapter 2, Verse 20 This verse from the Bhagavad Gita…
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