Perspectives on the Path
What is the Question?What is the Answer? The tao that can be toldis not the eternal TaoThe name that can be namedis not the eternal Name.The unnamable is the eternally…
Again we Confront Ego and Samskaras
A challenge came recently. As so often happens it came as two simultaneous messages that initially seemed contradictory. Message 1: A question -- why are you still doing the practices?…
Maya
Na tat svabhasam drsyatvatThe (mind-stuff) is not (self-luminous) because it is an object of perception by the Purusha. Yoga Sutras 4.19 Tat Tvam AsiYou are That. 1 of 4 Mahavakyas,…
What is Real?
A few people have recently brought challenges that underscore the importance of an understanding that differentiates between what is 'Real' and what exists only as an object of thought. Conversations…
All You Need is Within
“The sound of the rain needs no translation” Alan Watts Sitting in a cabin on a lake in Maine, listening to the rain falling on the metal roof, allowing the…
Go Deeper
I had been so happy lately to find so much of the truth that's in me reflected in the teachings of vedanta. It was comforting to find a solid body…
Encountering Vedanta
I recently took a short trip to St. Louis, to visit a friend at Washington University. I'd never spent time in St. Louis before, so we did the normal touristy…