Category: Mind-Stuff
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Lester Levenson – Keys To The Ultimate Freedom
“Welcome, seeker. You are about to rediscover a truth you have always known. This primer is designed to help us peel back the layers of complexity we have gathered over our lifetimes, allowing us to return to our natural state of unlimited freedom. Together, we will explore how our internal world shapes the environment around…
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Mind-Object Identity – Spread Mind
“…Riccardo Manzotti’s ‘Mind-Object Identity’ theory, which proposes that a person’s conscious experience is identical to the external object being perceived rather than a process inside the brain. This radical physicalist perspective, known as the Spread Mind, argues that consciousness is located in the environment and exists as a set of relative properties determined by their…
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Pagan God?
“The honest answer from the contemplative side is usually that the word isn’t doing explanatory work at all — it’s doing devotional or orientational work.”
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Radical Openness = Win-Win🔗
Holger: Are there any teachings that emphasize radical openness … to encourage shining the light of awareness onto any thought, feeling or belief without shame, pride or embarrassment, because every insight is a win-win?
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Shankara’s Crest Jewel of Discrimination
“Shankara’s Crest-Jewel of Discrimination, a foundational work on Advaita Vedanta philosophy. It explores the path to spiritual liberation through the rigorous practice of discrimination between the eternal Atman (the true Self) and the transitory non-Self.”
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Relax all effort … Rupert Spira
Ai: “This text explores the fundamental unity underlying different spiritual traditions, suggesting that religious conflicts arise from a misunderstanding of our core reality. The dialogue emphasizes that humans are not limited, separate selves but are instead emanations of an infinite being that can be rediscovered through stillness. Meditation is reframed here as a relaxation of…
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Practicing The Presence of God (Brother Lawrence)
“… a seventeenth-century Carmelite lay brother who achieved renown for his simple yet profound devotion. Through a modernized translation of his letters, conversations, and a funeral eulogy by Abbe Joseph de Beaufort, the documents detail how a former soldier and humble kitchen worker transformed mundane chores into a continuous act of worship. The central theme…
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Fear = Atheism?
“Joel S. Goldsmith teaches that fear is essentially atheism, asserting that it is impossible to have an active realization of God and still experience fear. According to the sources, fear arises from the belief in two powers—good and evil—and a sense of separation from the Divine.”
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Richard Feynman – 5 Habits
“… five specific cognitive habits used by Nobel Prize-winning physicist Richard Feynman to achieve exceptional long-term memory and deep understanding. Rather than relying on innate talent, Feynman utilized active teaching, simplified explanations, and a “notebook of unknowns” to identify gaps in his own logic.”
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Simon & Garfunkel – The Sounds of Silence
“…the lyrics to a famous song that explores the profound lack of meaningful communication in modern society…”