Tag: thinkyness.com
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Nature of Reality (Rupert Spira)
“This text introduces the concept of non-duality, a perspective suggesting that our essential nature is pure awareness rather than a separate, limited self. Author Rupert Spira explains that self-enquiry is the primary tool for uncovering this reality, allowing individuals to distinguish between fleeting experiences and the permanent consciousness that perceives them.”
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Jim James – State Of The Art (A.E.I.O.U.)
“The song questions whether the use of technology has made humans better beings, and it seems that people have become disconnected, with their wires all crossed, and they are struggling to remember what it means to be alive,”
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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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Ralph: Richard Rohr, Francis of Assisi, Thomas Merton, Meister Eckhart
“… figures like Meister Eckhart, Francis of Assisi, Thomas Merton, and Richard Rohr. They highlight a shift from traditional monastic isolation toward a paradigm of contemplation-in-action, where the divine is found within the ‘market square’ rather than through worldly retreat.”
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Paul Brunton – The Inner Locus of Happiness
“This is not a tedious exercise in logic, but a direct shortcut to the root of the human condition. It reveals that every movement of our will is fueled by a single, hidden expectation.”
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Alan Watts – Being in the way 2
“Daoist philosophy presents the universe as a living field of energy and mutual arising, where everything flows together without a central ruler and the self is inseparable from the whole.”
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Restful Quality of the Mind
“Really, the way our minds work as human beings, it really is utterly simple. It’s just that we hear all these complex descriptions, and then we adopt them. And when we do, we’re uncomfortable in our own skins.”
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C.S. Lewis – The Unmoved Mover
“I was the most dejected and reluctant convert in all England… I wasn’t dragged to faith by emotion. I was cornered by reason.” – C.S. Lewis (Surprised by Joy)
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Roger Castillo – Biological, Psychological, Consciousness layer
“… genuine happiness is found in peace of mind rather than external life circumstances. The speaker distinguishes between the biological layer of physical pleasure or pain and the psychological layer of suffering caused by personal attachment and the illusion of doership.”
