Category Archives: Spiritualism

Wake Up and Roar

So after reading the two books in the last post, I found that the one by Sri Ramana Maharshi was a little better than the Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj book. However, I picked up another book called Wake Up and Roar … Continue reading

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Revered Hindu guru Sathya Sai Baba dies at age 84

PUTTAPARTI, India – Hindu guru Sathya Sai Baba, revered by millions worldwide, died Sunday after nearly a month of hospital treatment near his southern Indian ashram. He was 84. The news brought an outpouring of grief from his followers, including … Continue reading

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A Cause For Pause

My inquiry and posts are on hold as I explore two books on nondualism: The Collected Works of Sri Ramana Maharshi I Am That, Talks with Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj

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Ramesh Balsekar

Ramesh S. Balsekar (May 25, 1917 – September 27, 2009) was a disciple of the late Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj, a renowned Advaita master. From early childhood, Balsekar was drawn to Advaita, a nondual teaching, particularly the teachings of Ramana Maharshi … Continue reading

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Invocation

Supplication or prayer As a supplication or prayer it implies to call upon God, a god or goddess, a person, etc. When a person calls upon God, a god, or goddess to ask for something (protection, a favour, his/her spiritual … Continue reading

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Dōgen

Dōgen Zenji (道元禅師; also Dōgen Kigen 道元希玄, or Eihei Dōgen 永平道元, or Koso Joyo Daishi) (19 January 1200 – 22 September 1253) was a Japanese Zen Buddhist teacher born in Kyōto, and the founder of the Sōtō school of Zen … Continue reading

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Universal Zulu Nation

The Universal Zulu Nation is an international hip hop awareness group formed and headed by hip hop pioneer Afrika Bambaataa.[1]:101 Originally known simply as the Organization, it arose in the 1970s as reformed New York City gang members began to … Continue reading

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Criticism of the Bible

This article is about criticisms which are made against the Bible as a source of information or ethical guidance. Criticism of the Bible is not the same thing as Biblical criticism which is the academic treatment of the Bible as … Continue reading

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Holy See

The Holy See (Latin: Sancta Sedes) is the episcopal jurisdiction of the Catholic Church in Rome, in which its Bishop is commonly known as the Pope. It is the preeminent episcopal see of the Catholic Church, forming the central government … Continue reading

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Vatican Secret Archives

The Vatican Secret Archives (Latin: Archivum Secretum Vaticanum), located in Vatican City, is the central repository for all of the acts promulgated by the Holy See. These archives also contain the state papers, correspondence, papal account books,[1] and many other … Continue reading

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Vatican City

Vatican City (i /ˈvætɪkən ˈsɪti/) or Vatican City State,[11] officially Stato della Città del Vaticano (pronounced [ˈstaːto della tʃitˈta del vatiˈkaːno]),[12] which translates literally as “State of the City of the Vatican“, is a landlocked sovereign city-state whose territory consists … Continue reading

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Zazen

Zazen (坐禅; Chinese; zuò chán pinyin or tso-chan Wade-Giles) is at the heart of Zen Buddhist practice. The aim of zazen is just sitting, “opening the hand of thought“.[1][clarification needed] This is done either through koans, Rinzai’s primary method, or … Continue reading

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Nondualism

Nondualism is the implication that things appear distinct while not being separate. The term “nondual” (meaning “not two”) can refer to a belief, condition, theory, practice, or quality. The concept of Nondualism has been linked with “Monism” or “qualified monism” … Continue reading

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My Christmas Experience

Christmas night in Tokyo. Fell asleep around 12 midnight. During the middle of the night, I awoke in the dark and was staring at the ceiling. What I saw on the ceiling was something unexplainable.  Let me describe what I … Continue reading

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Papaji

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Ramana Maharshi

Sri Ramana Maharshi (Tamil: ரமண மஹரிஷி) (December 30, 1879 – April 14, 1950), born Venkataraman Iyer, was a Hindu jnani. He was born to a Tamil-speaking Brahmin family in Tiruchuzhi, Tamil Nadu. After having attained liberation at the age of … Continue reading

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Floyd Henderson on Advaita Vedanta

Floyd Henderson, a disciple of Nisargadatta Maharaj, speaks about Advaita Vedanta. YouTube.com video playlist here.

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Nisargadatta Maharaj

“When I see I am nothing, that is wisdom. When I see I am everything, that is love. My life is a movement between these two.” Nisargadatta Maharaj video playlist on YouTube.com. Nisargadatta Maharaj on Wikipedia.

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Ingo Swann

Ingo Swann video playlist at YouTube.com. Ingo Swann (born Ingo Douglas Swan on 09/14/1933 in Telluride, CO)[1] is an artist and author, best known for his work as a co-creator (according to his frequent collaborators Russell Targ and Harold Puthoff)[2] … Continue reading

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Russell Targ

Russell Targ (born April 11, 1934) is an American physicist and author, an ESP researcher, and pioneer in the earliest development of the laser. Targ was born in Chicago. He is a son of William Targ, former editor-in-chief of G.P. … Continue reading

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Dr. William Deagle

Dr. William Deagle video playlist on YouTube.com.

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Scientology

Scientology is a body of beliefs and related practices created by L. Ron Hubbard (1911–1986), starting in 1952, as a successor to his earlier self-help system, Dianetics.[1] Hubbard characterized Scientology as a religion, and in 1953 incorporated the Church of … Continue reading

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Adronis

Adronis playlist at YouTube.

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Mūlamadhyamakakārikā

The Mūlamadhyamakakārikā[1] (Devanagari: मूलमध्यमककारिका), or Fundamental Verses on the Middle Way, is a key text by Nagarjuna, one of the most important Buddhist philosophers. It now stands at the centre of modern philosophical analysis of the Mādhyamaka philosophy,[citation needed] which … Continue reading

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Alex Collier

YouTube video playlist of Andromedan contactee Alex Collier.

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