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Advaita Vedanta

Snowflake

September 12, 2019 by Beth Reninger Leave a Comment

Snowflake

Imagine a single snowflake, with its delicate crystalline structure—utterly unique from any other snowflake. As it drifts through the air, this single snowflake displays its uniqueness—drifting this way and that: serenely, beautifully, playfully. Now imagine this snowflake landing on the surface of a river, lake or ocean. The moment it touches the water, it melts. Its crystalline structure …

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Perception, Reality, Fitness: Practice Notes

August 31, 2019 by Beth Reninger Leave a Comment

Perception, Reality, Fitness: Practice Notes

Skate On a sunny winter morning several years ago, I was riding with a friend through some winding mountain roads. Coming around a hairpin turn, we hit a patch of black ice, went into a tailspin, slid across the opposite lane, and took out a half-dozen or so fence posts before the trunk of a towering pine tree brought our wild skate to a thudding halt. The good news is that—though the car was …

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Practice Notes: Perceiver & Perceived

August 16, 2019 by Beth Reninger Leave a Comment

Practice Notes: Perceiver & Perceived

A True Story Recently underwent a minor outpatient surgical procedure (nothing serious, thankfully!) that was going to involve some amount of physical discomfort. I was informed that the standard protocol was to administer a sedative cocktail—featuring the uber-potent opioid painkiller fentanyl—which induces drowsy relaxation as it masks the pain-sensations. While the sedative/painkiller …

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The Final Truth

July 17, 2019 by Beth Reninger Leave a Comment

The Final Truth

"The final truth, as Ramana Maharshi and Nisargadatta Maharaj and all the sages before them have clearly stated, is that there is neither creation nor destruction, neither birth nor death, neither destiny nor free will, neither any path nor any achievement." ~ Ramesh Balsekar * …

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Mindfulness & Recognition

July 8, 2019 by Beth Reninger Leave a Comment

Mindfulness & Recognition

Concentration Practices: Yes or No? Illustrating the ever-applicable maxim, "well, it just depends"—in relation to the practice of concentration (aka mindfulness aka shamatha)—are the following passages from the Avadhuta Gita of Dattatreya, translated and annotated by Swami Ashokananda. Even though this is one of the most quintessentially direct of Advaita scriptures, in one of its early …

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Practice Notes: Magic Trick

May 30, 2019 by Beth Reninger Leave a Comment

Practice Notes: Magic Trick

Imagine ... taking your son or daughter, or niece or nephew, or younger brother or sister to a magic show. One of the acts performed by the magician is the well-known "sawing a lady in half." You and your child-friend watch as the magician opens the coffin-like wooden box, and helps his lovely assistant to lie down in it—with only her head and her feet protruding, on opposite ends. With The …

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