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Advaita Vedanta

The Nature & Object Of Perception

December 26, 2019 by Beth Reninger Leave a Comment

lion-tree figure-ground reversal

This Q & A compliments of Atmananda Krishna Menon: What is the nature and object of perception? A Jnyanin [Sage] perceives the Absolute, diversified as objects. Ignorant men, identifying themselves with the gross body, perceive gross objects. Others, standing as mind, perceive only subtle objects. Jnyanins, standing as Consciousness, perceive only Consciousness. * …

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Snowflake

September 12, 2019 by Beth Reninger Leave a Comment

Wave & Foam

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

Rorschach ink blot

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

Lotus with rippling reflection

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

Mount Kailash sunrise

"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

Johnny Appleseed

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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