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Tag Archives: no-self
Ex Nihilo
Don’t tell me I am space we are space space is all there is I feel solid objects I feel emotions I know what I think I don’t believe what you are saying I believe in science I am myself … Continue reading
Posted in Rant
Tagged emptiness, free verse, no-self, poem, poetry, Religion and Spirituality, secular spirituality
simulacrum : stories from awakeville
the wide open spaciousness of awakeville didn’t need a golem but mind made one anyway without telling anyone the golem was translucent and easy to miss he could do most things the old me could do and better secretly, the … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry & Free Verse
Tagged false self, free verse, golem, no-self, non self, PNSE, self deception, self image
The Rafting Trip
The Rafting Trip by Peter Tjeerdsma Life has been a whitewater rafting trip for the personality I wear at this time. Restful pools of chilling depth . . . relaxing . . . just long enough to dump me over … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry & Free Verse
Tagged flow, free verse, gnosis, no-self, poem, poetry, secular spirituality, spiritual journey, spiritual poetry, Spiritual practice
Science Studies… Awakening ?
Can science actually study awakening ? This April, I attended the 2014 Consciousness Conference in Tucson, AZ, titled Toward a Science of Consciousness. The conference consists mostly of academic work in the fields of neuroscience, brain science, philosophy, psychology, and … Continue reading
if there’s no ‘there’ out there… by miriam louisa
if there’s no ‘there’ out there… by miriam louisa I keep on checking but I always fail to find a ‘within’ or ‘out there’ apart from thoughts in mind so how can I ‘go within’ to ‘nurture’ the Immeasurable or ‘cultivate’ it … Continue reading
Posted in Fascinating People, Guest Post, No self, Poetry & Free Verse
Tagged Anatta, Miriam Louisa, no-self, nondual, poem, poetry, spiritual poem, spiritual poetry, spirituality
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We’re in an Impossible Situation, You and Me by Thassa Amzwar
We’re in an Impossible Situation, You & Me We’re in an impossible situation, You and Me. With no you. With no me. With no place to ‘situate’. With no time to exist IN. There’s nothing I can tell you. With … Continue reading
Posted in Guest Post, No self, Poetry & Free Verse
Tagged Anatta, direct experience, Direct Pointing, Liberation Unleashed, no-self, poetry, rant, spiritual poetry, TabulaRasa, Thassa Amswar
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Truth is too simple for words by Nirmala
Truth is too simple for words by Nirmala Truth is too simple for words before thought gets tangled up in nouns and verbs there is a wordless sound a deep breathless sigh of overwhelming relief to find the end of … Continue reading
Posted in Advaita, Guest Post, No self, Poetry & Free Verse
Tagged Anatta, gnosis, Nirmala, no religion, no-self, poem, poetry, Religion and Spirituality, spiritual poetry, spirituality
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No True Things by Susan Kahn
No True Things To see that there are no true things Is to fall through crevasses, Through the appearing bedrock And into an emptiness. One finds a freedom To wander among open fields Of neither thing nor no thing. With … Continue reading
Posted in Fascinating People, Guest Post, No self, Poetry & Free Verse
Tagged Anatta, Dependent origination, emptiness, no-self, nonself, poem, poetry, Susan Kahn
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can you, do you, live this savage wisdom? by miriam louisa
can you, do you, live this savage wisdom? by miriam louisa impossible! see this ultimate knowingness isn’t a teaching, a path, a doctrine one can ‘live’ or embody (although the earnest peddlers of nonduality apps would love you to buy the … Continue reading
Posted in Fascinating People, Guest Post, No self, Poetry & Free Verse
Tagged awakening, emptiness, Miriam Louisa, no-self, nonduality, poem, poetry, waking up
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A Question the Buddha Refused to Answer
…From Culadasa ( John Yates ) …Most people at the time of the Buddha believed in reincarnation, or were at least concerned about it as a possibility, [but] the Buddha refused to answer questions about where we come from and … Continue reading
Posted in Guest Post, No self
Tagged afterlife, Buddha, death, fear, impermanence, no-self, Pali Canon, rebirth, reincarnation, suffering
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