In relegating the reality and presence of a thing to a substratum, to what’s behind it, I enter into a hopeless pursuit of reality, thinking presence comes from things instead of seeing that it really comes from me. It’s in my presence that the world is present. … More There is nothing but Presence: Don’t try to be present; notice that you already are
The Self transcends all relative being, and all relationships with it are relative and exist only from the point of view of man. In realization, there is neither time nor space nor existence in any recognizable form. … More Thus Spake the Self: The Play of Reality & Reality of Play
We need only reflect on our own daily experience to see that much of suffering, I mean the unnecessary and avoidable suffering, is the result of attachment to what’s pleasant and aversion to what’s unpleasant. Perhaps if we have a bad day where we don’t feel great, we’ve made it what it is in contrast … More Finding the Real in Ecstasy: The Metaphysics of Joy
Both phenomenology and nondual Vedanta have come to the conclusion that “the universe is made of knowledge.” Physics, too, is coming to a similar conclusion, that “the universe is made of information.” … More Meditations on Esoteric Metaphysics
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