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One-Eyed Monsters
Fallacies of Absolutism. The three stages of Zen, and how many teachers and students remain stuck in the 'mountains are no longer mountains' stage, despite arguments to the contrary. 'Believing in emptiness, they fall into a self-condemned void' (Nagarjuna), having to resort to convoluted and circular reasoning to justify action or purpose in the tangible world. We may be infinite consciousness, the Image of God, but consciousness is not its own Source. 'Seeing without a seer', 'thinking without a thinker', may characterize our true Identity, but in fact there is a Seer and a Thinker. "I and my Father are One," said Jesus, but "the Father is greater than I." By Peter Holleran.
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The Depths of This Thing
Trying to say what can't be said: stages of realization, and what gets enlightened. By Peter Holleran
"Instant gratification take too long."
  
- Postcard from the Edge
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Not A 'One-Shot'
'Awakenings' are steps to Enlightenment. 'Enlightenments' are stages to liberation. By Peter Holleran
"The sage is the flower, the blossoming of intelligence, throughout eons of time...It is the product of nature's strivings to bring about such blossoms. It takes a long time to produce a sage."
   - Anthony Damiani
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Sant Mat: A Comparative Analysis: Part One
***Updated 5-18-13*** An exhaustive consideration in three parts: Traditional models of the path; psycho-physical anatomy; comparisons with yoga: Sivananda, Yukteswar, Yogananda, Ramakrishna; the Master's Radiant Form; Vedanta; Ramana Maharshi; Secrets of the Path; Nirvikalpa; Sach Khand; Anami; Philosophy. By Peter Holleran.
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Sant Mat: A Comparative Analysis: Part Two
A discriminating look at: Planes and Bodies; Sach Khand and Soul - are they nondual, or is only Anami or the 'One' nondual? Sant Mat versus Buddhism; More on Sant Mat and Non-Dualism; Shabd Yoga as a Jnana Path; Shabda-Brahman as Liberator, Not Creator: an alternate nondual view; Simran, Spiritual Intuition, Inner Hierarchies; After Death: What Happens. By Peter Holleran.
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Sant Mat: A Comparative Analysis: Part Three
***Updated 5-18-13*** A fresh, in-depth look at self-introspection, morality, and the keeping of a diary from different stages of perspective; attitudes and preconceptions about the path; also, a rational consideration of nutrition, dietary accessories, and sexuality. By Peter Holleran.
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Sant Mat: A Comparative Analysis: Part Four
Topics: Satori versus samadhi; Perfect Master; Omniscience; Advaita; Sahaj Samadhi; Liberation from the inner realms; Advantages of a Lineage; Kabir's Anurag Sagar; Kal; Relative and Absolute Teachings; Divya Chakshu vs. Jnana Chakshu; Eradication of karmas; Sant Mat as a true non-dual path, and not just one of other-worldly escape; Conclusions. By Peter Holleran.
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Esoteric Climatology
***Revised 3-28-13***
Global warming: true or false? natural or man-made? Dissecting the evidence. Conclusion: don't worry too much. And, how it relates to the solar system, the Big Bang, and metaphysical teachings. By Peter Holleran.
"I'm not sure which is more arrogant - to say we cause global warming or that we can fix it."
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Elvis the Bodhisattva
A look at the King of rock and roll's spiritual side. By Peter Holleran.
  
"All I want is to know the truth, to know and experience God. I'm a searcher, that's what I'm all about."
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Karma and Grace
Two Divine Laws: an exploration of the dynamic relationship between the spiritual realities of Karma and Grace. By Peter Holleran.
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'Khanti' Yoga
The path of endurance. By Peter Holleran.
"The questers cannot help them selves. It is not that they necessarily have the strength to endure as that they have no choice except to endure."
   - Paul Brunton
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Ennui
The passage through the wilderness. By Peter Holleran.
“But first the disciple must pass through the complexity in order to exhaust the various possibilities until the awakening of the consciousness which leads toward simplicity: would he be able to bear the intermediate phase between his dream and reality.” - de Lubicz
  
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Dying in the Master's Company
The graceful passing of Ramana Maharshi's mother and Sant Kirpal Singh's wife. The influence of a saint or jnani at the time of death. Different perspectives on dying. By Peter Holleran.
" At the time of death the initiate will be as happy as a bride on her day of marriage!"   - Sant Kirpal Singh
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In the Bosom of the Lord:
Death for the Unliberated
  
****Revised 3-29-13****
The ins and outs of the existence of consciousness after death for the as yet unliberated soul. Contrary views from Buddhism, Christianity, Sant Mat. The death process. "Pure lands". Companion article to Dying in the Master's Company. By Peter Holleran.
"Why worry about consciousness after death? What matters is to be conscious when you are alive. If you are not alive now, you will not live after death either." - anadi
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On Suicide and the Spiritual Quest
Words on a delicate issue of profound importance. By Peter Holleran.
"The fact that suicide is always possible is the starting point of any genuine metaphysical thought."    - Gabriel Marcel
"The act of suicide - it is a trapdoor that suddenly springs open. What more can one say?"    - Martin Buber
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Why We Need a New Vision?
****Revised 11-24-12****
Problems with traditional models of spiritual realization. By Peter Holleran.
"Plotinus even delivers a warning, and he says [in The Enneads] that we must
TEACH OUR SOULS....So right there he's warning us that we must have the
correct doctrine, or we will misunderstand the experiences that we have...If you
can ask an intelligent question, that shows that you already understand. To
formulate a question precisely is already quite a feat of knowledge." - Anthony Damiani
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The Nature of Nondual Realization
A short depiction of nondual realization vs. the nondual ground, with regard to individuality and the planes of existence. By Peter Holleran.
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Non-Duality and and the Soul: Some Knotty Problems
A comprehensive attempt to reconcile contrary views. The teachings of Paul Brunton compared to Advaita, Buddhism, Sant Mat, and other schools. Topics considered: realization, practice, Soul, Overself, individuality, and more. Why and how "Atman and Brahman are One" - but not the same. Part One of a Four-Part series. By Peter Holleran.
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Theosophy, PB, and Non-Duality: A Fresh Look
Broad-based non-dual teachings in ancient doctrine as introduced in Theosophy, their striking similarity with the philosophy of Paul Brunton, and how they offer a resolution of Vedanta, Buddhism,and Christianity. The legitimacy of H.P. Blavatsky's sources and writings, and a short biographical sketch of her living (not imaginary) masters. Part Two of a series. By Peter Holleran.
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Is "Ajatavada" Non-Dual Enough?
A look at ajatavada or non-causality, central tenet of the Mandukya Upanishad and non-dual teachings, and the suggestion of a more inclusive, 'modified' version. Part Three of a series. By Peter Holleran.
"Our position is not that we have established non-causality, it is that there is no proof of causality. There is a difference here." - V.S. Iyer
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'A Tale of Two Siddhis' - Beyond Patanjali
A request for explanations of two extraordinary capabilities not easily explainable either by Patanjali's yoga sutras or Advaita Vedanta. Prize for best answer: your head lopped off at no charge!! Part Four of a series. By Peter Holleran.
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The Deeper Meaning of the Dark Night of the Soul
****Revised 4-8-12****
Spiritual crises and breakthroughs in the Christian and Buddhist traditions. A comprehensive, fresh, modern look at the dark night phenomena in all of its ramifications. Its deeper purpose: not just to 'purify the ego-soul', but to transcend it and bodily awaken to Consciousness-Being. By Peter Holleran.
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St Teresa of Avila - to Hell and Back
A second look at the Dark Night phenomena and the mystics of the Church. By Peter Holleran.
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The Best of J.P. deCaussade
Words of wisdom on classic purgation from an often overlooked master of the interior life. Edited by Peter Holleran
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Ignorance
Compiled by Peter Holleran
"A dog has the soul of the philosopher."    - Plato
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Don't Expect To Know
On the nature of awakening. Compiled by Peter Holleran.
"Unless one becomes a six-month old baby, there is no hope for one in the realm of Self-knowledge." - Ramana Maharshi
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Caught on the Path - the Master Trap
Select quotes on reaching a spiritual state of helplessness and hopelessness.
Compiled by Peter Holleran.
"Dear heart, where do you find
the courage to seek the Beloved
when you know He has annihilated
so many like you before?
I do not care, said my heart,
my only wish is to become
one with the Beloved."   
- Rumi
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Patience, Perseverance, and Good News
Words from the wise on important virtues. Compiled by Peter Holleran.
"Ask and ye shall receive, knock and it shall be opened unto you." - Jesus
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Two Sprites
Some seed-thoughts on worry and hurry. By Peter Holleran
"In every life we have some trouble; when you worry you make it double." - Bobby Mc Ferrin
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The Greater Kingdom
Appreciating the river of Intelligence that runs through all life. By Peter Holleran
"Nothing I say can explain to you Divine Love,
Yet all of creation cannot seem to stop talking about it." ~ Rumi
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Backdraft
The fire of grace creates and fills a vacuum. By Peter Holleran.
"One does not begin to know and to feel one’s spiritual miseries until they begin to be cured.” - Fenelon
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The Primordial Ground: Part One
****Revised 03-30-13****
Is the realization of consciousness the ultimate One, or the Divine Soul? Is there an Absolute beyond consciousness? An analysis of the teachings of Atmananda, Adyashanti, and Sri Nisargadatta. The "mirror" analogy in Advaita and Dzogchen. By Peter Holleran
"Consciousness exists in awareness and awareness is the reflection of the light on the waters of existence." - Sri Nisargadatta, I AM THAT
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The Primordial Ground: Part Two
'Relative polarities' mistaken for Reality; Non-dual enlightenment actualized from within relativity. By Peter Holleran.
"Truth can be reached only through the knowledge of opposites." - Tenshin
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Emptiness Is 'Empty'
Companion piece to 'Maya Is 'Maya'. A discussion of the shunyavada or emptiness teachings of Madhyamika Buddhism, their relevance, and similarities in other traditions. How, if misunderstood, they can be a means of avoiding the human condition. By Peter Holleran.
"Believers in emptiness are hopelessly incurable."    - Nagarjuna
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Maya Is 'Maya'
Companion piece to 'Emptiness Is 'Empty' (read that first). An extensive discussion of the 'provisional' teachings of Maya or illusion in Hinduism, with similarities in other traditions, and why it is a bug-a-boo or outdated illusion itself! By Peter Holleran.
“Alas! What a wonderful thing this veiling power is! It can even destroy the wisdom of a learned and wise man! One may be intelligent and wise, a scholar, very clever, and also adept in the vision of the exceedingly subtle Atman. In spite of these high qualifications, even a little breeze of this concealing power can destroy everything.”    - Sankara
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The Great Uniqueness
The sage is merged into and works for the World-Idea. Ego-I and 'I Am' become one. By Peter Holleran
“The ego to which he is so attached turns out on enquiry to be none other than the presence of the World-Mind within his own heart. If identification is then shifted by constant practice from one to the other, he has achieved the purpose of life.” - Paul Brunton
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The Great Uniqueness: Part Two
The positive role or status of the ego or human personality, and how attempts to idealistically deny, destroy, or dissociate from it through inquiry or any other method are counter-productive to realization itself - and miss the very point of incarnation. 'I Am' and 'Universal I Am' become one. Self-trust as essential for this thing to work. "There is only one YOU; how advaita makes it two." By Peter Holleran.
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The Idea of Man
The concept of the 'Idea of Man', as found in the philosophy of Daskalos, the 'Magus of Strovolos', as well as theosophy and the writings of Paul Brunton; and the notion of 'Primal Adam', or 'Perfect' or 'Heavenly' Man, in Hebrew, Islamic, Sufi, Taoist, Hindu and Buddhist traditions.. By Peter Holleran.
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The People of the Book
A major work. The common ancestry of the Middle Eastern faiths: Why can't we be friends? Primal Adam and earthly Adam; 'Hu-man'; 'Man-hosh' and 'behosh.' The Idea of Man. By Peter Holleran.
"I dwell neither high nor low, neither in the sky nor on earth,   
nor even in paradise,
O beloved, believe me,   
strange as it may seem,
I dwell in the heart of the   
faithful and it is there   
that I may be found.”
   - Rumi
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The People of the Tradition
The "Custodians of Wisdom." Esoteric origin of the world's religions. By Peter Holleran.
"The soul emanates from an unchangeable and higher spiritual order as well as from a former material evolution, from an extinct solar system,” and has inhabited many other such solar systems. A visitor on this earth for evolutionary purposes, it is humanity’s destiny to evolve beyond it, beyond the moon, beyond the orbits of the outermost planets and beyond the Sun, and so return to the true home-world lying far from this solar system in the depths of the universe.” - Pythagoras
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Hellenic Buddhism and Buddhist Christianity
***Revised 10-8-12***
Theravada Buddhist and other Indian Influences on Greek Philosophy and early Christianity, and subsequent Hellenic and Christian Influence on the Rise of Mahayana Buddhism. Also, esoteric origins of Christianity and the mystery of Christ.   By Peter Holleran.
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The Secret Doctrine
***Revised 10-8-12***
All you wanted to know about man's esoteric evolution but were afraid to ask. This article should help exhaust your seeking and also save you two thousand pages of reading or more. By Peter Holleran.
"Nor is it, after all, necessary that anyone should believe in the Occult Sciences and the old teachings, before one knows anything or even believes in his own soul....Your experience is limited to a few thousand years, to less than a day in the whole age of humanity and to the present types of the actual continents and isles of our Fifth Race. How can you tell what will or will not be?"      - H.P. Blavatsky
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After Awakening, What Next?
Awakening and evolution. A comparison of the teachings of Paul Brunton, Sri Aurobindo, anadi, Nisargadatta Maharaj, contemporary non-dualists, and more. By Peter Holleran.
"How can a man fully express himself unless he fully develops himself? The spiritual evolution which requires him to abandon the ego runs parallel to the mental evolution which requires him to perfect it."    -    Paul Brunton
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Why Did Sankara Speak (and Think) So Much?
**Revised** 1-16-12. On the paths of experience and the path of Identity. The role of the mind in spiritual practise. By Peter Holleran
"If I am experiencing awareness all the time because it is me, then I have a knowledge problem, not an experience problem. If you do not realize that you have a knowledge problem, then unfortunately you will have to keep groping around in the experiential wilderness until you do realize it."    - James Swartz
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Doubt As A Doorway To The Divine
Doubt as a form of grace. By Peter Holleran.
"The greater the doubt, the greater the awakening; the smaller the doubt, the smaller the awakening; no doubt, no awakening.”
- Zen saying
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Bedtime Stories: Are They Real?
Karma and reincarnation versus "nothing ever happened"; let the non-dual wars begin! By Peter Holleran
“My realization is higher than the sky, But my observance of karma is finer than a grain of barley flour.”
   - Padmasambhava
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The Long and the Short of It
A representative sampling of quotes on the "Long Path" and the "Short Path", from The Notebooks of Paul Brunton. By Peter Holleran.
"A man is like a fraction whose numerator is what he is and whose denominator is what he thinks of himself. The larger the denominator the smaller the fraction." - Tolstoy
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Dual Non-Dualism: Part One
"Consciousness Is Not All." A comparative overview of the teachings of anadi. By Peter Holleran.
  
“This vision is beyond duality and non-duality, embracing the paradoxical existence of the individual soul and her evolution within the ocean of universal intelligence."
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Dual Non-Dualism: Part Two
"Distinctions of Oneness." A continued look into truth 'beyond the mind.' By Peter Holleran.
"We should not forget that often awakening is brought by the power of grace. In many traditions, students are supported from the esoteric dimension. That's why, even when one is doing the practice without having the full understanding but one is sincere and genuine - transformation simply does take place...Grace is the ultimate source of awakening." - anadi
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Dual Non-Dualism: Part Three
"I am Not THAT" - or am I? Are Atman and Brahman the same? Is there not a Soul? Is Advaita the last word? By Peter Holleran
"You must find your own way. Unless you find it yourself, it will not be your own way and will take you nowhere." - Sri Nisargadatta
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Dual Non-Dualism: Part Four
"Invasion of the Body Snatchers." The nature of wholeness vs. the negation of body and soul. Concluding dharma debate. By Peter Holleran. **Updated 5-13-12**
"It is not only awareness of mind and body which creates a conscious human being, but participation in them too!"     - anadi
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'Columbo' Yoga
The need for precision in language in philosophical teaching. by Peter Holleran
"When you see two doctrines contradicting each other, it is a sure sign and warning there is a logical contradiction somewhere." - V.S. Iyer
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New Myths of Enlightenment
By Peter Holleran.
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The Ego Starts at Birth or Before - Not By Age Two
An investigation of a popular notion about 'personal stories' and samsara. By Peter Holleran.
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Seven Fundamental Questions
Who, what, where, when, how, and why am I? And, what is the world? A short essay on self-inquiry. By Peter Holleran.
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It's All Too Much For Me To Take
Subtle Dimensions: mind-bending thoughts on Holarchy and Hierarachy
  
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Spirituality is Medicine - not Philosophy
The church of spirituality is a hospital for sick souls. By Peter Holleran
  
"That which hurts, but is profitable, is drunk by the wise like medicine. For the result, afterwards attained, becomes incomparable." - Nagarjuna
  
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Truthfulness
A discussion of Sacca (truthfulness, integrity, character), the most important of the ten Buddhist paramis (perfections). By Peter Holleran.
  
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Shraddha
Faith is our True Nature. By Peter Holleran
  
“A thought of faith once awakened is the basis of the way forever.”
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What Is Intelligence?
A look at the dynamic aspect of enlightenment. By Peter Holleran.
"For this very Intelligence, which runs through human consciousness, there is no end to its expansion into the mystery of the Universal Light, the I AM or the Supreme Presence of God." - anadi
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Dredging the Depths of Cyclic Existence
The grace of the masters on a journey through the Bardos. By Peter Holleran.
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The Divine Path of Growing Old
The evolutionary impulse built into the World-Idea, according to astrology and the words of sages. By Peter Holleran.
"Whereas the spiritual evolution would be implemented through the [transits of the] outer three planets - which require abandoning the ego - the rational souls from Saturn inward are demanding that the ego gets fulfilled." - Anthony Damiani
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The Enigmatic Kabir
The poet-saint Kabir, his Anurag Sagar, commentary on the throne room of God, and non-duality. By Peter Holleran.
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Those Amazing Christians
A potpourri of interestings, colorful characters. By Peter Holleran.
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Scare Tactics
Traditional practice motivators. By Peter Holleran.
“The experience one has at the time of death is as if a thorny bush were placed inside the rectum and extracted through the mouth." - Quran
"When the soul leaves the body one feels pain as if bitten by a million scorpions at once.” - Bhagwad Purana
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Goo-Goo Eyes
"Tests" on the quest: humorous, painful, and informative, depending on point of view. Some adult content. Edited by Peter Holleran.
[Note: References to the masculine gender were left unchanged so as not to interrupt the flow of the text; they should, however, be read as gender neutral. Also, while the humorous links appeal most directly to the male mind, with a little imagination they can apply equally well to that of the female.]
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The Purpose of Spiritual Training
The wisdom of Jack Nicholson.
"You can't handle the truth!"
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Spiritual Implications of Brain Research - 2011
Revised and Expanded
Brain-wave studies on TM and Buddhist meditators, Carmelite nuns, Primal Therapy patients, neurosurgical volunteers - and what it all means. Can enlightenment be proven in the laboratory? By Peter Holleran.
"There is no machine that can measure a person’s realization." - Tsoknyi Rinpoche
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Teachers, or Masters, of the One?
*** Being revised ***
"So what if you have dropped illusion?
You didn't drop your pride.
Pride has fooled the best sages,
Pride devours all."   - Kabir, Bijak
"Without virtue, God is only a word.”       - Plotinus
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THE INTEGRATIONALISTS AND THE NON-DUALISTS -1:
"The Opening Gambits."
An imaginary conversation between contrasting points of view at Wisdom's Goldenrod Center for Philosophic Studies on the relationship between realization and transformation. By Peter Holleran.
"A truth's initial commotion is directly proportional to how deeply the lie was believed. It wasn't the world being round that agitated people, but that the world wasn't flat.When a well-packaged web of lies has been sold gradually to the masses over generations, the truth will seem utterly preposterous and its speaker a raving lunatic.”      - Dresden James
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The INTEGRATIONALISTS AND THE NON-DUALISTS - 2
"The Reply of Plotinus"
The debate continues.........
"The gradation of the One, the One-Many [Nous], and the One and Many [Soul] is eternally fixed, and is an expression of reality."
    - Plotinus
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THE INTEGRATIONALISTS AND THE NON-DUALISTS - 3:
"The Fall from Grace"
"If there is no soul, does Buddhism then teach that death is the termination of all conscious existence? This question cannot be answered by a simple “yes” or “no”.
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The INTEGRATIONALISTS AND THE NON-DUALISTS- 4:
"Last Gasp of the Puppet People"
"None of us is thrown into this world against his will. All of us are here because we want to be here...Some are eager to descend into a body again, but others are reluctant and are half-dragged down."
    - Paul Brunton
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The Heart of the Lankavatara Sutra
The Lanka in a nutshell. By Peter Holleran.
"But, if they only realised it, they are already in the Tathagata's Nirvana for, in Noble Wisdom, all things are in Nirvana from the beginning."
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PB and Plotinus: The Fallacy of Divine Identity
Is sahaj samadhi realization of the Soul, or the One? By Peter Holleran.
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BE AS YOU ARE: The Core Direct Teaching of Ramana
A selection from Talks with Ramana Maharshi. Compiled by Peter Holleran.
"You are always in the Heart. You are never away from it in order that you should reach it."
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Elvis Was Not a Mentalist
****Revised 11-06-12****
Thoughts on manifestation, the "I-thought" and self-inquiry. By Peter Holleran.
”His first mental act is to think himself into being. He is the maker of his own “I.” This does not mean that the ego is his own personal invention alone. The whole world-process brings everything about, including the ego and the ego’s own self-making.”   - Paul Brunton
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The "Lost Years" of Ramana Maharshi
His two death experiences and their meaning in regards to self-realization, spiritual practice, the heart, jnana, bhakti, the World-Mind, and astrology. By Peter Holleran.
" All that you can say of the Heart is that it is the very Core of your being."
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Kundalini: Up, Down, or ?
By Peter Holleran
"During my days I lay in the prison of Tihran...I felt as if something flowed from the crown of my head over my breast, even as a mighty torrent that precipitated itself upon the earth from the summit of a lofty mountain. Every limb of my body would, as a result, be set afire."   - Baha u'llah
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The Dance of Dharma
Scintillating rays from a diamond-like source open the door of freedom. By Peter Holleran.
"In whatever place you find truth, with whatever name it may be labelled, take it."    - Paul Brunton
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Casablanca
A contemplation.
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The Grandeur of A Sage
A Plotinian view of the Godman. By Peter Holleran.
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Religion Is A Disease
Beware of being medicalized! By Peter Holleran.
"Jnana is a form of madness."
   - Ramana Maharshi
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Have You Ever Been 'Experienced'?
On the issue of drugs and spirituality. By Peter Holleran
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A Brief Summary of Creation Views:
Five creation views, from God created the world ex nihilo to the ajata (non-causality) view of Vedanta. By Peter Holleran.
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Greek Views on the Soul
On the nature of the body-mind-soul relationship. By Peter Holleran.
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St. Augustine to Gandhi: The Sexual Dilemma
The battle with the flesh, as exemplified by St. Augustine and Mohandas K. Gandhi, and thoughts on the role of psychotherapy in spiritual practice. By Peter Holleran.
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Paramhansa Yogananda and Kriya Yoga
An appreciation and comparative analysis. Kriya yoga as contrasted with both shabd yoga and the path of jnana. Includes link to complete on-line version of Autobiography of a Yogi. By Peter Holleran.
"The moment when Divine Mother beats you the hardest is the time you should cling tenaciously to Her skirt."    - Paramhansa Yogananda
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Sri Aurobindo, the Integral and Supramental Yoga
"The Ultimate Construction Project." By Peter Holleran
"At the very first sight I could realise he had been seeking for the Soul and had gained it, and through this long process of realisation had accumulated within him a silent power of inspiration. His face was radiant with an inner light."    - Rabindranath Tagore
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The Two Krishnamurtis
Paradox and contradiction in two modern iconoclasts, J. Krishnamurti and U.G. Krishnamurti. By Peter Holleran.
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"Don't Worry, Be Happy"
Meher Baba and the Concept of the Avatar. By Peter Holleran.
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A Plutonian Septet
Essays on Patience, Perseverance, Pressure, Trials, Tribulations, and Moxie.
"The other-power is all-important, but this all-importantness is known only to those who have striven, by means of self-power, to attempt the impossible."     - D.T. Suzuki
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A P B !
The sands of time. Four short pieces on aging.
"The unexamined life is not worth living."   - Socrates (470-399 BC)
"The unlived life is not worth examining."     - Socrates (b. 1949)
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The Path of Wrath
Samrambha Yoga - the way of the Asuras.   By Peter Holleran
"You can meditate for fifteen years and get one inch closer to God; or you can be really angry and be with Him instantly."    - Sufi proverb
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The Neo-Vedantic Origins of Christian Science
Its influence on New-Age thinking, and fundamental misunderstanding.
By Peter Holleran.
"They are Vedantins; I mean they have picked up a few doctrines of the Advaita and grafted them upon the Bible."      - Swami Vivekananda
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Maybe THIS Time It Is Different
Spiritual Revolution: the Mayan Calendar, 2012, Energy Shift, Golden Age, Brunler Scale, Morphogenic Fields, Planetary Ascension, Ashtar Command, Photon Belt, Kalki Avatar, Holographic Universe, Binary Sun, The Great Year, "Global Warming", and "Solar System Warming". Get ready, it's happening! ["For entertainment purposes only"]. Edited with commentary by Sirius.
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Saga of the Disillusioned Seeker
On how a noble soul was entranced by an enigmatic cult, struggled with the still, small voice within, was liberated from false authority, escaped the pod people, and found his way back home. Humorous and irreverant. Rated: PG-17 (some language). By "Morpheus".
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Mt. Tamalpais, the Sacred Mountain
Take a spirit walk on a San Francisco Bay area treasure, visted by numerous saints and sages. By Peter Holleran.
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