Enlightenment is neither a state, nor a process — it is a ‘merit badge’ granted by others
There is a ‘joke’ that circulates among some meditation circles about enlightenment being something that one believes is attainable — for…
James M. Corrigan, Ph.D.
There Is A Way Of Seeing The World Different. I Write About Responsive Naturing, And Inner Spontaneous Sound Meditation — Two Facets Of One Objective: Opening A New Path Forward Towards Eco-Survival.
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The Danger Inherent in Modern Secular Meditation
Secular Meditation Is Taken From Ancient Spiritual Traditions, But Jettisons Their Profound Wisdom
Discussions
Plato On The Necessarily Nondual Nature Of Reality
Plato Explained That Reality Is Necessarily A Nondual Whole, And That The Appearances Are Proof That This Is So.
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On The Limen of Poetic Being
A Poem
Lifting Water From the Well
A Poem
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Beyond Concepts, Begone Concepts
Somewhere Along The Way, The Understanding That Something Is “Beyond Concepts” Got Very Confused
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Loosening the Chains of the Conceptual and the Intelligible
An Understanding Will Always Separate Us From The Truth, Because An Understanding Creates A Something-That-Is-Understood
Tradition
Mystery of The Four Elements Sound Practice
Inner Spontaneous Sound Is Not A Contingent Or Compounded Evanescent Phenomenon — This Is Why All Buddhas Reach Enlightenment By Using It
Tradition
Inner Spontaneous Sound Meditation Practices
Inner Spontaneous Sound Leads Directly To A Definitive Experience Of The Nature Of Mind, And This Is Its Unique Excellence
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Recognizing the Dualistic Structure of Our Experiences
It Is Very Difficult To Overcome The Dualistic Structure Imposed On Our Experiences — Harder Still, That Of Our Language
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Knowledge
Some Types Of Knowledge Effectively Undermine The Possibility Of Achieving Enlightenment — Unfortunately, They Are Those Most Used Pedagogically
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What is an Intuition?
I Think We All Agree That Intuition Is Something That Happens, Without Having To Agree To How It Happens