Jiddu Krishnamurti saw through the illusions of the mind and revealed a path to direct perception of reality, to enlightenment…
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Is Santa Real? | Carl Jung & Buddha On Reality
‘Santa Claus can’t possibly be real! There’s no way an oversized old man sneaks into our home on Christmas Eve—we don’t even have a chimney!’ Such were the hard words of 10-year-old Alexy when his mom and I recently mentioned Christmas. Halfway through my awkward attempt at a reply, Alexy interrupted with an even deadlier…
Buddha’s Greatest Teaching: Dependent Origination
Dependent Origination is Buddha’s deepest teaching into the nature of reality, of the self, and of the path to liberation (nirvana).
Become Your True Self: Ken Wilber’s Integral Map For Self-Actualization
Becoming your true self might sound like a paradox, but it is the greatest achievement we can aspire to. Despite our potential, most of us never fully experience the true possibilities of human life. There’s much confusion around what it means to become or discover your true self. Different traditions, thinkers, and schools of thought…
Do You Really Exist? | Buddhist Philosophy
Of course you exist, don’t worry! If you didn’t, how would you know it? There wouldn’t exist anyone to know they don’t exist! To put your existence to doubt is to prove it. Only one who exists may wonder whether they do or not! Right? Right… Unless our premise is wrong. A wrong premise may…
You Walk The Path One Step At A Time
Each one of us is a path, a narrow path amidst a mist.
Nietzsche’s Deepest Idea – Eternal Recurrence
Nietzsche’s eternal recurrence (or eternal return) is a life-changing idea. It is the notion your whole life repeats forever. Can you bear it?