The nondual experience of oneness (wholeness) is at the core of mystical experience. But this union of opposites, this awareness of being is available in ordinary, everyday experience. One only needs but look and see.
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A Buddhist Story About No-Self (The Chariot Simile)
Who are you? What is your self? What is that which you call ‘I’ and who are ‘you’ to call it that? Inquiry into the nature of the self is at the core of the Buddha’s teaching – and it is the key to the Buddhist liberation from suffering. Here we explore an iconic Buddhist story about the (non-)self.
Heraclitus: Union of Opposites, Change & Logos
Is Heraclitus the greatest philosopher no one talks about? And what did this thinker mean when he said the world is made of fire?
The Four Noble Truths Of Buddhism Explained
To hear these four truths, the Buddha said, is already the first step on a path that one day WILL bring you to becoming an awakened one, a Buddha, yourself.
The Sacred & The Profane | Mircea Eliade
By identifying with a myth or an archetype, archaic man participates in ultimate reality and enters the plane of the gods, of life everlasting.
The (Not So) Secret Religion Of Money
An essay on the religious aspect of money, man’s innate denial of death and quest for more life. Has gold replaced God in today’s society?
The Dark Psychology of Giving
Ernest Becker shows us the dark psychological roots of our desire to give and make gifts. Heroism and guilt form the psychology of gifts.