Tag: Buddhism
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There Is No Fixed Nature.
No nature is fixed other than the condition that everything that is taken to be a thing changes. All attempts at reification of a self are static conceptions grasping at dynamic existence. They are phantoms, assumptions of a consistent self-concept. There are no origins or substantial existence beyond the conventionally posited, dependently arisen patterns that…
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Reflection, Self Reference, Recursion, and The Hallucination of Memory.
Mirrors; the cycles I see myself in; reflect endlessly throughout the thread of humanity that unites me to the source of myself. The line between me and the reflection was non-existent. It was all part of the same experience. It needed me to be reflected within it. Every person saw themselves in me too. We…
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We are Warriors of Light (a deep dive into universal fearlessness and self-realization across the globe)
Let’s talk about Violence, I know this is a taboo topic in enlightenment circles, and this may sound even more taboo when I say violence is an option, but I firmly believe that violence is neither evil nor good. Violence is a principle by which much of life sustains itself. There is a constant bloody…
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Śūnyatā and Brahman: An attempt at reconciliation of conflicting yet complimentary perspectives of nonduality.
In a quest to understand how we grasp reality, we find ourselves questioning the very certainty of our senses. Are they mere conduits of survival, presenting a tailored hallucination of the world rather than an unfiltered truth? This contemplation leads us to discover a reality far more interconnected than our usual distinctions of observer and…
A Helper of Hermes 