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Tag Archives: human condition
The Making of the Human Self
How do children develop a sense of self? From the moment they are born, babies are exposed to information that can teach them about who they are. By touching their own face and body, or by kicking and grabbing things, … Continue reading
Posted in Consciousness & Spirituality, Mind
Tagged awareness, child, child psychology, childhood, consciousness, ego, emotions, human condition, human self, infant, mind, neuroscience, psychology, self, self-awareness, toddler, world
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A Satsang Invocation
The San Jose BMCM Satsang Invocation Leader’s CALL: “Krishna said: …you shall come to me; this I promise; for you are dear to me.” Group RESPONSE: “We come to your presence, Krishna. Bring us now into your light and wisdom.” … Continue reading
Posted in Consciousness & Spirituality, Mysticism, Transformation
Tagged adhan, awareness, Bhagavad Gita, chronos, consciousness, divine promise, enlightenment, experience, human condition, illumination, invocation, kairos, Krishna, light, mysticism, promise, sacred space, sacred time, sacred time and space, satsang, spiritual practice, spirituality
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The Joy of Knowing… Who You Are
To a foundling orphan, growing up without finding out answers to questions of who and why can be hurtful. That hurt can stay hidden for years, swept under the rug of having to live out a current lifetime, despite the … Continue reading
The Moment of Awakened Awareness
The ineffable, unmanifest, undifferentiated Consciousness, that journeys to the universe of its manifestations through its mirror-mind, individuates infinitely as the Self. Is is this Self as the subject knower that becomes increasingly aware in the manifest dimension of object forms … Continue reading
Posted in Consciousness & Spirituality, Mysticism, The Mystical Life, Transformation
Tagged awakened awareness, awakening, awareness, consciousness, Dzogchen, emptiness, enlightenment, experience, human condition, illumination, Khandro Rinpoche, liberation, mysticism, nirvana, nothingness, release, samsara, self, self-awareness, spiritual journey, sunyata, transformation, Void
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Tribalism in the Human Zoo
The video documentary featured here is a socio-anthropological examination and study of the subject of “human territoriality.” It is a BBC nature documentary series written and presented by Desmond Morris, first broadcast in the United Kingdom on 27 July 1994. … Continue reading
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19 June 2018
Tagged anthropology, belong, belongingness, division, ego, enlightenment, freedom, human animal, human condition, human consciousness, human ego, human zoo, humanhood, illumination, liberation, mythic membership, society, socio-anthropology, sociology, territoriality, territory, tribalism
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Keating Talks on the Human Condition
I wanted to share with you the information that Contemplative Outreach has relented about previously taking away the Fr. Thomas Keating videos from his Spiritual Journey series of talks. They previously pulled them out of YouTube to sell them at … Continue reading
Grace and Healing as Fruitage
Grace and healing are the fruitage of our meditation practice. (Enhance your reading experience; let the music below play in the background as you read.) [Acknowledgement to SoundCloud user252443097 from San Jose, Costa Rica, for the music.] A life of … Continue reading
Posted in Consciousness & Spirituality, Contemplation/Meditation, Mind, Mysticism, Oneness, The Mystical Life, Transformation
Tagged awakening, awareness, consciousness, contemplation, enlightenment, experience, fruitage, God, grace, healing, human condition, illumination, life, light, meditation, mind, mysticism, Oneness, reality, Spirit, spiritual healing, spiritual practice, spirituality, stand back, standing back, suffering, Tao, Taoism, The Mystical Life, transformation
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Who is my neighbor?
Who is my neighbor? That question first confronted Audrey, a mother of three children. The same question later confronted her friend Tisha Beauchmin, herself a mother of five, and Tisha’s husband, Kevin. Then, the question finally confronted the larger community … Continue reading
Posted in Consciousness & Spirituality, Mysticism, Oneness, The Mystical Life, Transformation
Tagged awakening, awareness, consciousness, Good Samaritan, human condition, life, light, love, neighbor, Oneness, perception, self, spirituality, Truth
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