By Judith Blackstone, Philip St. Romain, Jim and Tyra Arraj
The following dialogues are part of an edited exchange between Judith Blackstone, Philip St. Romain, and Jim and Tyra Arraj.
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CLEAR ALL
The concept of nonduality lies at the very heart of Mahayana Buddhism. In the West, it’s usually associated with various kinds of absolute idealism in the West, or mystical traditions in the East—and as a result, many modern philosophers are poorly informed on the topic.
Joseph Campbell called Sanskrit “the great spiritual language of the world.
Shamanism, yoga and alchemy are historically the three great traditions of transformation - physical, psychological and spiritual - with shamanism, yoga and alchemy the Eastern and Western extensions.
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Sometimes illumination occurs spontaneously or, as Ram Dass experienced, in a heart-wrenching moment of opening.