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The Word "Enlightenment" Creates False Expectations
Enlightenment is our default word for spiritual awakening or deep spiritual insight. While it may serve and inspire certain students to engage in spi…
2 months ago
What The Word "Enlightenment" Does Right
Despite problems, the word enlightenment does capture two real aspects of awakening: transformation and insight.
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2 months, 1 week ago
Is Enlightenment The Right Word? (#135)
Episode 135
We use the word enlightenment all the time in spirituality.
But it might actually be one of the most misleading words in the entire field.
It suggests …
2 months, 1 week ago
The Late Stage of Meditation
Perhaps 1% or fewer practitioners reach late-stage meditation, where awakening has permanently altered one’s perception.
Late stage says: “There is no…
2 months, 1 week ago
The Middle Stage of Meditation
Mid-stage practitioners constitute perhaps 5–10% of meditators. This is the stage where awakening begins to stabilise.
A core feature of this stage is…
2 months, 1 week ago
The Early Stage of Meditation
At the early stage, meditation is something you do. It is an activity during the day, set apart from life, distinct from the rest.
Awakening is imagin…
2 months, 2 weeks ago
The Three Stages of Meditation & Spiritual Insight (#134)
Episode 134
We tend to see meditation as a single spiritual practice experienced equally by all. It seems meditators sit, practice their technique, attend retrea…
2 months, 2 weeks ago
Meaningful, Meaningless & Ameaningful
Meaning, meaningnless and ameaningful are three different words. Meaning and meaninglessness imply one another.
Questioning the meaning of life is not…
2 months, 2 weeks ago
The Problems In Discussing The Meaning Of Life
The question "What Is The Meaning of Life?" is fraught with difficulties and blindspots. It's so tempting to overcomplicate it, to oversimplify it, o…
2 months, 2 weeks ago
Exploring Personal Meaning: Why Are You Here?
Why are you here? How does personal meaning work? What questions can we ask to get to the core of our personal meaning structure?
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2 months, 3 weeks ago