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Dear Sangha Community:
For the next couple of months (or longer, depending on how long the donations last), anyone in WNC impacted by Helene (everyone) is invited to learn Transcendental Meditation free of charge. We don't present it at the get-go as a non-duality technique, but of course if you listen closely you'll see that non-duality is what it's all about (the unity of the Self, Atma, and the unity of everything, Brahman).
Here's the message:
Relief from within: TM for everyone
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For the next couple of months (or longer, depending on how long the donations last), anyone in WNC impacted by Helene (everyone) is invited to learn Transcendental Meditation free of charge. We don't present it at the get-go as a non-duality technique, but of course if you listen closely you'll see that non-duality is what it's all about (the unity of the Self, Atma, and the unity of everything, Brahman).
Here's the message:
Relief from within: TM for everyone
Apart…
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Thomas E.M. Ball Everyone probably knows this but you have to click "status" to see the whole message. 🙏🏼
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Well Being Retreat Center - Tazewell, TN
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I have not written anything since publishing my second book a year ago, but not long after publication I encountered a message that seems to have taken "my" apparent journey and leveled it. It's not a popular message and certainly not a message I would have chosen to resonate with, but there was apparently a readiness…
Are You In A Spiritual Emergency? Could this be a natural and welcome process of spiritual emergence? How can you know the difference?
Read more: https://amindfulemergence.com/blog/are-you-in-a-spiritual-emergency/
On the day of the takeover of the Capitol, I stopped to chat with my neighbor, who filled me in on what was happening. He asked me to say a prayer for our country, which I later did. It went a little something like this, “May we all find the peace that we seek and share that peace with the world.” Today, while reflecting on the recent events at the Capitol and the drama that continues to ensue, the impulse to write arose and here is the result:
There Was a…
When asked to summarize his teachings in one word, Ramana Maharshi said, “Attention.” That struck home in a deeper way the most recent time I heard it. I thought he would have said, “Silence,” because that what his preferred method of teaching. But his answer makes perfect sense. His teachings on Self-inquiry are all about directing attention from the world of thoughts and objects to the source of attention. Attention has been described as focused Awareness and is the “tool” (if we can call…
