The small self - ego - is an imaginary being
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"ego stops us from understanding where we stand and to know who we really are."
John La Farge - Kwannon Meditating On Human Life
El Greco
Lorenzo Lippi
"Follow your bliss. Find where it is and don't be afraid to follow it." ~ Joseph Campbell. The Self is Truth, Consciousness and Bliss
Refuting the mystical, metaphysical concept of the existence of individual, discrete selves (while bearing in a non existent mind, that there is no universally accepted theory as to what the word "existence" means)
Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi
"ego stops us from understanding where we stand and to know who we really are."
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yoga, mysticism,
advaita (non-duality),
film,
science fiction
art and poetry
This blog is a collection of writings from various schools of philosophy pointing to the unity and ubiquity of Being.
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