Your self is not a spiritual obstacle | Vividness
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Your self is not a spiritual obstacle | Vividness
According to tantra, the world is fantastic. According to tantra, tantrikas should enjoy sensual pleasures as thoroughly and often as possible. There is no problem with that—if it has no negative practical consequences.
According to tantra, it is possible to enjoy everything .
Nothing in the world can be objectively bad, because there is no external ... See more
According to tantra, it is possible to enjoy everything .
Nothing in the world can be objectively bad, because there is no external ... See more
There are no spiritual problems | Vividness
Phil Nguyen added
Usually, one has an attitude toward something or someone. Again, this is key for tantra. While some Buddhisms emphasize objectless emptiness, tantra is about this world and its inhabitants. While the Buddhas of the other leading brands sit around in the sky being holy, tantric Buddhas act . They act on the basis of their “attitude toward.”
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The power of an attitude | Vividness
Phil Nguyen added
Therefore the practical discipline (sadhana) of the way of liberation is a progressive disentanglement of one’s Self (atman) from every identification. It is to realize that I am not this body, these sensations, these feelings, these thoughts, this consciousness. The basic reality of my life is not any conceivable object. Ultimately it is not even
... See moreAlan W. Watts • The Way of Zen
basic premise of Tantra is self-acceptance. Another is selflove.
Barbara Carrellas • Urban Tantra, Second Edition: Sacred Sex for the Twenty-First Century
Michaela Petrova and added
“Okay,” you might be thinking, “so the project of self-improvement is largely unrelated to the project of spiritual awakening, but it couldn’t possibly undermine the awakening process, could it?” Yes, it could. Let me explain. What exactly is this best version of themselves that people want to be? All too often, it’s a socially conditioned figment
... See moreChristopher D. Wallis • Near Enemies of the Truth: Avoid the Pitfalls of the Spiritual Life and Become Radically Free
"In my view, the realistic goal to be attained through spiritual practice is not some permanent state of enlightenment that admits of no further efforts but a capacity to be free in this moment, in the midst of whatever is happening. If you can do that, you have already solved most of the problems you will encounter in life."
Sam Harriss • Waking Up: A Guide to Spirituality Without Religion
Near Enemies of the Truth: Avoid the Pitfalls of the Spiritual Life and Become Radically Free
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