rob hardy

your worst sin is that you’ve formed opinions not from careful reflection on lived experience, but from the assertions of others

It's all well and good to open yourself to the world, to make yourself soft and receptive and vulnerable. But if you don't also stand up for yourself in the face of injustice, the parts of you that you exposed and left undefended will become corrupt, cowardly and full of hate.

Many if not most philosophical controversies are artifacts of trying to using natural language at a higher resolution than it will support.

In my experience, at least some degree of nondual realization makes handling addictions WAY easier.

It's no longer me handling a force, fixing myself, purifying my psyche. It really feels like what Rumi said:

"Be melting snow. Wash yourself of yourself"

The less time I spend living in Someday the more it feels like I live in eternity

There is a Tibetan form of spiritual hyperstition that is more powerful than any of the modern day forms.

It works by living and believing as if you have already awakened to the ultimate truth of reality.

Tibetan Buddhists mastered this technique hundreds of years ago.

In their “pure vision” practice, they spend all day everyday playing the role of an... See more