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Author: Scott
At sixteen, a direct encounter with the non-dual nature of reality changed the entire orientation of my life. I hold a PhD in Asian Comparative Studies with a focus in Indian Philosophy of Religion, and have spent thirty years as both a scholar and practitioner across the Vajrayāna Buddhist, Trika Śaiva, and contemplative traditions. I founded the Institute of Abiding Bliss to make that depth of wisdom genuinely accessible to anyone willing to look more closely at their own awareness.
you are complete
You are always, already whole and complete. This is a very important message to take […]
no arrival
There is no moment of arrival on this path. No point at which we can […]
the fight is the suffering
People often turn to spiritual practice hoping it will end suffering — that circumstances which […]
the four immeasurables
The mind is a restless thing. Thoughts arise from nowhere and dissolve back into nothing. […]
the noise we choose
We have become, in a very real sense, cyborgs. Our phones, tablets, and laptops are […]
the root of violence
Violence is not new. It has been a constant presence throughout human history — in […]
the uninvestigated mind
No one causes us as much harm as we cause ourselves — not through dramatic […]
the practice of compassion
Every major contemplative tradition places compassion at the center of a genuinely fulfilled life. This […]
the abode of happiness
We are, by almost any historical measure, the most materially abundant people who have ever […]
interconnected
The mystics of every tradition say that there is an ultimate truth, not the ultimate […]
always elsewhere
We live in a world that wears busyness as a badge of honor. Ask someone […]
silent interconnection
I think that our incessant desire for distraction causes us to forget our beautiful and […]
life isn’t to be fixed
We have this very deep, salient, unexamined belief that something is wrong. And if it’s […]
everything is otherwise
Everything is otherwise and nothing is what it seems. The world wells up from the […]
what remains when everything is gone
For most of my adult life I have lived with clinical depression. We are typically […]
illusory power
The familiar currencies of power — wealth, status, physical appearance, social dominance — are not […]
the only approval
A remarkable amount of human energy is spent managing the imagined opinions of others. We […]
let your light shine!
Don’t sacrifice your personal seniority to anyone — only you know what you want from […]
the trance of busyness
The mind, left to its own devices, defaults to dissatisfaction. This is not a personal […]
what you are not
When most of us are asked who we are, we respond with roles. Student. Writer. […]
nisargadatta
You are perfect, only you don’t know it. Learn to know yourself and you will […]
krishnamurti’s notebook 2
I just finished reading Krishnamurti’s Notebook, a personal journal kept by the spiritual teacher, Jiddu […]
how the absolute forgets itself (part I)
What follows is my attempt to put into words something that is, at its deepest […]
the mind will always want more
the mind will never tell you that you have done enough. That is simply not […]
beneath the deference
Something quietly catastrophic happens when we stop seeing another human being as fully human. It […]
the holiness of this body
The body is one of the most powerful gateways to awakening available to us — […]
who am I?
To discover your limitations is the same as to discover your limitlessness. To discover your […]
the perspective helmet
A thirteen-year-old girl once told the teacher James Baraz that she had invented something in […]
krishnamurti’s notebook I
Everywhere there was silence; the hills were motionless, the trees were still and the river-beds empty; […]