the Imaginary Encounters with the Neo-Advaita kind

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Stacey imagines the Encounters with the Neo-Advaita kind...

a spiritual satire, light-hearted humor.

 

http://www.wie.org/j22/stacey.asp

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Nisargadatta , " Hur Guler " <hur@n...> wrote:

> Stacey imagines the Encounters with the Neo-Advaita kind...

> a spiritual satire, light-hearted humor.

>

> http://www.wie.org/j22/stacey.asp

 

neo-advaita, the way it has evolved in the west can be used as (an

impersonal) promise of eternity to satisfy our desire for

permanance. " there's no you, there's no free will, you're already

enlightened, " ...then i must be the eternal Self watching the

movie...relax...pass the popcorn.

 

don't get me wrong...i appreciated the selection of the quotes and

the humor. what i didn't like in the article was...since the magazine

carries andrew cohen's precious agenda of " evolutionary "

consciousness, it misses the topic of consciousness or presence and

ridicules the neo-advaita teachings that glows with the unchanging

consciousness that does not depend on evolution, changing, becoming a

better person. was it done on purpose? i have no idea.

 

and that's really why i got interested in advaita in the first place,

not because of the wishy-washy neo-advaita theories or how to self-

improve myself with personal growth methods, but i noticed that all

advaita does is to point to awareness of awareness itself...the

problem begins when this awareness is defined as the Universal Self,

Consciousness (with capital C), etc...giving the poor seeker the

ultimate candy by validating our desire for enlightenment and

eternity.

 

hur