for all who are interested

[Guest guest]

with best regards

 

michael

 

 

 

#3655 - Monday, September 14, 2009 - Editor: Jerry Katz

 

The Nonduality Highlights - NDhighlights

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Gloria is usually the editor for the Monday issue. She'll be baaaack!

 

I have received a book by Michael Morrow, a teacher of nonduality who has been around for decades but who has kept a low profile on the Internet. The following is from the Introduction to his new book Nondualism: A New Experiment in Living:

 

 

 

 

Photo: Cover of Non-Dualism: A New Experiment in Living, by Dr. Michael D. Morrow

 

Amazon.com link:

 

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1589094700?ie=UTF8 & tag=nondualitysal-20 & linkCode=as2 & camp=1789 & creative=9325 & creativeASIN=1589094700

 

Personal Journey

 

My inner journey started when I was very young, as I became interested in yoga at age 13. I also started to study and practice aspects of Zen at this time in the late 1960s. I had various life altering 'mystical experiences' around the ages of 16-21. This process led me into the finding of a lifestyle where I would have time to meditate and go through an intensive process of 'self-discovery.' During this period, my mind was indrawn in an indescribable way. The everyday life of working, making money, getting married, buying various material 'toys' had lost all meaning for me at this time. My only quest was to find out 'Who I really was' and what was the meaning of life. I was ready to sacrifice everything, literally, to find out these answers. A friend, who was studying Egyptian mysticism, met up with me and we combined this with Christ's 'Sermon on the Mount' and began the 'give up all you have and follow me' process. This was not a 'mere' philosophical process. It was so strong that everything else seemed meaningless to me at this time. It was as if I could not breathe, if I could not answer these questions burning deep in my soul. (By the way, I believe this is a normal process of Unitary Transformation. I was not special or 'holy.' I was just starting on the journey to discover my Unitary Beingness. For the past 2500 years, humans have followed a procedure similar to what I went through.) I then started to deepen my own type of meditation practice. I was not following any specific techniques, per se, but just being led inward by my own inner essence.

 

(Remember that in Texas in those days, few had even heard of a deep meditation process.) I then discovered the Vedanta movement in America when I was 21. I joined and was a monk of the Vedanta Order of Vivekananda for approximately 9.5 years, from ages 21 to 30. I met some incredible spiritual teachers at this time and practiced Non-Dualism and aspects of qualified Non-Dualism.

 

I then left the monastery after almost 10 years of intensive practice. Since then, I have continued to practice and expand my awareness of what exactly Non-Duality is. I have also continued to expand the very definition of living and the Non-Dual process in general. I was continually studying and delving into the meaning of Non-Dualism and researching how it evolved in the East and West. I must say, that even in the Vedanta movement, I was not overly encouraged to practice Non-Dualism. I did have major support from my original teacher and a handful of others but very few have really tried this path, in reality. I consider myself to be among the first in America to 'experientially' understand and develop this path of Non-Dualism. The longer I am involved in this process, the more I know that, to date, we have hardly even begun to understand or implement this lifestyle.

 

I do not consider myself a spiritual teacher but a person who has sacrificed virtually everything to make a grand experiment with life. I will share what I have learned and hope it helps in some way. Others whom I have been acquainted with have called me a spiritual teacher, but I remain free of such ideas for myself. I am a human being who has 'pushed the envelope' of experience to see what lies 'beyond the veil' of material existence. I have made many mistakes and had deep and profound insights into the heart of reality, just as many others have. I really hope that my life has been 'for the good of all, for the happiness of all' in the end. I will leave that to the process of life itself.

 

Fresh Approach

 

My approach to spiritual life is organic, universal, biological and transcendent, all at the same time. Even after so many years of practice, I still question, observe and come at life in an experimental and educational way. I also do not believe that my way is the right way. As you start to transcend your 'self,' you reach universal principles that are common to all but experienced by few. Thinking that I am somehow special would be both egotistical and uneducated when taking on such a deep and profound subject as trying to discover our true nature. Also, because my way has evolved and changed and continues to change, each day is fresh, new and open. I studied with some incredibly dedicated and pure souls in my earlier life and followed what they told me to the best of my ability and have benefited tremendously. I will also be sharing their insights throughout the book, along with countless other inspired individuals who have 'traced the misty steps to infinity' as I would like to phrase it. I have always kept my own unique approach to life. I have listened to 'that still small voice' (my own higher intelligence) within, to lead and guide my journey. I have never blindly followed anything or anyone. That is why I believe I have been able to make real progress in life.

 

Now, I am much older, have matured, and developed my own approach to life and spiritual life (which eventually become the same). It has been a very difficult but fu road, because I had to break out and cultivate new ways of learning, developing and realizing my true nature. This of course is an on-going process. As long as I live, I learn. I also have stayed out of the 'public eye' for the most part, choosing to wait over 30 years to write an in-depth book about Non-Dualism. When I first started to practice Non-Dualism so many years ago, I was walking into unknown territory and had to find my own way. [Very few had even heard of Non-Dualism then, although today with the popularization by Ken Wilber and others, the awareness is beginning.] I stared with the 'perennial philosophy' Advaita Vedanta; but afterwards have moved on to many other experiments, some of which are totally new and fresh. I also seriously practiced Native American spirituality, Zen Buddhism, Tibetan Buddhism, and many other forms of spiritual traditions at the same time I was studying transpersonal psychology, biology, quantum physics, ecology and other sciences. I had the mind of a philosopher from the beginning and started to make cross-cultural comparisons of various world philosophies, east/west psychology, modern science, etc. I started this in 1975 and it continues today.

 

I have believed in a 'synergistic' approach to life and living. Although in the early days of my spiritual life, I focused on realizing my Essence; my whole purpose was on transcendence of body/mind. I gave up everything: family, friends, bodily pleasures, sense enjoyments, even the enjoyment of food. I was on the road to becoming one of the top 10 surfers in the world and I loved this tremendously. I also gave this up. I started meditating up to 14 hours a day and my other time was spent doing simple gardening and humble chores like cleaning bathrooms, digging ditches, serving food to others, etc. I had a lifelong friend who wanted to marry me and she was beatiful, wonderful and I loved her, but I also decided that I must follow this path of renunciation. I cannot describe how hard this period of my life was. I wanted to become unselfish and transcend the desire-driven mind. This was a very radical period and I am thankful I survived it. I would not recommend such a journey for another. A balanced approach, as Buddha has prescribed, is better and safer. For my personal evolution, I had to go through this process.

 

Developing a Sincere Process for Transformation

 

You can probably understand why I do not like the 'dharma bum' approach to so-called spiritual life. This is where you just keep living the same selfish, sense-bound life and memorize some profound statements from Zen, Advaita Vedanta, or other sources and believe you are then on the spiritual path. I also do not have much respect for those whom are 'self-described intellectuals' and are making a living by selling spiritual truths and parading themselves as paragons of human evolution. I understand this type of mentality, but I cannot respect it, because it ends up deluding all involved in this process. In much of the 'new age,' and new science paradigms, I hear very little of the self-sacrifice, ethical practices and meditation techniques necessary to really start a true transformational process. Even some of the recently popularized integral/transpersonal 'chain of being' approaches have almost a clinical process to deep spiritual transformation. Some of the broad outlines are there but the details of higher stages of living are missing.

 

Depth Experience is in the Integration

 

On the positive side, there has been tremendous progress in the way we approach 'spiritual' life and we are working out some of the key details to a Non-Dualistic life. Those who have truly struggled with 'living the life' of Non-Dualism are the real pioneers, not just the ones who give a long laundry list about what subtle, causal and Non-Dual states of evolution are. The ones who are living the life on a daily basis are the persons you can trust. They have sacrificed their whole life for this endeavor. They have made their life the microscope and telescope of our true human potential. Just because someone has written several books on the subject of 'spiritual' life, this in itself does not make them an authority on the subject. Inner experience and daily ethical living is the real touchstone. The most profoundly evolved person I have ever met in my life ony wrote one small book. Outside Vedanta, many do not know of this book and yet he was a dynamo of 'spiritual evolution.' Spiritual evolution is a dynamic, developmental process that involves the dedication and focus of every aspect of our being: physical, emotional, intellectual, higher level witness-cognition and depth essence. This also includes the total transcendence of our 'I' identity along with the reintegration of this trancendence in everyday life. This reintegration of total transcendence is the area of study that even the great Non-Dual tradition of Vedanta and Zen Buddhism have a problem in truly clarifying for the modern individual. This clarification is the challenge for this generation and modern society in general. [bold text by author]

 

~ ~ ~

 

Non-Dualism: A New Experiment in Living, by Dr. Michael D. Morrow

Amazon.com link:

 

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1589094700?ie=UTF8 & tag=nondualitysal-20 & linkCode=as2 & camp=1789 & creative=9325 & creativeASIN=1589094700

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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[Guest guest]

this is a well written document...

not sure what is serves for devotees of Sri Ramana Maharshi

but i trust michael's intent beyond what appears to be a distraction

 

 

 

Michael Bindel <michael.bindel Sent: Tuesday, September 15, 2009 1:17:41 PM for all who are interested

 

with best regards

 

michael

 

 

#3655 - Monday, September 14, 2009 - Editor: Jerry Katz

 

The Nonduality Highlights - http://groups. / group/NDhighligh ts

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Gloria is usually the editor for the Monday issue. She'll be baaaack!

 

I have received a book by Michael Morrow, a teacher of nonduality who has been around for decades but who has kept a low profile on the Internet. The following is from the Introduction to his new book Nondualism: A New Experiment in Living:

 

 

 

 

Photo: Cover of Non-Dualism: A New Experiment in Living, by Dr. Michael D. Morrow

 

Amazon.com link:

 

http://www.amazon. com/gp/product/ 1589094700? ie=UTF8 & tag=nondualitysal- 20 & linkCode=as2 & camp=1789 & creative=9325 & creativeASIN= 1589094700

 

Personal Journey

 

My inner journey started when I was very young, as I became interested in yoga at age 13. I also started to study and practice aspects of Zen at this time in the late 1960s. I had various life altering 'mystical experiences' around the ages of 16-21. This process led me into the finding of a lifestyle where I would have time to meditate and go through an intensive process of 'self-discovery. ' During this period, my mind was indrawn in an indescribable way. The everyday life of working, making money, getting married, buying various material 'toys' had lost all meaning for me at this time. My only quest was to find out 'Who I really was' and what was the meaning of life. I was ready to sacrifice everything, literally, to find out these answers. A friend, who was studying Egyptian mysticism, met up with me and we combined this with Christ's 'Sermon on the Mount' and began the 'give up all you have and follow me' process. This was not a 'mere'

philosophical process. It was so strong that everything else seemed meaningless to me at this time. It was as if I could not breathe, if I could not answer these questions burning deep in my soul. (By the way, I believe this is a normal process of Unitary Transformation. I was not special or 'holy.' I was just starting on the journey to discover my Unitary Beingness. For the past 2500 years, humans have followed a procedure similar to what I went through.) I then started to deepen my own type of meditation practice. I was not following any specific techniques, per se, but just being led inward by my own inner essence.

 

(Remember that in Texas in those days, few had even heard of a deep meditation process.) I then discovered the Vedanta movement in America when I was 21. I joined and was a monk of the Vedanta Order of Vivekananda for approximately 9.5 years, from ages 21 to 30. I met some incredible spiritual teachers at this time and practiced Non-Dualism and aspects of qualified Non-Dualism.

 

I then left the monastery after almost 10 years of intensive practice. Since then, I have continued to practice and expand my awareness of what exactly Non-Duality is. I have also continued to expand the very definition of living and the Non-Dual process in general. I was continually studying and delving into the meaning of Non-Dualism and researching how it evolved in the East and West. I must say, that even in the Vedanta movement, I was not overly encouraged to practice Non-Dualism. I did have major support from my original teacher and a handful of others but very few have really tried this path, in reality. I consider myself to be among the first in America to 'experientially' understand and develop this path of Non-Dualism. The longer I am involved in this process, the more I know that, to date, we have hardly even begun to understand or implement this lifestyle.

 

I do not consider myself a spiritual teacher but a person who has sacrificed virtually everything to make a grand experiment with life. I will share what I have learned and hope it helps in some way. Others whom I have been acquainted with have called me a spiritual teacher, but I remain free of such ideas for myself. I am a human being who has 'pushed the envelope' of experience to see what lies 'beyond the veil' of material existence. I have made many mistakes and had deep and profound insights into the heart of reality, just as many others have. I really hope that my life has been 'for the good of all, for the happiness of all' in the end. I will leave that to the process of life itself.

 

Fresh Approach

 

My approach to spiritual life is organic, universal, biological and transcendent, all at the same time. Even after so many years of practice, I still question, observe and come at life in an experimental and educational way. I also do not believe that my way is the right way. As you start to transcend your 'self,' you reach universal principles that are common to all but experienced by few. Thinking that I am somehow special would be both egotistical and uneducated when taking on such a deep and profound subject as trying to discover our true nature. Also, because my way has evolved and changed and continues to change, each day is fresh, new and open. I studied with some incredibly dedicated and pure souls in my earlier life and followed what they told me to the best of my ability and have benefited tremendously. I will also be sharing their insights throughout the book, along with countless other inspired individuals who have 'traced the misty

steps to infinity' as I would like to phrase it. I have always kept my own unique approach to life. I have listened to 'that still small voice' (my own higher intelligence) within, to lead and guide my journey. I have never blindly followed anything or anyone. That is why I believe I have been able to make real progress in life.

 

Now, I am much older, have matured, and developed my own approach to life and spiritual life (which eventually become the same). It has been a very difficult but fu road, because I had to break out and cultivate new ways of learning, developing and realizing my true nature. This of course is an on-going process. As long as I live, I learn. I also have stayed out of the 'public eye' for the most part, choosing to wait over 30 years to write an in-depth book about Non-Dualism. When I first started to practice Non-Dualism so many years ago, I was walking into unknown territory and had to find my own way. [Very few had even heard of Non-Dualism then, although today with the popularization by Ken Wilber and others, the awareness is beginning.] I stared with the 'perennial philosophy' Advaita Vedanta; but afterwards have moved on to many other experiments, some of which are totally new and fresh. I also seriously practiced Native American spirituality,

Zen Buddhism, Tibetan Buddhism, and many other forms of spiritual traditions at the same time I was studying transpersonal psychology, biology, quantum physics, ecology and other sciences. I had the mind of a philosopher from the beginning and started to make cross-cultural comparisons of various world philosophies, east/west psychology, modern science, etc. I started this in 1975 and it continues today.

 

I have believed in a 'synergistic' approach to life and living. Although in the early days of my spiritual life, I focused on realizing my Essence; my whole purpose was on transcendence of body/mind. I gave up everything: family, friends, bodily pleasures, sense enjoyments, even the enjoyment of food. I was on the road to becoming one of the top 10 surfers in the world and I loved this tremendously. I also gave this up. I started meditating up to 14 hours a day and my other time was spent doing simple gardening and humble chores like cleaning bathrooms, digging ditches, serving food to others, etc. I had a lifelong friend who wanted to marry me and she was beatiful, wonderful and I loved her, but I also decided that I must follow this path of renunciation. I cannot describe how hard this period of my life was. I wanted to become unselfish and transcend the desire-driven mind. This was a very radical period and I am thankful I survived it. I

would not recommend such a journey for another. A balanced approach, as Buddha has prescribed, is better and safer. For my personal evolution, I had to go through this process.

 

Developing a Sincere Process for Transformation

 

You can probably understand why I do not like the 'dharma bum' approach to so-called spiritual life. This is where you just keep living the same selfish, sense-bound life and memorize some profound statements from Zen, Advaita Vedanta, or other sources and believe you are then on the spiritual path. I also do not have much respect for those whom are 'self-described intellectuals' and are making a living by selling spiritual truths and parading themselves as paragons of human evolution. I understand this type of mentality, but I cannot respect it, because it ends up deluding all involved in this process. In much of the 'new age,' and new science paradigms, I hear very little of the self-sacrifice, ethical practices and meditation techniques necessary to really start a true transformational process. Even some of the recently popularized integral/transperso nal 'chain of being' approaches have almost a clinical process to deep spiritual transformation.

Some of the broad outlines are there but the details of higher stages of living are missing.

 

Depth Experience is in the Integration

 

On the positive side, there has been tremendous progress in the way we approach 'spiritual' life and we are working out some of the key details to a Non-Dualistic life. Those who have truly struggled with 'living the life' of Non-Dualism are the real pioneers, not just the ones who give a long laundry list about what subtle, causal and Non-Dual states of evolution are. The ones who are living the life on a daily basis are the persons you can trust. They have sacrificed their whole life for this endeavor. They have made their life the microscope and telescope of our true human potential.. Just because someone has written several books on the subject of 'spiritual' life, this in itself does not make them an authority on the subject. Inner experience and daily ethical living is the real touchstone. The most profoundly evolved person I have ever met in my life ony wrote one small book.. Outside Vedanta, many do not know of this book and yet he was a

dynamo of 'spiritual evolution.' Spiritual evolution is a dynamic, developmental process that involves the dedication and focus of every aspect of our being: physical, emotional, intellectual, higher level witness-cognition and depth essence. This also includes the total transcendence of our 'I' identity along with the reintegration of this trancendence in everyday life. This reintegration of total transcendence is the area of study that even the great Non-Dual tradition of Vedanta and Zen Buddhism have a problem in truly clarifying for the modern individual. This clarification is the challenge for this generation and modern society in general. [bold text by author]

 

~ ~ ~

 

Non-Dualism: A New Experiment in Living, by Dr.. Michael D. Morrow

Amazon.com link:

 

http://www.amazon. com/gp/product/ 1589094700? ie=UTF8 & tag=nondualitysal- 20 & linkCode=as2 & camp=1789 & creative=9325 & creativeASIN= 1589094700

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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[Guest guest]

Dear Rafe and all concerned

 

 

knowing for sure that many of us have problems putting their INNER KNOWLEDGE into daily practice this books "seems" to show the troubles on the way back home in daily life.

For someone like michael who has found ALL what he was looking for in this lifetime RAMANA i s proved TRUTH beyond any doubt - of course for this person alone....

all others who do not have this absolute inner certainty of GD IS LOVE AND LIGHT AND JOY etc life is very difficult even having "met" Ramana.

Meeting Ramana in every possible way is indeed Grace.

B u t being like it is socalled humans do seldom, very seldom trust GRACE and foremost themselves and their INNER VOICE

 

hoping to have explained that looking at this bookdescription and feeling for our brothers and sisters in our sangha i forwarded this...

NonDualitySaloon is "very interesting" but like everything now like in duality in general t o o m u c h

so michael HAS to stick to TRUTH alone

and thats for michael

simple

JOY

 

IT IS

 

 

I AM

 

 

fullpoint

 

 

 

in Sri Ramana

 

 

michael

 

-

Rafe Stoneman

Wednesday, September 16, 2009 12:32 AM

Re: for all who are interested

 

 

this is a well written document...

not sure what is serves for devotees of Sri Ramana Maharshi

but i trust michael's intent beyond what appears to be a distraction

 

 

 

Michael Bindel <michael.bindel (AT) t-online (DOT) hu> Sent: Tuesday, September 15, 2009 1:17:41 PM for all who are interested

 

with best regards

 

michael

 

 

#3655 - Monday, September 14, 2009 - Editor: Jerry Katz

 

The Nonduality Highlights - http://groups. / group/NDhighligh ts

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Gloria is usually the editor for the Monday issue. She'll be baaaack!

 

I have received a book by Michael Morrow, a teacher of nonduality who has been around for decades but who has kept a low profile on the Internet. The following is from the Introduction to his new book Nondualism: A New Experiment in Living:

 

 

 

 

Photo: Cover of Non-Dualism: A New Experiment in Living, by Dr. Michael D. Morrow

 

Amazon.com link:

 

http://www.amazon. com/gp/product/ 1589094700? ie=UTF8 & tag=nondualitysal- 20 & linkCode=as2 & camp=1789 & creative=9325 & creativeASIN= 1589094700

 

Personal Journey

 

My inner journey started when I was very young, as I became interested in yoga at age 13. I also started to study and practice aspects of Zen at this time in the late 1960s. I had various life altering 'mystical experiences' around the ages of 16-21. This process led me into the finding of a lifestyle where I would have time to meditate and go through an intensive process of 'self-discovery. ' During this period, my mind was indrawn in an indescribable way. The everyday life of working, making money, getting married, buying various material 'toys' had lost all meaning for me at this time. My only quest was to find out 'Who I really was' and what was the meaning of life. I was ready to sacrifice everything, literally, to find out these answers. A friend, who was studying Egyptian mysticism, met up with me and we combined this with Christ's 'Sermon on the Mount' and began the 'give up all you have and follow me' process. This was not a 'mere' philosophical process. It was so strong that everything else seemed meaningless to me at this time. It was as if I could not breathe, if I could not answer these questions burning deep in my soul. (By the way, I believe this is a normal process of Unitary Transformation. I was not special or 'holy.' I was just starting on the journey to discover my Unitary Beingness. For the past 2500 years, humans have followed a procedure similar to what I went through.) I then started to deepen my own type of meditation practice. I was not following any specific techniques, per se, but just being led inward by my own inner essence.

 

(Remember that in Texas in those days, few had even heard of a deep meditation process.) I then discovered the Vedanta movement in America when I was 21. I joined and was a monk of the Vedanta Order of Vivekananda for approximately 9.5 years, from ages 21 to 30. I met some incredible spiritual teachers at this time and practiced Non-Dualism and aspects of qualified Non-Dualism.

 

I then left the monastery after almost 10 years of intensive practice. Since then, I have continued to practice and expand my awareness of what exactly Non-Duality is. I have also continued to expand the very definition of living and the Non-Dual process in general. I was continually studying and delving into the meaning of Non-Dualism and researching how it evolved in the East and West. I must say, that even in the Vedanta movement, I was not overly encouraged to practice Non-Dualism. I did have major support from my original teacher and a handful of others but very few have really tried this path, in reality. I consider myself to be among the first in America to 'experientially' understand and develop this path of Non-Dualism. The longer I am involved in this process, the more I know that, to date, we have hardly even begun to understand or implement this lifestyle.

 

I do not consider myself a spiritual teacher but a person who has sacrificed virtually everything to make a grand experiment with life. I will share what I have learned and hope it helps in some way. Others whom I have been acquainted with have called me a spiritual teacher, but I remain free of such ideas for myself. I am a human being who has 'pushed the envelope' of experience to see what lies 'beyond the veil' of material existence. I have made many mistakes and had deep and profound insights into the heart of reality, just as many others have. I really hope that my life has been 'for the good of all, for the happiness of all' in the end. I will leave that to the process of life itself.

 

Fresh Approach

 

My approach to spiritual life is organic, universal, biological and transcendent, all at the same time. Even after so many years of practice, I still question, observe and come at life in an experimental and educational way. I also do not believe that my way is the right way. As you start to transcend your 'self,' you reach universal principles that are common to all but experienced by few. Thinking that I am somehow special would be both egotistical and uneducated when taking on such a deep and profound subject as trying to discover our true nature. Also, because my way has evolved and changed and continues to change, each day is fresh, new and open. I studied with some incredibly dedicated and pure souls in my earlier life and followed what they told me to the best of my ability and have benefited tremendously. I will also be sharing their insights throughout the book, along with countless other inspired individuals who have 'traced the misty steps to infinity' as I would like to phrase it. I have always kept my own unique approach to life. I have listened to 'that still small voice' (my own higher intelligence) within, to lead and guide my journey. I have never blindly followed anything or anyone. That is why I believe I have been able to make real progress in life.

 

Now, I am much older, have matured, and developed my own approach to life and spiritual life (which eventually become the same). It has been a very difficult but fu road, because I had to break out and cultivate new ways of learning, developing and realizing my true nature. This of course is an on-going process. As long as I live, I learn. I also have stayed out of the 'public eye' for the most part, choosing to wait over 30 years to write an in-depth book about Non-Dualism. When I first started to practice Non-Dualism so many years ago, I was walking into unknown territory and had to find my own way. [Very few had even heard of Non-Dualism then, although today with the popularization by Ken Wilber and others, the awareness is beginning.] I stared with the 'perennial philosophy' Advaita Vedanta; but afterwards have moved on to many other experiments, some of which are totally new and fresh. I also seriously practiced Native American spirituality, Zen Buddhism, Tibetan Buddhism, and many other forms of spiritual traditions at the same time I was studying transpersonal psychology, biology, quantum physics, ecology and other sciences. I had the mind of a philosopher from the beginning and started to make cross-cultural comparisons of various world philosophies, east/west psychology, modern science, etc. I started this in 1975 and it continues today.

 

I have believed in a 'synergistic' approach to life and living. Although in the early days of my spiritual life, I focused on realizing my Essence; my whole purpose was on transcendence of body/mind. I gave up everything: family, friends, bodily pleasures, sense enjoyments, even the enjoyment of food. I was on the road to becoming one of the top 10 surfers in the world and I loved this tremendously. I also gave this up. I started meditating up to 14 hours a day and my other time was spent doing simple gardening and humble chores like cleaning bathrooms, digging ditches, serving food to others, etc. I had a lifelong friend who wanted to marry me and she was beatiful, wonderful and I loved her, but I also decided that I must follow this path of renunciation. I cannot describe how hard this period of my life was. I wanted to become unselfish and transcend the desire-driven mind. This was a very radical period and I am thankful I survived it. I would not recommend such a journey for another. A balanced approach, as Buddha has prescribed, is better and safer. For my personal evolution, I had to go through this process.

 

Developing a Sincere Process for Transformation

 

You can probably understand why I do not like the 'dharma bum' approach to so-called spiritual life. This is where you just keep living the same selfish, sense-bound life and memorize some profound statements from Zen, Advaita Vedanta, or other sources and believe you are then on the spiritual path. I also do not have much respect for those whom are 'self-described intellectuals' and are making a living by selling spiritual truths and parading themselves as paragons of human evolution. I understand this type of mentality, but I cannot respect it, because it ends up deluding all involved in this process. In much of the 'new age,' and new science paradigms, I hear very little of the self-sacrifice, ethical practices and meditation techniques necessary to really start a true transformational process. Even some of the recently popularized integral/transperso nal 'chain of being' approaches have almost a clinical process to deep spiritual transformation. Some of the broad outlines are there but the details of higher stages of living are missing.

 

Depth Experience is in the Integration

 

On the positive side, there has been tremendous progress in the way we approach 'spiritual' life and we are working out some of the key details to a Non-Dualistic life. Those who have truly struggled with 'living the life' of Non-Dualism are the real pioneers, not just the ones who give a long laundry list about what subtle, causal and Non-Dual states of evolution are. The ones who are living the life on a daily basis are the persons you can trust. They have sacrificed their whole life for this endeavor. They have made their life the microscope and telescope of our true human potential.. Just because someone has written several books on the subject of 'spiritual' life, this in itself does not make them an authority on the subject. Inner experience and daily ethical living is the real touchstone. The most profoundly evolved person I have ever met in my life ony wrote one small book.. Outside Vedanta, many do not know of this book and yet he was a dynamo of 'spiritual evolution.' Spiritual evolution is a dynamic, developmental process that involves the dedication and focus of every aspect of our being: physical, emotional, intellectual, higher level witness-cognition and depth essence. This also includes the total transcendence of our 'I' identity along with the reintegration of this trancendence in everyday life. This reintegration of total transcendence is the area of study that even the great Non-Dual tradition of Vedanta and Zen Buddhism have a problem in truly clarifying for the modern individual. This clarification is the challenge for this generation and modern society in general. [bold text by author]

 

~ ~ ~

 

Non-Dualism: A New Experiment in Living, by Dr.. Michael D. Morrow

Amazon.com link:

 

http://www.amazon. com/gp/product/ 1589094700? ie=UTF8 & tag=nondualitysal- 20 & linkCode=as2 & camp=1789 & creative=9325 & creativeASIN= 1589094700

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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[Guest guest]

michael

 

your heart is purely one with that

 

pint sized Eternal God

 

seated in the One Heart of Humanity

 

your diligent devotion to that which transcends duality

 

is a beacon to us all

 

it is Ramana's Grace which has caused

 

you to get out of bed this morning

 

and it is His Grace which has you post what ever you post

 

we share with you this ever flowing Grace of our Beloved Guru

 

 

 

Michael Bindel <michael.bindel Sent: Tuesday, September 15, 2009 11:39:32 PMRe: for all who are interested

 

Dear Rafe and all concerned

 

 

knowing for sure that many of us have problems putting their INNER KNOWLEDGE into daily practice this books "seems" to show the troubles on the way back home in daily life.

For someone like michael who has found ALL what he was looking for in this lifetime RAMANA i s proved TRUTH beyond any doubt - of course for this person alone....

all others who do not have this absolute inner certainty of GD IS LOVE AND LIGHT AND JOY etc life is very difficult even having "met" Ramana.

Meeting Ramana in every possible way is indeed Grace.

B u t being like it is socalled humans do seldom, very seldom trust GRACE and foremost themselves and their INNER VOICE

 

hoping to have explained that looking at this bookdescription and feeling for our brothers and sisters in our sangha i forwarded this...

NonDualitySaloon is "very interesting" but like everything now like in duality in general t o o m u c h

so michael HAS to stick to TRUTH alone

and thats for michael

simple

JOY

 

IT IS

 

 

I AM

 

 

fullpoint

 

 

 

in Sri Ramana

 

 

michael

 

-

Rafe Stoneman

 

Wednesday, September 16, 2009 12:32 AM

Re: for all who are interested

 

 

this is a well written document...

not sure what is serves for devotees of Sri Ramana Maharshi

but i trust michael's intent beyond what appears to be a distraction

 

 

 

Michael Bindel <michael.bindel@ t-online. hu>Tuesday, September 15, 2009 1:17:41 PM for all who are interested

 

with best regards

 

michael

 

 

#3655 - Monday, September 14, 2009 - Editor: Jerry Katz

 

The Nonduality Highlights - http://groups. / group/NDhighligh ts

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Gloria is usually the editor for the Monday issue. She'll be baaaack!

 

I have received a book by Michael Morrow, a teacher of nonduality who has been around for decades but who has kept a low profile on the Internet. The following is from the Introduction to his new book Nondualism: A New Experiment in Living:

 

 

 

 

Photo: Cover of Non-Dualism: A New Experiment in Living, by Dr. Michael D. Morrow

 

Amazon.com link:

 

http://www.amazon. com/gp/product/ 1589094700? ie=UTF8 & tag=nondualitysal- 20 & linkCode=as2 & camp=1789 & creative=9325 & creativeASIN= 1589094700

 

Personal Journey

 

My inner journey started when I was very young, as I became interested in yoga at age 13. I also started to study and practice aspects of Zen at this time in the late 1960s. I had various life altering 'mystical experiences' around the ages of 16-21. This process led me into the finding of a lifestyle where I would have time to meditate and go through an intensive process of 'self-discovery. ' During this period, my mind was indrawn in an indescribable way. The everyday life of working, making money, getting married, buying various material 'toys' had lost all meaning for me at this time. My only quest was to find out 'Who I really was' and what was the meaning of life. I was ready to sacrifice everything, literally, to find out these answers. A friend, who was studying Egyptian mysticism, met up with me and we combined this with Christ's 'Sermon on the Mount' and began the 'give up all you have and follow me' process. This was not a 'mere'

philosophical process. It was so strong that everything else seemed meaningless to me at this time. It was as if I could not breathe, if I could not answer these questions burning deep in my soul. (By the way, I believe this is a normal process of Unitary Transformation. I was not special or 'holy.' I was just starting on the journey to discover my Unitary Beingness. For the past 2500 years, humans have followed a procedure similar to what I went through.) I then started to deepen my own type of meditation practice. I was not following any specific techniques, per se, but just being led inward by my own inner essence.

 

(Remember that in Texas in those days, few had even heard of a deep meditation process.) I then discovered the Vedanta movement in America when I was 21. I joined and was a monk of the Vedanta Order of Vivekananda for approximately 9.5 years, from ages 21 to 30. I met some incredible spiritual teachers at this time and practiced Non-Dualism and aspects of qualified Non-Dualism.

 

I then left the monastery after almost 10 years of intensive practice. Since then, I have continued to practice and expand my awareness of what exactly Non-Duality is. I have also continued to expand the very definition of living and the Non-Dual process in general. I was continually studying and delving into the meaning of Non-Dualism and researching how it evolved in the East and West. I must say, that even in the Vedanta movement, I was not overly encouraged to practice Non-Dualism. I did have major support from my original teacher and a handful of others but very few have really tried this path, in reality. I consider myself to be among the first in America to 'experientially' understand and develop this path of Non-Dualism. The longer I am involved in this process, the more I know that, to date, we have hardly even begun to understand or implement this lifestyle.

 

I do not consider myself a spiritual teacher but a person who has sacrificed virtually everything to make a grand experiment with life. I will share what I have learned and hope it helps in some way. Others whom I have been acquainted with have called me a spiritual teacher, but I remain free of such ideas for myself. I am a human being who has 'pushed the envelope' of experience to see what lies 'beyond the veil' of material existence. I have made many mistakes and had deep and profound insights into the heart of reality, just as many others have. I really hope that my life has been 'for the good of all, for the happiness of all' in the end. I will leave that to the process of life itself.

 

Fresh Approach

 

My approach to spiritual life is organic, universal, biological and transcendent, all at the same time. Even after so many years of practice, I still question, observe and come at life in an experimental and educational way. I also do not believe that my way is the right way. As you start to transcend your 'self,' you reach universal principles that are common to all but experienced by few. Thinking that I am somehow special would be both egotistical and uneducated when taking on such a deep and profound subject as trying to discover our true nature. Also, because my way has evolved and changed and continues to change, each day is fresh, new and open. I studied with some incredibly dedicated and pure souls in my earlier life and followed what they told me to the best of my ability and have benefited tremendously. I will also be sharing their insights throughout the book, along with countless other inspired individuals who have 'traced the misty

steps to infinity' as I would like to phrase it. I have always kept my own unique approach to life. I have listened to 'that still small voice' (my own higher intelligence) within, to lead and guide my journey. I have never blindly followed anything or anyone. That is why I believe I have been able to make real progress in life.

 

Now, I am much older, have matured, and developed my own approach to life and spiritual life (which eventually become the same). It has been a very difficult but fu road, because I had to break out and cultivate new ways of learning, developing and realizing my true nature. This of course is an on-going process. As long as I live, I learn. I also have stayed out of the 'public eye' for the most part, choosing to wait over 30 years to write an in-depth book about Non-Dualism. When I first started to practice Non-Dualism so many years ago, I was walking into unknown territory and had to find my own way. [Very few had even heard of Non-Dualism then, although today with the popularization by Ken Wilber and others, the awareness is beginning.] I stared with the 'perennial philosophy' Advaita Vedanta; but afterwards have moved on to many other experiments, some of which are totally new and fresh. I also seriously practiced Native American spirituality,

Zen Buddhism, Tibetan Buddhism, and many other forms of spiritual traditions at the same time I was studying transpersonal psychology, biology, quantum physics, ecology and other sciences. I had the mind of a philosopher from the beginning and started to make cross-cultural comparisons of various world philosophies, east/west psychology, modern science, etc. I started this in 1975 and it continues today.

 

I have believed in a 'synergistic' approach to life and living. Although in the early days of my spiritual life, I focused on realizing my Essence; my whole purpose was on transcendence of body/mind. I gave up everything: family, friends, bodily pleasures, sense enjoyments, even the enjoyment of food. I was on the road to becoming one of the top 10 surfers in the world and I loved this tremendously. I also gave this up. I started meditating up to 14 hours a day and my other time was spent doing simple gardening and humble chores like cleaning bathrooms, digging ditches, serving food to others, etc. I had a lifelong friend who wanted to marry me and she was beatiful, wonderful and I loved her, but I also decided that I must follow this path of renunciation. I cannot describe how hard this period of my life was. I wanted to become unselfish and transcend the desire-driven mind. This was a very radical period and I am thankful I survived it. I

would not recommend such a journey for another. A balanced approach, as Buddha has prescribed, is better and safer. For my personal evolution, I had to go through this process.

 

Developing a Sincere Process for Transformation

 

You can probably understand why I do not like the 'dharma bum' approach to so-called spiritual life. This is where you just keep living the same selfish, sense-bound life and memorize some profound statements from Zen, Advaita Vedanta, or other sources and believe you are then on the spiritual path. I also do not have much respect for those whom are 'self-described intellectuals' and are making a living by selling spiritual truths and parading themselves as paragons of human evolution. I understand this type of mentality, but I cannot respect it, because it ends up deluding all involved in this process. In much of the 'new age,' and new science paradigms, I hear very little of the self-sacrifice, ethical practices and meditation techniques necessary to really start a true transformational process. Even some of the recently popularized integral/transperso nal 'chain of being' approaches have almost a clinical process to deep spiritual transformation.

Some of the broad outlines are there but the details of higher stages of living are missing.

 

Depth Experience is in the Integration

 

On the positive side, there has been tremendous progress in the way we approach 'spiritual' life and we are working out some of the key details to a Non-Dualistic life. Those who have truly struggled with 'living the life' of Non-Dualism are the real pioneers, not just the ones who give a long laundry list about what subtle, causal and Non-Dual states of evolution are. The ones who are living the life on a daily basis are the persons you can trust. They have sacrificed their whole life for this endeavor. They have made their life the microscope and telescope of our true human potential... Just because someone has written several books on the subject of 'spiritual' life, this in itself does not make them an authority on the subject. Inner experience and daily ethical living is the real touchstone. The most profoundly evolved person I have ever met in my life ony wrote one small book.. Outside Vedanta, many do not know of this book and yet he was a

dynamo of 'spiritual evolution.' Spiritual evolution is a dynamic, developmental process that involves the dedication and focus of every aspect of our being: physical, emotional, intellectual, higher level witness-cognition and depth essence. This also includes the total transcendence of our 'I' identity along with the reintegration of this trancendence in everyday life. This reintegration of total transcendence is the area of study that even the great Non-Dual tradition of Vedanta and Zen Buddhism have a problem in truly clarifying for the modern individual. This clarification is the challenge for this generation and modern society in general. [bold text by author]

 

~ ~ ~

 

Non-Dualism: A New Experiment in Living, by Dr... Michael D. Morrow

Amazon.com link:

 

http://www.amazon. com/gp/product/ 1589094700? ie=UTF8 & tag=nondualitysal- 20 & linkCode=as2 & camp=1789 & creative=9325 & creativeASIN= 1589094700

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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[Guest guest]

Dear Rafe

 

life is a constant "struggle" to find the necessary equilibrium between being down earth and being "at home"

 

Ramanas life is the beacon of LOVE and TRUTH for this person

 

and having learned to try to live according the INNER LIGHT which shows always how this person has to act am feeling that am an instrument for IT

and if acting likewise am incredible HAPPY and receive nearly instantly the answer in form of strange "happenings"

for example like today i was looking - while my wife sylvie was in the fruit market - for a big house with different docs. It is always at this place and this time i did not find it... tried three times. A postman came and i did not ask him - "stupid"... why because "i had" to ask a rather young man...i had to.....

this man answered in perfect american english a intensive exchange of life views immedeately happened and this young man told me it is my birthday and meeting you is the greatest gift....

why???

because i told him in my words that what he was trying to tell so many others and nobody understood him me being the first witness that he is right....

 

what "a strange coincidence"

"things" like this are happened more and more

 

because i stop listening to the highly developed brain-instrument and more and more listen to INTUITION the real one the intuition connected with the INNER LIGHT

 

be embraced

 

yours in bhagavan

 

michael

 

-

Rafe Stoneman

Wednesday, September 16, 2009 5:44 PM

Re: for all who are interested

 

 

michael

 

your heart is purely one with that

 

pint sized Eternal God

 

seated in the One Heart of Humanity

 

your diligent devotion to that which transcends duality

 

is a beacon to us all

 

it is Ramana's Grace which has caused

 

you to get out of bed this morning

 

and it is His Grace which has you post what ever you post

 

we share with you this ever flowing Grace of our Beloved Guru

 

 

 

Michael Bindel <michael.bindel (AT) t-online (DOT) hu> Sent: Tuesday, September 15, 2009 11:39:32 PMRe: for all who are interested

 

Dear Rafe and all concerned

 

 

knowing for sure that many of us have problems putting their INNER KNOWLEDGE into daily practice this books "seems" to show the troubles on the way back home in daily life.

For someone like michael who has found ALL what he was looking for in this lifetime RAMANA i s proved TRUTH beyond any doubt - of course for this person alone....

all others who do not have this absolute inner certainty of GD IS LOVE AND LIGHT AND JOY etc life is very difficult even having "met" Ramana.

Meeting Ramana in every possible way is indeed Grace.

B u t being like it is socalled humans do seldom, very seldom trust GRACE and foremost themselves and their INNER VOICE

 

hoping to have explained that looking at this bookdescription and feeling for our brothers and sisters in our sangha i forwarded this...

NonDualitySaloon is "very interesting" but like everything now like in duality in general t o o m u c h

so michael HAS to stick to TRUTH alone

and thats for michael

simple

JOY

 

IT IS

 

 

I AM

 

 

fullpoint

 

 

 

in Sri Ramana

 

 

michael

 

-

Rafe Stoneman

 

Wednesday, September 16, 2009 12:32 AM

Re: for all who are interested

 

 

this is a well written document...

not sure what is serves for devotees of Sri Ramana Maharshi

but i trust michael's intent beyond what appears to be a distraction

 

 

 

Michael Bindel <michael.bindel@ t-online. hu>Tuesday, September 15, 2009 1:17:41 PM for all who are interested

 

with best regards

 

michael

 

 

#3655 - Monday, September 14, 2009 - Editor: Jerry Katz

 

The Nonduality Highlights - http://groups. / group/NDhighligh ts

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Gloria is usually the editor for the Monday issue. She'll be baaaack!

 

I have received a book by Michael Morrow, a teacher of nonduality who has been around for decades but who has kept a low profile on the Internet. The following is from the Introduction to his new book Nondualism: A New Experiment in Living:

 

 

 

 

Photo: Cover of Non-Dualism: A New Experiment in Living, by Dr. Michael D. Morrow

 

Amazon.com link:

 

http://www.amazon. com/gp/product/ 1589094700? ie=UTF8 & tag=nondualitysal- 20 & linkCode=as2 & camp=1789 & creative=9325 & creativeASIN= 1589094700

 

Personal Journey

 

My inner journey started when I was very young, as I became interested in yoga at age 13. I also started to study and practice aspects of Zen at this time in the late 1960s. I had various life altering 'mystical experiences' around the ages of 16-21. This process led me into the finding of a lifestyle where I would have time to meditate and go through an intensive process of 'self-discovery. ' During this period, my mind was indrawn in an indescribable way. The everyday life of working, making money, getting married, buying various material 'toys' had lost all meaning for me at this time. My only quest was to find out 'Who I really was' and what was the meaning of life. I was ready to sacrifice everything, literally, to find out these answers. A friend, who was studying Egyptian mysticism, met up with me and we combined this with Christ's 'Sermon on the Mount' and began the 'give up all you have and follow me' process. This was not a 'mere' philosophical process. It was so strong that everything else seemed meaningless to me at this time. It was as if I could not breathe, if I could not answer these questions burning deep in my soul. (By the way, I believe this is a normal process of Unitary Transformation. I was not special or 'holy.' I was just starting on the journey to discover my Unitary Beingness. For the past 2500 years, humans have followed a procedure similar to what I went through.) I then started to deepen my own type of meditation practice. I was not following any specific techniques, per se, but just being led inward by my own inner essence.

 

(Remember that in Texas in those days, few had even heard of a deep meditation process.) I then discovered the Vedanta movement in America when I was 21. I joined and was a monk of the Vedanta Order of Vivekananda for approximately 9.5 years, from ages 21 to 30. I met some incredible spiritual teachers at this time and practiced Non-Dualism and aspects of qualified Non-Dualism.

 

I then left the monastery after almost 10 years of intensive practice. Since then, I have continued to practice and expand my awareness of what exactly Non-Duality is. I have also continued to expand the very definition of living and the Non-Dual process in general. I was continually studying and delving into the meaning of Non-Dualism and researching how it evolved in the East and West. I must say, that even in the Vedanta movement, I was not overly encouraged to practice Non-Dualism. I did have major support from my original teacher and a handful of others but very few have really tried this path, in reality. I consider myself to be among the first in America to 'experientially' understand and develop this path of Non-Dualism. The longer I am involved in this process, the more I know that, to date, we have hardly even begun to understand or implement this lifestyle.

 

I do not consider myself a spiritual teacher but a person who has sacrificed virtually everything to make a grand experiment with life. I will share what I have learned and hope it helps in some way. Others whom I have been acquainted with have called me a spiritual teacher, but I remain free of such ideas for myself. I am a human being who has 'pushed the envelope' of experience to see what lies 'beyond the veil' of material existence. I have made many mistakes and had deep and profound insights into the heart of reality, just as many others have. I really hope that my life has been 'for the good of all, for the happiness of all' in the end. I will leave that to the process of life itself.

 

Fresh Approach

 

My approach to spiritual life is organic, universal, biological and transcendent, all at the same time. Even after so many years of practice, I still question, observe and come at life in an experimental and educational way. I also do not believe that my way is the right way. As you start to transcend your 'self,' you reach universal principles that are common to all but experienced by few. Thinking that I am somehow special would be both egotistical and uneducated when taking on such a deep and profound subject as trying to discover our true nature. Also, because my way has evolved and changed and continues to change, each day is fresh, new and open. I studied with some incredibly dedicated and pure souls in my earlier life and followed what they told me to the best of my ability and have benefited tremendously. I will also be sharing their insights throughout the book, along with countless other inspired individuals who have 'traced the misty steps to infinity' as I would like to phrase it. I have always kept my own unique approach to life. I have listened to 'that still small voice' (my own higher intelligence) within, to lead and guide my journey. I have never blindly followed anything or anyone. That is why I believe I have been able to make real progress in life.

 

Now, I am much older, have matured, and developed my own approach to life and spiritual life (which eventually become the same). It has been a very difficult but fu road, because I had to break out and cultivate new ways of learning, developing and realizing my true nature. This of course is an on-going process. As long as I live, I learn. I also have stayed out of the 'public eye' for the most part, choosing to wait over 30 years to write an in-depth book about Non-Dualism. When I first started to practice Non-Dualism so many years ago, I was walking into unknown territory and had to find my own way. [Very few had even heard of Non-Dualism then, although today with the popularization by Ken Wilber and others, the awareness is beginning.] I stared with the 'perennial philosophy' Advaita Vedanta; but afterwards have moved on to many other experiments, some of which are totally new and fresh. I also seriously practiced Native American spirituality, Zen Buddhism, Tibetan Buddhism, and many other forms of spiritual traditions at the same time I was studying transpersonal psychology, biology, quantum physics, ecology and other sciences. I had the mind of a philosopher from the beginning and started to make cross-cultural comparisons of various world philosophies, east/west psychology, modern science, etc. I started this in 1975 and it continues today.

 

I have believed in a 'synergistic' approach to life and living. Although in the early days of my spiritual life, I focused on realizing my Essence; my whole purpose was on transcendence of body/mind. I gave up everything: family, friends, bodily pleasures, sense enjoyments, even the enjoyment of food. I was on the road to becoming one of the top 10 surfers in the world and I loved this tremendously. I also gave this up. I started meditating up to 14 hours a day and my other time was spent doing simple gardening and humble chores like cleaning bathrooms, digging ditches, serving food to others, etc. I had a lifelong friend who wanted to marry me and she was beatiful, wonderful and I loved her, but I also decided that I must follow this path of renunciation. I cannot describe how hard this period of my life was. I wanted to become unselfish and transcend the desire-driven mind. This was a very radical period and I am thankful I survived it. I would not recommend such a journey for another. A balanced approach, as Buddha has prescribed, is better and safer. For my personal evolution, I had to go through this process.

 

Developing a Sincere Process for Transformation

 

You can probably understand why I do not like the 'dharma bum' approach to so-called spiritual life. This is where you just keep living the same selfish, sense-bound life and memorize some profound statements from Zen, Advaita Vedanta, or other sources and believe you are then on the spiritual path. I also do not have much respect for those whom are 'self-described intellectuals' and are making a living by selling spiritual truths and parading themselves as paragons of human evolution. I understand this type of mentality, but I cannot respect it, because it ends up deluding all involved in this process. In much of the 'new age,' and new science paradigms, I hear very little of the self-sacrifice, ethical practices and meditation techniques necessary to really start a true transformational process. Even some of the recently popularized integral/transperso nal 'chain of being' approaches have almost a clinical process to deep spiritual transformation. Some of the broad outlines are there but the details of higher stages of living are missing.

 

Depth Experience is in the Integration

 

On the positive side, there has been tremendous progress in the way we approach 'spiritual' life and we are working out some of the key details to a Non-Dualistic life. Those who have truly struggled with 'living the life' of Non-Dualism are the real pioneers, not just the ones who give a long laundry list about what subtle, causal and Non-Dual states of evolution are. The ones who are living the life on a daily basis are the persons you can trust. They have sacrificed their whole life for this endeavor. They have made their life the microscope and telescope of our true human potential... Just because someone has written several books on the subject of 'spiritual' life, this in itself does not make them an authority on the subject. Inner experience and daily ethical living is the real touchstone. The most profoundly evolved person I have ever met in my life ony wrote one small book.. Outside Vedanta, many do not know of this book and yet he was a dynamo of 'spiritual evolution.' Spiritual evolution is a dynamic, developmental process that involves the dedication and focus of every aspect of our being: physical, emotional, intellectual, higher level witness-cognition and depth essence. This also includes the total transcendence of our 'I' identity along with the reintegration of this trancendence in everyday life. This reintegration of total transcendence is the area of study that even the great Non-Dual tradition of Vedanta and Zen Buddhism have a problem in truly clarifying for the modern individual. This clarification is the challenge for this generation and modern society in general. [bold text by author]

 

~ ~ ~

 

Non-Dualism: A New Experiment in Living, by Dr... Michael D. Morrow

Amazon.com link:

 

http://www.amazon. com/gp/product/ 1589094700? ie=UTF8 & tag=nondualitysal- 20 & linkCode=as2 & camp=1789 & creative=9325 & creativeASIN= 1589094700

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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An excellent example of devine synchronicity at work!--- On Wed, 9/16/09, Michael Bindel <michael.bindel wrote:

Michael Bindel <michael.bindelRe: for all who are interested Received: Wednesday, September 16, 2009, 6:15 PM

 

Dear Rafe

 

life is a constant "struggle" to find the necessary equilibrium between being down earth and being "at home"

 

Ramanas life is the beacon of LOVE and TRUTH for this person

 

and having learned to try to live according the INNER LIGHT which shows always how this person has to act am feeling that am an instrument for IT

and if acting likewise am incredible HAPPY and receive nearly instantly the answer in form of strange "happenings"

for example like today i was looking - while my wife sylvie was in the fruit market - for a big house with different docs. It is always at this place and this time i did not find it... tried three times. A postman came and i did not ask him - "stupid"... why because "i had" to ask a rather young man...i had to.....

this man answered in perfect american english a intensive exchange of life views immedeately happened and this young man told me it is my birthday and meeting you is the greatest gift....

why???

because i told him in my words that what he was trying to tell so many others and nobody understood him me being the first witness that he is right....

 

what "a strange coincidence"

"things" like this are happened more and more

 

because i stop listening to the highly developed brain-instrument and more and more listen to INTUITION the real one the intuition connected with the INNER LIGHT

 

be embraced

 

yours in bhagavan

 

michael

 

-

Rafe Stoneman

 

Wednesday, September 16, 2009 5:44 PM

Re: for all who are interested

 

 

michael

 

your heart is purely one with that

 

pint sized Eternal God

 

seated in the One Heart of Humanity

 

your diligent devotion to that which transcends duality

 

is a beacon to us all

 

it is Ramana's Grace which has caused

 

you to get out of bed this morning

 

and it is His Grace which has you post what ever you post

 

we share with you this ever flowing Grace of our Beloved Guru

 

 

 

Michael Bindel <michael.bindel@ t-online. hu>Tuesday, September 15, 2009 11:39:32 PMRe: for all who are interested

 

Dear Rafe and all concerned

 

 

knowing for sure that many of us have problems putting their INNER KNOWLEDGE into daily practice this books "seems" to show the troubles on the way back home in daily life.

For someone like michael who has found ALL what he was looking for in this lifetime RAMANA i s proved TRUTH beyond any doubt - of course for this person alone....

all others who do not have this absolute inner certainty of GD IS LOVE AND LIGHT AND JOY etc life is very difficult even having "met" Ramana.

Meeting Ramana in every possible way is indeed Grace.

B u t being like it is socalled humans do seldom, very seldom trust GRACE and foremost themselves and their INNER VOICE

 

hoping to have explained that looking at this bookdescription and feeling for our brothers and sisters in our sangha i forwarded this...

NonDualitySaloon is "very interesting" but like everything now like in duality in general t o o m u c h

so michael HAS to stick to TRUTH alone

and thats for michael

simple

JOY

 

IT IS

 

 

I AM

 

 

fullpoint

 

 

 

in Sri Ramana

 

 

michael

 

-

Rafe Stoneman

 

Wednesday, September 16, 2009 12:32 AM

Re: for all who are interested

 

 

this is a well written document...

not sure what is serves for devotees of Sri Ramana Maharshi

but i trust michael's intent beyond what appears to be a distraction

 

 

 

Michael Bindel <michael.bindel@ t-online. hu>Tuesday, September 15, 2009 1:17:41 PM for all who are interested

 

with best regards

 

michael

 

 

#3655 - Monday, September 14, 2009 - Editor: Jerry Katz

 

The Nonduality Highlights - http://groups. / group/NDhighligh ts

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Gloria is usually the editor for the Monday issue. She'll be baaaack!

 

I have received a book by Michael Morrow, a teacher of nonduality who has been around for decades but who has kept a low profile on the Internet. The following is from the Introduction to his new book Nondualism: A New Experiment in Living:

 

 

 

 

Photo: Cover of Non-Dualism: A New Experiment in Living, by Dr. Michael D. Morrow

 

Amazon.com link:

 

http://www.amazon. com/gp/product/ 1589094700? ie=UTF8 & tag=nondualitysal- 20 & linkCode=as2 & camp=1789 & creative=9325 & creativeASIN= 1589094700

 

Personal Journey

 

My inner journey started when I was very young, as I became interested in yoga at age 13. I also started to study and practice aspects of Zen at this time in the late 1960s. I had various life altering 'mystical experiences' around the ages of 16-21. This process led me into the finding of a lifestyle where I would have time to meditate and go through an intensive process of 'self-discovery. ' During this period, my mind was indrawn in an indescribable way. The everyday life of working, making money, getting married, buying various material 'toys' had lost all meaning for me at this time. My only quest was to find out 'Who I really was' and what was the meaning of life. I was ready to sacrifice everything, literally, to find out these answers. A friend, who was studying Egyptian mysticism, met up with me and we combined this with Christ's 'Sermon on the Mount' and began the 'give up all you have and follow me' process. This was not a 'mere'

philosophical process. It was so strong that everything else seemed meaningless to me at this time. It was as if I could not breathe, if I could not answer these questions burning deep in my soul. (By the way, I believe this is a normal process of Unitary Transformation. I was not special or 'holy.' I was just starting on the journey to discover my Unitary Beingness. For the past 2500 years, humans have followed a procedure similar to what I went through.) I then started to deepen my own type of meditation practice. I was not following any specific techniques, per se, but just being led inward by my own inner essence.

 

(Remember that in Texas in those days, few had even heard of a deep meditation process.) I then discovered the Vedanta movement in America when I was 21. I joined and was a monk of the Vedanta Order of Vivekananda for approximately 9.5 years, from ages 21 to 30. I met some incredible spiritual teachers at this time and practiced Non-Dualism and aspects of qualified Non-Dualism.

 

I then left the monastery after almost 10 years of intensive practice. Since then, I have continued to practice and expand my awareness of what exactly Non-Duality is. I have also continued to expand the very definition of living and the Non-Dual process in general. I was continually studying and delving into the meaning of Non-Dualism and researching how it evolved in the East and West. I must say, that even in the Vedanta movement, I was not overly encouraged to practice Non-Dualism. I did have major support from my original teacher and a handful of others but very few have really tried this path, in reality. I consider myself to be among the first in America to 'experientially' understand and develop this path of Non-Dualism. The longer I am involved in this process, the more I know that, to date, we have hardly even begun to understand or implement this lifestyle.

 

I do not consider myself a spiritual teacher but a person who has sacrificed virtually everything to make a grand experiment with life. I will share what I have learned and hope it helps in some way. Others whom I have been acquainted with have called me a spiritual teacher, but I remain free of such ideas for myself. I am a human being who has 'pushed the envelope' of experience to see what lies 'beyond the veil' of material existence. I have made many mistakes and had deep and profound insights into the heart of reality, just as many others have. I really hope that my life has been 'for the good of all, for the happiness of all' in the end. I will leave that to the process of life itself.

 

Fresh Approach

 

My approach to spiritual life is organic, universal, biological and transcendent, all at the same time. Even after so many years of practice, I still question, observe and come at life in an experimental and educational way. I also do not believe that my way is the right way. As you start to transcend your 'self,' you reach universal principles that are common to all but experienced by few. Thinking that I am somehow special would be both egotistical and uneducated when taking on such a deep and profound subject as trying to discover our true nature. Also, because my way has evolved and changed and continues to change, each day is fresh, new and open. I studied with some incredibly dedicated and pure souls in my earlier life and followed what they told me to the best of my ability and have benefited tremendously. I will also be sharing their insights throughout the book, along with countless other inspired individuals who have 'traced the misty

steps to infinity' as I would like to phrase it. I have always kept my own unique approach to life. I have listened to 'that still small voice' (my own higher intelligence) within, to lead and guide my journey. I have never blindly followed anything or anyone. That is why I believe I have been able to make real progress in life.

 

Now, I am much older, have matured, and developed my own approach to life and spiritual life (which eventually become the same). It has been a very difficult but fu road, because I had to break out and cultivate new ways of learning, developing and realizing my true nature. This of course is an on-going process. As long as I live, I learn. I also have stayed out of the 'public eye' for the most part, choosing to wait over 30 years to write an in-depth book about Non-Dualism. When I first started to practice Non-Dualism so many years ago, I was walking into unknown territory and had to find my own way. [Very few had even heard of Non-Dualism then, although today with the popularization by Ken Wilber and others, the awareness is beginning.] I stared with the 'perennial philosophy' Advaita Vedanta; but afterwards have moved on to many other experiments, some of which are totally new and fresh. I also seriously practiced Native American spirituality,

Zen Buddhism, Tibetan Buddhism, and many other forms of spiritual traditions at the same time I was studying transpersonal psychology, biology, quantum physics, ecology and other sciences. I had the mind of a philosopher from the beginning and started to make cross-cultural comparisons of various world philosophies, east/west psychology, modern science, etc. I started this in 1975 and it continues today.

 

I have believed in a 'synergistic' approach to life and living. Although in the early days of my spiritual life, I focused on realizing my Essence; my whole purpose was on transcendence of body/mind. I gave up everything: family, friends, bodily pleasures, sense enjoyments, even the enjoyment of food. I was on the road to becoming one of the top 10 surfers in the world and I loved this tremendously. I also gave this up. I started meditating up to 14 hours a day and my other time was spent doing simple gardening and humble chores like cleaning bathrooms, digging ditches, serving food to others, etc. I had a lifelong friend who wanted to marry me and she was beatiful, wonderful and I loved her, but I also decided that I must follow this path of renunciation. I cannot describe how hard this period of my life was. I wanted to become unselfish and transcend the desire-driven mind. This was a very radical period and I am thankful I survived it. I

would not recommend such a journey for another. A balanced approach, as Buddha has prescribed, is better and safer. For my personal evolution, I had to go through this process.

 

Developing a Sincere Process for Transformation

 

You can probably understand why I do not like the 'dharma bum' approach to so-called spiritual life. This is where you just keep living the same selfish, sense-bound life and memorize some profound statements from Zen, Advaita Vedanta, or other sources and believe you are then on the spiritual path. I also do not have much respect for those whom are 'self-described intellectuals' and are making a living by selling spiritual truths and parading themselves as paragons of human evolution. I understand this type of mentality, but I cannot respect it, because it ends up deluding all involved in this process. In much of the 'new age,' and new science paradigms, I hear very little of the self-sacrifice, ethical practices and meditation techniques necessary to really start a true transformational process. Even some of the recently popularized integral/transperso nal 'chain of being' approaches have almost a clinical process to deep spiritual transformation.

Some of the broad outlines are there but the details of higher stages of living are missing.

 

Depth Experience is in the Integration

 

On the positive side, there has been tremendous progress in the way we approach 'spiritual' life and we are working out some of the key details to a Non-Dualistic life. Those who have truly struggled with 'living the life' of Non-Dualism are the real pioneers, not just the ones who give a long laundry list about what subtle, causal and Non-Dual states of evolution are. The ones who are living the life on a daily basis are the persons you can trust. They have sacrificed their whole life for this endeavor. They have made their life the microscope and telescope of our true human potential... Just because someone has written several books on the subject of 'spiritual' life, this in itself does not make them an authority on the subject. Inner experience and daily ethical living is the real touchstone. The most profoundly evolved person I have ever met in my life ony wrote one small book.. Outside Vedanta, many do not know of this book and yet he was a

dynamo of 'spiritual evolution.' Spiritual evolution is a dynamic, developmental process that involves the dedication and focus of every aspect of our being: physical, emotional, intellectual, higher level witness-cognition and depth essence. This also includes the total transcendence of our 'I' identity along with the reintegration of this trancendence in everyday life. This reintegration of total transcendence is the area of study that even the great Non-Dual tradition of Vedanta and Zen Buddhism have a problem in truly clarifying for the modern individual. This clarification is the challenge for this generation and modern society in general. [bold text by author]

 

~ ~ ~

 

Non-Dualism: A New Experiment in Living, by Dr... Michael D. Morrow

Amazon.com link:

 

http://www.amazon. com/gp/product/ 1589094700? ie=UTF8 & tag=nondualitysal- 20 & linkCode=as2 & camp=1789 & creative=9325 & creativeASIN= 1589094700

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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[Guest guest]

Dear David

 

divine synchronicity is the mirror where we able to discover what going on - the TRUTH

 

realizing that is indeed a great step forwand in itself

 

wishing you fullfillment

 

 

in Sri Ramana Maharshi

 

 

michael

 

 

 

-

DAVID BENTLEY

Thursday, September 17, 2009 1:42 AM

Re: for all who are interested

 

 

 

 

An excellent example of devine synchronicity at work!--- On Wed, 9/16/09, Michael Bindel <michael.bindel (AT) t-online (DOT) hu> wrote:

Michael Bindel <michael.bindel (AT) t-online (DOT) hu>Re: for all who are interested Received: Wednesday, September 16, 2009, 6:15 PM

 

Dear Rafe

 

life is a constant "struggle" to find the necessary equilibrium between being down earth and being "at home"

 

Ramanas life is the beacon of LOVE and TRUTH for this person

 

and having learned to try to live according the INNER LIGHT which shows always how this person has to act am feeling that am an instrument for IT

and if acting likewise am incredible HAPPY and receive nearly instantly the answer in form of strange "happenings"

for example like today i was looking - while my wife sylvie was in the fruit market - for a big house with different docs. It is always at this place and this time i did not find it... tried three times. A postman came and i did not ask him - "stupid"... why because "i had" to ask a rather young man...i had to.....

this man answered in perfect american english a intensive exchange of life views immedeately happened and this young man told me it is my birthday and meeting you is the greatest gift....

why???

because i told him in my words that what he was trying to tell so many others and nobody understood him me being the first witness that he is right....

 

what "a strange coincidence"

"things" like this are happened more and more

 

because i stop listening to the highly developed brain-instrument and more and more listen to INTUITION the real one the intuition connected with the INNER LIGHT

 

be embraced

 

yours in bhagavan

 

michael

 

-

Rafe Stoneman

 

Wednesday, September 16, 2009 5:44 PM

Re: for all who are interested

 

 

michael

 

your heart is purely one with that

 

pint sized Eternal God

 

seated in the One Heart of Humanity

 

your diligent devotion to that which transcends duality

 

is a beacon to us all

 

it is Ramana's Grace which has caused

 

you to get out of bed this morning

 

and it is His Grace which has you post what ever you post

 

we share with you this ever flowing Grace of our Beloved Guru

 

 

 

Michael Bindel <michael.bindel@ t-online. hu>Tuesday, September 15, 2009 11:39:32 PMRe: for all who are interested

 

Dear Rafe and all concerned

 

 

knowing for sure that many of us have problems putting their INNER KNOWLEDGE into daily practice this books "seems" to show the troubles on the way back home in daily life.

For someone like michael who has found ALL what he was looking for in this lifetime RAMANA i s proved TRUTH beyond any doubt - of course for this person alone....

all others who do not have this absolute inner certainty of GD IS LOVE AND LIGHT AND JOY etc life is very difficult even having "met" Ramana.

Meeting Ramana in every possible way is indeed Grace.

B u t being like it is socalled humans do seldom, very seldom trust GRACE and foremost themselves and their INNER VOICE

 

hoping to have explained that looking at this bookdescription and feeling for our brothers and sisters in our sangha i forwarded this...

NonDualitySaloon is "very interesting" but like everything now like in duality in general t o o m u c h

so michael HAS to stick to TRUTH alone

and thats for michael

simple

JOY

 

IT IS

 

 

I AM

 

 

fullpoint

 

 

 

in Sri Ramana

 

 

michael

 

-

Rafe Stoneman

 

Wednesday, September 16, 2009 12:32 AM

Re: for all who are interested

 

 

this is a well written document...

not sure what is serves for devotees of Sri Ramana Maharshi

but i trust michael's intent beyond what appears to be a distraction

 

 

 

Michael Bindel <michael.bindel@ t-online. hu>Tuesday, September 15, 2009 1:17:41 PM for all who are interested

 

with best regards

 

michael

 

 

#3655 - Monday, September 14, 2009 - Editor: Jerry Katz

 

The Nonduality Highlights - http://groups. / group/NDhighligh ts

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Gloria is usually the editor for the Monday issue. She'll be baaaack!

 

I have received a book by Michael Morrow, a teacher of nonduality who has been around for decades but who has kept a low profile on the Internet. The following is from the Introduction to his new book Nondualism: A New Experiment in Living:

 

 

 

 

Photo: Cover of Non-Dualism: A New Experiment in Living, by Dr. Michael D. Morrow

 

Amazon.com link:

 

http://www.amazon. com/gp/product/ 1589094700? ie=UTF8 & tag=nondualitysal- 20 & linkCode=as2 & camp=1789 & creative=9325 & creativeASIN= 1589094700

 

Personal Journey

 

My inner journey started when I was very young, as I became interested in yoga at age 13. I also started to study and practice aspects of Zen at this time in the late 1960s. I had various life altering 'mystical experiences' around the ages of 16-21. This process led me into the finding of a lifestyle where I would have time to meditate and go through an intensive process of 'self-discovery. ' During this period, my mind was indrawn in an indescribable way. The everyday life of working, making money, getting married, buying various material 'toys' had lost all meaning for me at this time. My only quest was to find out 'Who I really was' and what was the meaning of life. I was ready to sacrifice everything, literally, to find out these answers. A friend, who was studying Egyptian mysticism, met up with me and we combined this with Christ's 'Sermon on the Mount' and began the 'give up all you have and follow me' process. This was not a 'mere' philosophical process. It was so strong that everything else seemed meaningless to me at this time. It was as if I could not breathe, if I could not answer these questions burning deep in my soul. (By the way, I believe this is a normal process of Unitary Transformation. I was not special or 'holy.' I was just starting on the journey to discover my Unitary Beingness. For the past 2500 years, humans have followed a procedure similar to what I went through.) I then started to deepen my own type of meditation practice. I was not following any specific techniques, per se, but just being led inward by my own inner essence.

 

(Remember that in Texas in those days, few had even heard of a deep meditation process.) I then discovered the Vedanta movement in America when I was 21. I joined and was a monk of the Vedanta Order of Vivekananda for approximately 9.5 years, from ages 21 to 30. I met some incredible spiritual teachers at this time and practiced Non-Dualism and aspects of qualified Non-Dualism.

 

I then left the monastery after almost 10 years of intensive practice. Since then, I have continued to practice and expand my awareness of what exactly Non-Duality is. I have also continued to expand the very definition of living and the Non-Dual process in general. I was continually studying and delving into the meaning of Non-Dualism and researching how it evolved in the East and West. I must say, that even in the Vedanta movement, I was not overly encouraged to practice Non-Dualism. I did have major support from my original teacher and a handful of others but very few have really tried this path, in reality. I consider myself to be among the first in America to 'experientially' understand and develop this path of Non-Dualism. The longer I am involved in this process, the more I know that, to date, we have hardly even begun to understand or implement this lifestyle.

 

I do not consider myself a spiritual teacher but a person who has sacrificed virtually everything to make a grand experiment with life. I will share what I have learned and hope it helps in some way. Others whom I have been acquainted with have called me a spiritual teacher, but I remain free of such ideas for myself. I am a human being who has 'pushed the envelope' of experience to see what lies 'beyond the veil' of material existence. I have made many mistakes and had deep and profound insights into the heart of reality, just as many others have. I really hope that my life has been 'for the good of all, for the happiness of all' in the end. I will leave that to the process of life itself.

 

Fresh Approach

 

My approach to spiritual life is organic, universal, biological and transcendent, all at the same time. Even after so many years of practice, I still question, observe and come at life in an experimental and educational way. I also do not believe that my way is the right way. As you start to transcend your 'self,' you reach universal principles that are common to all but experienced by few. Thinking that I am somehow special would be both egotistical and uneducated when taking on such a deep and profound subject as trying to discover our true nature. Also, because my way has evolved and changed and continues to change, each day is fresh, new and open. I studied with some incredibly dedicated and pure souls in my earlier life and followed what they told me to the best of my ability and have benefited tremendously. I will also be sharing their insights throughout the book, along with countless other inspired individuals who have 'traced the misty steps to infinity' as I would like to phrase it. I have always kept my own unique approach to life. I have listened to 'that still small voice' (my own higher intelligence) within, to lead and guide my journey. I have never blindly followed anything or anyone. That is why I believe I have been able to make real progress in life.

 

Now, I am much older, have matured, and developed my own approach to life and spiritual life (which eventually become the same). It has been a very difficult but fu road, because I had to break out and cultivate new ways of learning, developing and realizing my true nature. This of course is an on-going process. As long as I live, I learn. I also have stayed out of the 'public eye' for the most part, choosing to wait over 30 years to write an in-depth book about Non-Dualism. When I first started to practice Non-Dualism so many years ago, I was walking into unknown territory and had to find my own way. [Very few had even heard of Non-Dualism then, although today with the popularization by Ken Wilber and others, the awareness is beginning.] I stared with the 'perennial philosophy' Advaita Vedanta; but afterwards have moved on to many other experiments, some of which are totally new and fresh. I also seriously practiced Native American spirituality, Zen Buddhism, Tibetan Buddhism, and many other forms of spiritual traditions at the same time I was studying transpersonal psychology, biology, quantum physics, ecology and other sciences. I had the mind of a philosopher from the beginning and started to make cross-cultural comparisons of various world philosophies, east/west psychology, modern science, etc. I started this in 1975 and it continues today.

 

I have believed in a 'synergistic' approach to life and living. Although in the early days of my spiritual life, I focused on realizing my Essence; my whole purpose was on transcendence of body/mind. I gave up everything: family, friends, bodily pleasures, sense enjoyments, even the enjoyment of food. I was on the road to becoming one of the top 10 surfers in the world and I loved this tremendously. I also gave this up. I started meditating up to 14 hours a day and my other time was spent doing simple gardening and humble chores like cleaning bathrooms, digging ditches, serving food to others, etc. I had a lifelong friend who wanted to marry me and she was beatiful, wonderful and I loved her, but I also decided that I must follow this path of renunciation. I cannot describe how hard this period of my life was. I wanted to become unselfish and transcend the desire-driven mind. This was a very radical period and I am thankful I survived it. I would not recommend such a journey for another. A balanced approach, as Buddha has prescribed, is better and safer. For my personal evolution, I had to go through this process.

 

Developing a Sincere Process for Transformation

 

You can probably understand why I do not like the 'dharma bum' approach to so-called spiritual life. This is where you just keep living the same selfish, sense-bound life and memorize some profound statements from Zen, Advaita Vedanta, or other sources and believe you are then on the spiritual path. I also do not have much respect for those whom are 'self-described intellectuals' and are making a living by selling spiritual truths and parading themselves as paragons of human evolution. I understand this type of mentality, but I cannot respect it, because it ends up deluding all involved in this process. In much of the 'new age,' and new science paradigms, I hear very little of the self-sacrifice, ethical practices and meditation techniques necessary to really start a true transformational process. Even some of the recently popularized integral/transperso nal 'chain of being' approaches have almost a clinical process to deep spiritual transformation. Some of the broad outlines are there but the details of higher stages of living are missing.

 

Depth Experience is in the Integration

 

On the positive side, there has been tremendous progress in the way we approach 'spiritual' life and we are working out some of the key details to a Non-Dualistic life. Those who have truly struggled with 'living the life' of Non-Dualism are the real pioneers, not just the ones who give a long laundry list about what subtle, causal and Non-Dual states of evolution are. The ones who are living the life on a daily basis are the persons you can trust. They have sacrificed their whole life for this endeavor. They have made their life the microscope and telescope of our true human potential... Just because someone has written several books on the subject of 'spiritual' life, this in itself does not make them an authority on the subject. Inner experience and daily ethical living is the real touchstone. The most profoundly evolved person I have ever met in my life ony wrote one small book.. Outside Vedanta, many do not know of this book and yet he was a dynamo of 'spiritual evolution.' Spiritual evolution is a dynamic, developmental process that involves the dedication and focus of every aspect of our being: physical, emotional, intellectual, higher level witness-cognition and depth essence. This also includes the total transcendence of our 'I' identity along with the reintegration of this trancendence in everyday life. This reintegration of total transcendence is the area of study that even the great Non-Dual tradition of Vedanta and Zen Buddhism have a problem in truly clarifying for the modern individual. This clarification is the challenge for this generation and modern society in general. [bold text by author]

 

~ ~ ~

 

Non-Dualism: A New Experiment in Living, by Dr... Michael D. Morrow

Amazon.com link:

 

http://www.amazon. com/gp/product/ 1589094700? ie=UTF8 & tag=nondualitysal- 20 & linkCode=as2 & camp=1789 & creative=9325 & creativeASIN= 1589094700

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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