by cutsinger | Nov 2, 2014 | Uncategorized
Needless to say, traditional Christians should have no objection to a contemplative practice that aims to assist them in becoming aware, or more fully aware, of the apophatic presence of God. The “traditionalist Catholic” criticism of the Centering Prayer...
by cutsinger | Oct 10, 2014 | Uncategorized
The only place I recall where Schuon refers to Sikhism is in Understanding Islam. Having said (not surprisingly) that no new revelation is possible after a “certain cyclical period and the hardening of the terrestrial ambiance”, the Middle Ages marking...
by cutsinger | Sep 29, 2014 | Uncategorized
Is it really true, you ask, that evil—with all its attendant suffering and death—is nothing more than illusion? As you know very well, this is precisely what many spiritual teachers have claimed, both Eastern or Western. To use Medieval Christian language,...
by cutsinger | Sep 8, 2014 | Uncategorized
I’m not sure I’d use the phrase “non-dual God”. God is God. Non-dualism has to do with our relationship with Him rather than with some sort of unusual conception of God. The question I was raising in class is whether we are fundamentally or...
by cutsinger | Aug 12, 2014 | Uncategorized
I agree: doing consciously what we are doing right now is an indispensable means of fixing the spirit and soul in the Real. Can this be done “permanently”? Yes, but not in such a way that the need ever passes for a continued renewal of the effort required....
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