{"id":10099,"date":"2026-05-01T12:14:14","date_gmt":"2026-05-01T19:14:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vairtere.com\/spill\/?p=10099"},"modified":"2026-05-01T13:39:45","modified_gmt":"2026-05-01T20:39:45","slug":"it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vairtere.com\/spill\/2026\/05\/01\/it\/","title":{"rendered":"It"},"content":{"rendered":"

Four smart spiritual dudes sitting around talking about It. <\/p>\n

Non Duality Roundtable – Adyashanti, Rupert Spira & John Prendergast <\/a><\/p>\n

About halfway through, a viewer wants to know: all well and good, but does this help with climate change (or genocide)?<\/p>\n

The consensus: Probably Nope. <\/p>\n

And this dichotomy (in spite of the fact that we’re talking Non-Duality) feels to me instructive. <\/p>\n

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Sometimes enlightened monks burn themselves to death in protest for the very best reasons. <\/p>\n

Sometimes they issue virulent overtly anti-Semitic screeds. <\/p>\n

All of that (and evolution and Civilization too) is taking place on the very surface of the water. <\/p>\n

Down by the geothermal vents, the greater Consciousness abides unchanged. <\/p>\n

All of this remains theoretical. All of this remains the theory that the I who doesn’t exist feels warmest by. <\/p>\n

***<\/p>\n

At the end, here are three pointers offered that I’ll be dipping into.<\/p>\n

Sermons, by Meister Eckhardt<\/a> (in particular, ‘Sermon 22’)<\/p>\n

The Practice of the Presence of God, by Brother Lawrence<\/a><\/p>\n

The Lazy Way To Enlightenment: Bankei’s Unborn Zen <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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