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Nov. 12-15: Intensive retreat in Hurdle Mills, NC
Occasional individuals throughout history have told of finding the answer to
those questions, and their testimonies often have a surprising consistency.
As my friend and teacher Richard Rose wrote: "Beyond the mind is a golden
find...." For individuals seeking to find the answer for themselves,
those testimonies provide helpful clues for pursuing the search to a
successful conclusion.
For some searchers, working by themselves is the preferred method. Others
intuit that finding a few fellow seekers to work with may expedite their
progress. Still more fortunate may be those who find a living person who has
made the journey and can provide assistance from the perspective of that
realization. The Self-Discovery site is designed to offer all three modes of
help.
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What's behind the sense of "I am"? Who's living, and who's facing
death? Who or what am I, essentially? Will some part of me continue on after
death? Is there an unchanging, eternal part of me? Am I a part of some
unchanging, eternal essence?
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Philosophical Self-Inquiry home page.
The Philosophical Self-Inquiry Groups are aimed at implementing maximum systems of self-discovery – an approach which can be duplicated anywhere by finding a few people to work with. See FirstKnowThyself.org for examples.
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Link to the TAT Forum. Essays, poems, opinions and humor on seeking and finding answers to your deepest life-questions.
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Ch'an Masters home page: The Chinese forerunners of Zen.
- Seng-Ts'an page
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- Huang Po page
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- Song Dynasty Ch'an Revival
- The Diamond Sutra – simplified
- Chinese Pronunciation Guide
- Sanskrit Glossary & Pronunciation Guide
Benoit home page: Hubert Benoit's Supreme
Doctrine: Psychological Studies in Zen Thought.
The only meditation is what you devise for yourself. The best meditation is just to look at yourself: “Why did I think this?” or “What should I do more dynamically tomorrow?” ~ Richard Rose, from "Peace of Mind Despite Success" public talk (Akron, 1984)
“Be like melting snow: wash yourself of yourself.” ~ Rumi
I have staked my body and mind
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Maximum Systems page: Common denominators of maximum systems of
self-realization such as the Albigen System of Richard Rose, Advaita Vedanta, Taoism and Zen.
Modern Teachers overview: Moving from the Ch'an Masters to the 20th and 21st centuries.
TAT Foundation Press: Unique books & videos
About the author of this site.
Greatest Teachers of Modern Times On Finding a Total Answer: Franklin Merrell-Wolff, Douglas Harding & Richard Rose:
Alfred Pulyan: Zen Master Without Lineage & Master of the Lost Art of Zen Transmission.
Conquest of Illusion: Is What We See Real? (J.J. van der Leeuw)
+ Rupert Sheldrake, Minds Beyond Brains
+ Douglas Harding on headless seeing
+ Cézanne and Neuroscience
William Samuel: A gentle teaching of awakening.
+ Slideshows on Youtube
+ John James Audubon by Stephen Vincent Benét
+ Humming-Bird by D.H. Lawrence
+ Ars Poetica by Archibald MacLeish
+ Marriage in Yellowstone by Paul Schmidt
+ Impossible Dream
+ I Dreamed a Dream
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To play dice on wager with my Love.
If I lose, my Love wins me
If I win, He becomes mine.
~ Kabir
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