Journals of Spiritual Discovery by spiritualteachers.org

Journals of Spiritual Discovery by spiritualteachers.org


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Ramana Maharshi – Instructions for Self Enquiry
July 10, 2023

My reading this episode is two extracts from the works of Ramana Maharshi. The first is an excerpt from a longer work entitled “Who Am I,” and the second is titled “Self Enquiry.&#82

A Reading from Eddie Traversa’s Truth Realization
May 01, 2023

My reading this episode is an excerpt from Eddie Traversa’s book, Truth Realization. Eddie was an extraordinarily sincere spiritual teacher and friend who passed away in 2022. His website no lon

Mike Gegenheimer: the Magic of Rapport
October 22, 2022

Mike Gegenheimer is president of the TAT Foundation, coauthor with me of Passages: An Introduction and Commentary on Richard Roses Albigen System, and helps facilitate a self-inquiry group based in C

Shawn Nevins Interview – Honesty, Focus, Intuition, and the Natural Koan
July 07, 2022

This episode is from an interview titled “Satsang with Shawn Nevins” conducted by Reverend Saina Fernandez from the Awakening Together group. It took a few minutes to find our groove, but

Induction and Subtraction – the plunge into enlightenment
April 10, 2022

My reading this episode is an excerpt from my book, Subtraction: The Simple Math of Enlightenment, where I describe the moments that led up to my enlightenment experience. It occurred as I was reading

Ramana Maharshi – Exploring Who am I?
February 13, 2022

This episode’s reading features two dialogues from the book Talks with Sri Ramana Maharshi. Covering the period 1935 to 1939, the book is an excellent resource for the teachings of Ramana Mahars

Foyan – The Basis of Awareness
January 05, 2022

This episode’s reading is a selection called “The Basis of Awareness” from Instant Zen, a translation by Thomas Cleary of the writings of zen master Foyan. Foyan was a 12th century C

To Think of Time – Walt Whitman
November 01, 2021

This episode’s reading is a selection called “To Think of Time” from Walt Whitman’s 1855 edition of Leaves of Grass. Describing the writing as “soaring” may seem cl

Spiritual Poetry: Seeker and Finder
October 06, 2021

This episode’s reading is a short excerpt of spiritual poetry from the TAT Foundation publication Beyond Mind, Beyond Death. It’s the first volume published by the TAT Press, and I conside

The Realization of Nisargadatta Marahaj
August 25, 2021

This episode’s reading is an an excerpt from the book I Am That by Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj, which I found at searchwithin.org. The excerpt was titled “The Realization of Nisargadatta.&#82