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Category Archives: opinion
This Sentence is False.
You know that paradox where you start with the statement “This sentence is false”? And if it IS false, then it has to be true? But if it is true, then that makes it false again? Hinduism says that all … Continue reading
The Quantum Album: 4. Live Die Repeat
I watched the Tom Cruise action flick “Live Die Repeat” with my wife this weekend which doesn’t have a thing to do with the Quantum Physics theme of the last few posts, but it sort of set of a chain … Continue reading
Posted in afterlife, American Hindus, Bhagavad-Gita, Bharat War, blogging, Brahman, Comparitive Religion, consciousness, creativity, death, delusion, dharma, Dharma religions, Dharmic Faiths, Eastern Philosophy, Gita, Hindu mythology, Hindu Scriptures, Hinduism, Hinduism in America, inspiration, Kurukshetra, Mahabharata, movie review, movies, myth, mythology, opinion, panentheism, pantheism, perception, philosophy, physics, pluralism, quantum physics, reincarnation, religion, Sanatana Dharma, science, social commentary, spirituality, Uncategorized, Western Hinduism, writing
Tagged "The Yoga of the Bhagavad Gita", Atman, Groundhog Day, hindu themes in pop culture, Impersonal Brahman, instinct, Live Die Repeat, movies, Pandavas, rebirth, reincarnation, the wheel of samsara, Tom Cruise
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The Quantum Album: 3: Timespace of the Subatomic Flea
One of the more – oh I don’t know – mystical elements of Quantum Physics is the idea that “time” is a “dimension” just like the three others we are familiar with. And this doesn’t really relate a lot to … Continue reading
Posted in American Hindus, Aum, Brahman, consciousness, Creation, dharma, Dharma religions, dualism, duality, Eastern Philosophy, ego, existentialism, Hinduism, life, meditation, non-dualism, opinion, perception, philosophy, physics, Psychology, quantum physics, religion, Sanatana Dharma, science, spirituality, the self, Western Hinduism, White Hindus, yoga
Tagged awareness, channeling, consciousness, duality, meditation, micro-organism, nano-seconds, relativity, Space-time, subatomic particle, the ground of all being, units of time
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The Quantum Album: 2. Live Metal
Coming from a Catholic background it is hard to conceptualize the Great Beyond as not a place where “I” go when “I” die and “I” enjoy everything “I” enjoyed in life forever and ever amen, etc. Over the years I … Continue reading
Posted in Abrahamic faiths, afterlife, American Hindus, astronomy, Brahman, Catholicism, consciousness, Creation, dualism, duality, Eastern Philosophy, Hinduism, Hinduism in America, inspiration, life, moksha, opinion, philosophy, physics, quantum physics, reincarnation, Sanatana Dharma, science, self-realization, social commentary, spirituality, transmigration, Uncategorized, Western Hinduism
Tagged atoms, Brahman, cellular science, elements, iron, moksha, quantom physics, rock, subatomic particles
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The Quantum Album: 1. Layers
In the near future, a series of posts will be titled similarly to this one. This is to indicate that they are intended as part of a “series” all inspired by reading I’ve done and meditation I have done on … Continue reading
Posted in American Hindus, Brahman, consciousness, Creation, current events, death, Dharma religions, Dharmic Faiths, dualism, duality, Eastern Philosophy, Hinduism, Hinduism in America, History, inner peace, inspiration, life, meditation, opinion, philosophy, physics, quantum physics, religion, Sanatana Dharma, science, self-realization, Shiva, social commentary, spirituality, the self, Western Hinduism, White Hindus, yoga
Tagged cells, changelessness, contemplation, Destination Medical Center, Hinduism, hologram, Holographic principle, holographic theory, Rochester MN, the human body
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Indian Style
When I was in kindergarten, one of the things I remember most clearly aside from the Reading Rocket (a big plastic silo-like structure, black with silver stars on it) was that whenever we were to sit down and listen to … Continue reading
Posted in American Hindus, Aum, autobiography, chakras, dharma, Dharma religions, Eastern Philosophy, Hinduism, Hinduism in America, Indian culture, inner peace, inspiration, life, meditation, opinion, Patanjali, perception, philosophy, Psychology, religion, Sanatana Dharma, science, self help, self-realization, Uncategorized, Vedic culture, Western Hinduism, White Hindus, yoga, Yoga Sutras, yogis
Tagged attention, concentration, focus, Hinduism, Indian Style, Kindergarten, learning, Native American, political correctness, reading rocket, teaching
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What a Mad Delusion
I read about a study once – I wish I could find out where – in which a group of people were shown a painting of a scene from Vienna and played a recording of a singer with acoustic guitar, … Continue reading
Posted in consciousness, crime, delusion, dualism, duality, Eastern Philosophy, editorial, hippies, History, lyrics, music, music review, opinion, perception, philosophy, Popular Music, Psychology, rock music, science, social commentary, spirituality, Uncategorized, Western Hinduism, White Hindus
Tagged Adolf Hitler, art, art history, Axl Rose, Charles Manson, Charles Manson music, Guns n Roses, Hitler as an artist, Look At Your Game Girl, psychology, scientific studies, social science, Tate-LaBianca murders, the Third Reich, Vienna
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Vs. III – Reincarnation vs. Rebirth
This one does not hold as much immediate import on a day-to-day basis as the last two posts do as far as I am concerned. Because (1) it has to do with transmigration, a subject that, to most, cannot be … Continue reading
Posted in American Hindus, autobiography, avatars, books, Brahman, Buddhism, Dharmic Faiths, Eastern Philosophy, ego, History, Maya, myth, opinion, reincarnation, religion, transmigration
Tagged Buddhism for Dudes, George S. Patton, Hinduism, karma, rebirth, reincarnation, transmigration
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Yes, Master.
by Aranyakananda Anyone who has been fortunate to find his or her true Satguru in this life will often refer to this person as “Master.” The Master’s word and will becomes as good as Scripture. Master, as in…I don’t know, … Continue reading
Posted in agnosticism, agnostics, American Hindus, autobiography, avatars, bhakti, books, dharma, Dharma religions, Dharmic Faiths, Divine Consciousness, duality, Eastern Philosophy, ego, famous quotes, guru, inspiration, Maya, opinion, philosophy, Sanatana Dharma, self-realization, spirituality, Western Hinduism, yoga, Yogananda
Tagged Autobiography of a Yogi, guru, Hinduism, Man's Eternal Quest, Master, Yogananda, yogi
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Leading By Following
I am hard-pressed to related this to Hinduism but here it is anyway. Since I haven’t written anything in forever, another blogger threatened to stop blogging as well. I don’t tell you this out of a sense of pride I … Continue reading →