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Absolutely TR, Ram Dass is one of my greatest teachers (and I named my cat after him), though he is not of a strictly advaitist (nondual) lineage. Ram Dass is moreso an "Eastern Eclectic" as I call it, though his views were certainly rooted in nondual teachings, and he would classically refer to anything as being "just awareness." The nondual spectrum is wide though, and Nondual Empiricism is fundamentally rooted in radical nonduality (as exemplified by UG Krishnamurti, Mooji, Papaji, etc.,). I guess I would place Ram Dass in the more embodied aspects of NE due to his massive influence on the world, so he maybe gets extra credit. And as you say, Be Here Now is definitely an NE motto that touches on the radical nondual aspect (i.e., you can only ever be here now, even if deluded to believe you're somewhere/time else).
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At some point Ram Das came up, I think his phrase “be here now” can be used nicely to frame a metaphysics of non dual presence.
Be - “to be” action, verb, process, energy, information - presenting mind as meaningHere - place, space, relationship - present in mindNow - presence of mind
Mind presenting meaning as creative evolution through relationship with Mind.
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############################Thank you Nik and Gregg for this! It was a lovely listen yesterday as I synchronistically drove an unusually meandering course through wooded backroads, at one point getting slightly lost.
A Zen anecdote came up for me around 1:20:30, related to points in the video about what is actually being "practiced," and how the realization of non-duality does not dualistically cut us off from self-cultivation. It features one of my favorite old-time teachers, who played paradox like Coltrane played the saxophone. It’s probably a bit mangled with 20 years of memory, but I'd like to share it:
An official asked Joshu, “What is it that you practice?”Joshu said, “I myself do not practice.”The official said, “How then can you teach non-practitioners like myself?”Joshu said, “If you did not practice, how could you have overcome hunger and cold and attained the rank of a high official?”With tears in his eyes, the official bowed in gratitude.
Gladly,Rachel
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Episode 51: UTOKing with Nicholas Lattanzio April 25, 2022
Title: Nondual Empiricism
In Episode 49, Gregg welcomes Nicholas Lattanzio. He is a psychologist with long standing interests in integral theory and Eastern philosophical traditions. A TOK Society member, he advocates for a "nondual empirical" position that he uses to bridge psychotherapy, philosophy and being in the world. He has interests and areas of expertise comprising existential/spiritual crises, anxiety disorders, substance use disorders, personality disorders, psychosis, self-harm, trauma, ADHD, depressive and mood disorders, dissociative disorders, and issues related to identity at various stages of development In this episode, he shares with Gregg his thinking and how nondual empiricism relates to UTOK.
Here is the episode on podbean. Here is his linked in page.
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