“The Buddha taught that our true nature is emptiness- a lack of a permanent Self- and when this true nature is realized, the divine states of the Brahma-viharas - loving-kindness, compassion, empathetic joy, and equanimity- emerge.” “In the teachings of the great yoga masters, our true nature is Brahman, the universal soul, of which the … Continue reading Our True Nature
"By the deep sea, and music in its roar: I love not man the less, but nature more, To mingle with the universe, and feel What I can ne'er express, yet cannot all conceal. Dark-heaving; boundless, endless, and sublime, the image of Eternity,--the throne of the Invisible!" - George Gordon Noel Byron from Childe Harold's … Continue reading The Throne of the Invisible
John's Consciousness 