The path back to Self, or the path back to home, is littered with many roadblocks, dead ends, speed bumps, and even the seemingly unsurpassable slopes of a great mountain. You may also find, like Odysseus in his odyssey, beings in the form of a Cyclops or the voices of the Sirens, all created toContinue reading “Meditation: An Odyssey of Self”
Category Archives: Plato’s Dialogues
Plato’s Phaedo: The Master of the Tao (66b-67b)
This article is the ninth installment of my translation of Plato’s Phaedo. Please read the previous installment before continuing. If you are just jumping in, please begin with my introduction. This section represents the generation of a doctrine, based on the logos as clarified in the last section of the dialogue. As you read thisContinue reading “Plato’s Phaedo: The Master of the Tao (66b-67b)”
Plato’s Phaedo: The Religion of Body/Soul dichotomy (64c- 66b)
“It is near supernatural,” said Simmias, “how true this is, Socrates!” – [66β] This article is the ninth installment of my translation of Plato’s Phaedo. Please read the previous installment before continuing. If you are just jumping in, please begin with my introduction.The body/soul dichotomy is endemic to western philosophical thought and permeates all aspectsContinue reading “Plato’s Phaedo: The Religion of Body/Soul dichotomy (64c- 66b)”
Plato’s Phaedo: The Sacred Mysteries and the Something that is Death(63e-64d)
This article is the eighth installment of my translation of Plato’s Phaedo. Please read the previous installment before continuing. If you are just jumping in, please begin with my introduction. The next section of this dialogue is designed to show us the nature of truth and its relationship to the initiates of the mysteries. TheContinue reading “Plato’s Phaedo: The Sacred Mysteries and the Something that is Death(63e-64d)”
Yoga, Plato, and The Mysteries: Freedom and Liberation of the Seer
The goal of all spiritual paths is freedom or liberation, the freedom from suffering, the liberation from the “mad masters”, as Plato mentions in his first book of the Republic. Freedom is something that the ancient Athenian culture deeply prized and yet lost. Freedom is something Americans prize and have already lost. Many speak aboutContinue reading “Yoga, Plato, and The Mysteries: Freedom and Liberation of the Seer”
Possession of the Creative Consciousness
I am going to speak a little bit about possession. It is important to understand that only objects can be possessed. To be possessed is exactly to be a slave and even worse (an object to be manipulated). One can be conscious or semi-conscious of their own possession, but most are not aware of it.Continue reading “Possession of the Creative Consciousness”
Soul in the machine 