A Contemplation of the Individuated Deity Author: Faisal Muqaddam In this article, Faisal Muqaddam, the founder of Diamond Logos Academy, describes why, after awakening to the essential self (Point of Light), we remain as an individual self. In further turning to God, as Faisal describes very personally, divine love can finally be experienced, redeeming the …
Enlightenment or demonic state?
Enlightenment or demonic state? Author: Rani B. Willems Painful awakening experiences, such as those described in Dr. Thomas Wachter’s article “Return from Transcendence” in Tattva Viveka 77, are considered by the author to be a misunderstanding that can occur when the people concerned have not been adequately prepared for the encounter with the Absolute. By …
The sound of life
The pure vibration within us Author: Dr. Eva-Marie Heyde In the beginning was the sound, not the word or the letter. Sound is the primary felt principle of all being. Feeling comes before thought. We can feel the pure vibration within us, it makes us aware of discords outside and in the world. A spiritual …
Love in Jewish Philosophy
The Discovery of the You – From Love to Wisdom to the Wisdom of Love Author: Dr. Silvia Richter The author takes us on a short journey through modern Jewish philosophy, where we meet important thinkers of this tradition like Hannah Arendt, Martin Buber and Emmanuel Levinas. Love is our compass for this journey. They …
The ego is not the enemy
A nuanced look into the human psyche Author: Benedict Newton The ego is often seen as an obstacle on a spiritual path. But the problem is rather its disharmonious development, not the ego itself. Benedict Newton shows this by using Sigmund Freud’s structural model of the psyche and Indian yoga teachings. What is the ego …
The Goddess in us
Self-talk with the Higher Self from a female perspective Author: Antonella Zara This amazing book is a kind of “female” complement to Neal Donald Walsch’s Conversations with God. It is about a woman’s intimate and open conversation in mid-life with her soul, her Higher Self or “Goddess”. At the same time it reflects in many …
What is a subject?
The basic axiom of existence Author: Ronald Engert Based on the definition of the subject, which is an eternal individual self in a loving relationship with Goddess-God, the relationships between human beings also reveal themselves, because every living being is always a subject. Through our conditionality by space-time we learn to respect the other as …
On the trail of the primal ground of being
Are we more than the ego? Author: Ken Wilber In this interview, integral philosopher Ken Wilber shares his understanding of one of the most common themes of spiritual liberation paths: the experience of awakening and the realization of the non-dual, all-connected Self. At the same time, Wilber integrates the levels of consciousness that shape the …