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#3796 -
Wednesday, February 3, 2010 - Editor: Jerry Katz
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Spirit of
Nonduality radio is on the air today, Wednesday,
February 3, from 12:30 to 2:30 PM EST
Listen to the streamed program at http://ckdu.dal.ca/ckdu-hi.pls
You will need the right software in order to listen. I use
Foobar2000, a free and simple Windows program that works well for
me:
http://www.foobar2000.org/
However, I would think that more common audio players should
work.
Spirit of Nonduality is hosted by Mandee Moon and Jerry Katz. Our
guests today are James Traverse and Maryse Thuot. They'll be
talking about their upcoming Coalescence Day in Halifax, Nova
Scotia, being held Feb. 20.
http://www.yogaatlantic.ca/content/coalescence-day-0
Mandee, James, and Maryse are longtime established Yoga teachers,
each with their own style and emphasis, but all connected at the
level of nondual understanding.
Mandee and I will talk about community. We're also featuring Ron
Van Dyke, a pianist at the Seasons Bistro in Halifax. We recorded
Ron's playing and a brief talk with him.
Jerry will review an undecided book!
The music is intentionally chosen by Mandee to fit each show. You
are sure to enjoy it and perhaps you will discover new artists.
As Spirit of Nonduality develops, the show will include guests
from around the world, and not just the famous sages, but those
who live an expressive, creative, interesting life. In the next
few weeks we'll be accepting phone calls and placing phone calls
live on the air. We're also committed to featuring artists of
various kinds, musicians, poets, actors, dancers, chefs, etc.
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Spirit of Nonduality - Wednesday, February 3, from 12:30
to 2:30 PM EST
Listen to the streamed program at http://ckdu.dal.ca/ckdu-hi.pls
Mandee Moon:
http://yogaheart.ca
James
Traverse
Truth and Reality
The DISTINCTION
That which is True is Real
That which is Real is not necessarily True
Reality is of the measure of your thinking mind whereas Truth is
beyond measure.
Here's the test: if it doesn't exist when you are not thinking
about it then it is not ultimately true.
One timeless story that is used to illustrate this very important
distinction is the 'rope and the snake' as follows:
Consider the case of a man who is terrified of snakes crossing a
meadow in dim light; he steps on a rope, thinks that the rope is
a snake and he suffers a panic attack.
In this case the man's panic attack is Truth yet the cause of his
attack is Reality that is untrue. The Truth is that he stepped on
a rope and instead of acting, he reacted by interpreting his
present experience through the filter of the past experiences of
his thinking mind.
In this light the content of your thinking mind is Truth as your
thoughts yet thoughts are symbols that represent things rather
than being the things themselves [thoughts are a form of Reality
rather than Truth]. This story also shows that although thoughts
are not Truth they have the power to govern your behaviour
because action comes out of seeing such that seeing is doing and
what you believe to be true is a form of seeing [in other words
your belief makes whatever you believe true for you, yet it may
be Reality and not Truth].
This distinction between Reality and Truth is the true meaning of
'maya' that is often translated as illusion. Another root meaning
of 'maya' is 'to measure' as in mentally measuring/describing
something - here the meaning is self-evident as something like
the mental description of water will never satisfy your thirst
[the description is Reality, actually drinking water would be
Truth and in the latter case thinking is not required].
Imagine how conflict ridden life situations would be if folks
acted primarily from the Reality generated by their thinking mind
rather than the Truth of what is. The harsh fact is that this is
precisely the case in our world today as our knowledge based
societies have entrained us to live in our heads, in a world of
concepts and ideas, that manifests as the struggling, suffering
and turmoil that is everywhere evident [the good news is that
clearly seeing the problem is the means to resolve it as the
solution is always in the situation].
James Traverse
http://www.beingyoga.com/Reality-Truth.html
Maryse Thuot
http://www.yogictranceformation.net
Trance Dance Ritual
Trance dance allows the mind to empty itself of itself. Through
the healing power of inedited movement, spirit is invited to
reside within, allowing the dancers to weave themselves back to
wholeness, while trusting the process of perpetual
transformation. Into the void that exists beyond space and time,
the dancer becomes the dance. By merging into infinite space, the
dancer becomes all encompassing. In this open state of being, the
entranced dancer connects with the cycles of life, death and
rebirth, and with the ancestral heritage of human emotions, from
ecstasy to struggle, thereby facilitating the release of stagnant
energy. When the natural movements and sounds of the body are
unleashed, without restrictions or rules, the dancer becomes free
from the bondage of the past and the expectation for the future.
As the dancer moves into trance, the primal life-force that
dwells at the core of each being is awakened, bringing along
spiritual evolution, healing and wholeness into one’s
existence.
To help the dancer go into a state of non-ordinary reality,
beyond the confinement of worldly concerns, habits, projections,
rational analysis and inherited beliefs, trance dance uses tools
to overwhelm the mind so that spirit can manifest. The means
employed are the practice of clear intention, breath work,
rhythmic stimulation, unedited movement, and the neo-shamanic use
of a blindfold to provide the dancer with the protective cover of
darkness.
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I'm tremendously privileged to be in the same room with Maryse,
James, and Mandee. You are invited to join us.
Spirit of Nonduality - Wednesday, February 3, from 12:30 to 2:30
PM EST
Listen to the streamed program at http://ckdu.dal.ca/ckdu-hi.pls