Author: jttcom

You may well have come across a number of characters on the internet who teach enlightenment but don’t make any claims to be enlightened themselves.

As Anthony de Mello put it when he was asked “Are you enlightened” – “What does it matter?”

Well surely it does matter. If you want to learn how to be a surgeon you pretty much want to make sure your teacher is one … right?

Continue reading “How can a non-enlightened person teach enlightenment?”

This came up in episode 4 of the series where Oprah and Tolle were going through the book A New earth. You can see the episode here:

The question comes up 35 minutes in where a mother of an autistic child asks why so many people like here still feel guilt even though realistically they are doing all that they can.

For example a stay at home mother feels guilty for getting bored playing with her child while a mother who is working feels guilty for not being with her child.

Tolle says this is to do with the structure of the Ego, not the content – but what is the difference between the two?

Continue reading “Ego Structure and Ego Content – what’s the difference”

In pondering self exploration I seem to be coming across an ever growing  world of people who believe in things which cannot be proved. I had thought this concept was mostly confined to those who believed in religions but not so.

I’ve also recently spent some time with a friend who buys into the idea that water has memory while at the same time – at the other end of the scale – I’ve watched such things as Richard Dawkins ‘Enemies of Reason’ work.

Continue reading “Retreat from reason, n=1”

So many methods of self-discovery suggest the route involves resolving psychological conflicts that you have. Not all. Buddhism based thinking, for example, is more about initially observing the conflict rather than trying to resolve it.

When you observe, they say, you disassociate yourself from it which gives you the opportunity to see it from a different point of view. Something that you felt was stressful, for example, becomes something that energizers.

Continue reading “New German Medicine and Total Biology – can you think yourself better?”

In my search for meanings and answers I’ve come across dozens of offerings from people or systems which claim to hold the key.

They have ranged from religions (from Christianity to Paganism) to semi-religions like Witchcraft to Buddhist based approaches.

Continue reading “Who requires a leap of faith”

I’ve been having an excellent discussion with Attila Orosz over at his blog ‘Mediation for Beginners‘. His three year old article 13+1 DEFINITIVE SIGNS THAT SHOW YOU ARE NOT ENLIGHTENED is a great way to bring people who think they have ‘got it’ when it comes to enlightenment back down to earth.

But one part of it that bugged me was Attila’s assertion that an enlightened person cannot be happy all of the time.

Continue reading “Why is being happy so damn hard?”