Nonduality.org blog
Jun. 25th, 2008 09:47 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
iamomJerry Katz has been writing in a blog lately, which he has installed at http://nonduality.org. The short, pointed articles on various but specific topics in nonduality are easy to access and provide deep insight when read.
A few of my favourites include Shift in consciousness, which first contextualizes Eckhart Tolle's writings within nonduality, and then lays forth a progressive list of the typical shifts in consciousness that are experienced by the spiritual seeker (and/or The Thoughtful/Insight-seeking Person?). An entry he calls Nonduality for the people is also a good read; a concise description of what a religion-free, non-academic and "non-ashramic" nonduality looks like. It's a surprisingly clean definition that might gain purchase with certain people.
Another recent article called Bernadette Roberts: nondual or not? links to some recent debate incited by a California university professor of Comparative Religions named Joseph Conti. Conti presents himself as an expert on Ms. Roberts, herself a popular self-help guru, and he maintains strongly that she is purely Christian, and not nondual in any substantive way. From this position, he argues against Katz's nondual contextualization of Bernadette Roberts' work in Katz's 2007 book, One: Essential Writings on Nonduality.
Very nice layout and content on that blog so far. I'm heavily biased, of course, since I'm such close friends with Jerry personally and we live in the same city. But my observations are still accurate nonetheless!
A few of my favourites include Shift in consciousness, which first contextualizes Eckhart Tolle's writings within nonduality, and then lays forth a progressive list of the typical shifts in consciousness that are experienced by the spiritual seeker (and/or The Thoughtful/Insight-seeking Person?). An entry he calls Nonduality for the people is also a good read; a concise description of what a religion-free, non-academic and "non-ashramic" nonduality looks like. It's a surprisingly clean definition that might gain purchase with certain people.
Another recent article called Bernadette Roberts: nondual or not? links to some recent debate incited by a California university professor of Comparative Religions named Joseph Conti. Conti presents himself as an expert on Ms. Roberts, herself a popular self-help guru, and he maintains strongly that she is purely Christian, and not nondual in any substantive way. From this position, he argues against Katz's nondual contextualization of Bernadette Roberts' work in Katz's 2007 book, One: Essential Writings on Nonduality.
Very nice layout and content on that blog so far. I'm heavily biased, of course, since I'm such close friends with Jerry personally and we live in the same city. But my observations are still accurate nonetheless!
