I daresay that most Western philosophers and cognitive scientists studying #Consciousness do not know the full extent of the historical influences on their discipline

Many folks in modern Western consciousness studies trace their history back to William James but do not know that James was deeply influenced by Swami #Vivekananda who was influenced by #Vedanta and his own guru, the great Bengali mystical saint Sri #Ramakrishna

Thus modern consciousness studies has a deeply #Hindu origin story

“When I think of [Sri Ramakrishna], I feel like a fool, because I wanted to read books and he never did… . He was his own book.” ~ Swami Vivekananda

“[Sri Ramakrishna] taught them the technique of reading one’s life like a book rather than depending solely on the scriptures, or swallowing others’ ideas.” ~ Swami Chetenananda

How foolish we “intellectuals” are for thinking the answer to our spiritual problems lies in books!

#Vedanta #Spirituality #Hinduism #Ramakrishna #Vivekananda #Quotes

A meditation and hymn to Christ the Bride, Christ the Mother, inspired by the greatest modern mystic of India, Sri #Ramakrishna

If #Christianity wants to learn the true spiritual reason why the #Church is dying a slow, materialistic death in the West, then it would do well to humble itself and learn how to revitalize its lost tradition of #mysticism from Saint Ramakrishna's divine capacity to see God with open eyes.

#Philosophy #Theology #Poetry #Spirituality #Religion

https://orderoftarot.com/divine-femininity-sri-ramakrishna-and-christ-the-mother/

A Sunday meditation on #AdvaitaVedanta, Sri #Ramakrishna, and Swami Medhananda's argument that Vivekananda's "Integral Advaita" represents a genuine philosophical break between the "world-denying" Advaita of Shankara.

I humbly submit the thesis that there is no genuine ontological distinction between the Advaita of Shankara and Ramakrishna, despite the latter's famous emphasis on immanence.

#Philosophy #Hinduism #Religion #Theology #Mysticism #Spirituality #Vedanta

https://orderoftarot.com/advaita-vedanta-and-ramakrishnas-immanence/

A Vedantic meditation on the exemplary spiritual life of 19th-century Indian mystic Sri Ramakrishna and the possibility model entailed in his life as a Second Incarnation of Christ.

How might the spiritual decline of our materialistic age be reignited with the fire of conviction if we meditated on concrete incarnation as a spiritual fact of modernity and not some ancient past 2,000 years ago?

#Ramakrishna #AdvaitaVedanta #Christianity #Religion #Spirituality #Theology

https://orderoftarot.com/sri-ramakrishna-jesus-christ-and-the-new-age-of-incarnation/

I mentioned all these, but I could not say: 'Mother, here is Thy truth and here is Thy falsehood. Take them both.' I gave up everything at Her feet but could not bring myself to give up truth."

For me, this is the most moving, and unforgettable part of what #Ramakrishna was about. I cannot get this out of my head. A glutton for experiences, Sri Ramakrishna knew the value of truth like it is his own life, his hold of existence.

The Beautiful Knowing of Ramakrishna | Sayings and Quotes | Audiobook ~ The Medicine of One

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The Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna | Audiobook ~ The Medicine of One

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