Author: James Swartz

Dear James, I hope this finds you well. Thank you for the Sunday Satsangs — I find them very thought-provoking and meaningful. James: All...

James’ reply to a friend about a successful YouTube teacher of awareness. Yes, he’s dedicated, sincere and blissful. Perhaps he could use a complete...

A student compiles a few of Ira Schepetin’s Advaita Vedanta teachings, which conflict with traditional views on the Self and Maya. Here’s a critique...

Dear James & Sundari, Thank you for your responses to my e-mail. I greatly appreciate them. When I sent my 50th anniversary America e-mail,...

Join me this Sunday for the finale of “10 Wrong Ideas on Liberation” by Adi Shankaracharya, plus our deep dive into analyzing today’s spiritual...

The feeling associated with non-dual knowledge is self-confident bliss. The feelings associated with duality, i.e. the diminishing/inflating voice that convinces the Self it is ...

James: Why not? Look around the website, read ShiningWorld posts on social media. There is more than enough hi-quality free spiritual teaching to set...

James: Advaita Vedanta claims that reality is Existence shining as unchanging Consciousness and that the apparent world is a projection that doesn’t alter the...

Check out My Latest Newsletter on Erasing Teaching Remnants and Unexamined Childhood Traumas: https://shiningworld.substack.com/p/erasing-teaching-remnants-and-unexamined

Contention: I would argue consciousness is the byproduct of moving energies, what we truly identify as ourselves is an unchanging awareness. VEDANTA:Consciousness “Creates” Matter...