Reality

UNCONDITIONED / UNCHANGING / UNDIFFERENTIATED
(Absolute Truth / Absolute Reality)

CONDITIONED / CHANGING / DIFFERENTIATED
(Relative Truth / Relative Reality)

UNIVERSAL MIND
(Impersonal, Beyond Time & Space)

INTUITIVE MIND

(Bridging Universal Mind and Individual Mind)

INDIVIDUAL MIND

(Personal, Bound by Time & Space)

Note

  1. There is an absolute reality - the UNCONDITIONED.
  2. There is a conventional or relative reality - the CONDITIONED.
  3. There is the mind that allows us to experience both.
  4. The mind can be seen as hierarchical. There is the universal mind, the intuitive mind and the personal mind.
  5. The personal mind can further be seen as a worldly mind and an enlightened mind.

The Spiritual Path

The spiritual path is one where we progress from our worldly mind towards an enlightened mind. This allows us to experience not just the conventional reality but also the absolute reality. As the worldly mind progresses towards the enlightened mind, it expands, passes through the veil and into other unknown reality.

The Requirements

This path requires:
  1. A skillful, wholesome and beneficial way of seeing the world, i.e. the right view matters.
  2. A change in perspective, which includes a change in the way we see things (perception), a change in our focus (what we pay attention to) and a change in our values.
  3. The purification of the personal mind, i.e. purity in thoughts, speeches and deeds.



Spirituality in a Nutshell

This writing is an attempt to understand reality. Writing about it gives clarity.

There is the UNCONDITIONED.

There is the CONDITIONED, which springs forth from the Unconditioned.

Spirituality in a Nutshell

(This is a longer explanation of the brief description of reality as presented above.)





Reality according to various traditions

Reality according to Science
Reality in Buddhism
Kabbalah: Structure of Reality
Reality, Knowledge and Value in Islam

Absolute Reality: A Conversation with ChatGPT

Views on Absolute Reality
Esoteric Teachings: Overview
Spirituality and Science

Buddhism

Befriending the Dhamma (for beginners)
Buddhist Suttas
Venerable Dhammavuddho's popular teachings of the suttas in audio.

Further Reading

Tao Te Ching of Lao Tze
The Upanishads
The Impersonal Life, by Joseph Benner

Miscellaneous

Buddhist Pilgrimage 2023
Buddhism and Science Talks