Understanding Cause & Effect: Does Reality Conform to Neo-Advaita?
In an earlier post, I pointed out core issues in neo-Advaita that, I believe, fail the test of direct experience. In that post I used Greg Goode’s Standing as Awareness as my source for what I found wrong in neo-Advaita. In this post I will continue my rant using Greg’s book, but I want to make it clear that I have absolutely nothing against Greg. To the contrary my communications with him, although brief, have never failed to be engaging and delightful. I have the utmost respect for him … I just don’t agree with him. One of the key purposes of the Liberation Blog is simply to explore experience and points of view. We should also remember that how we interpret the words of others, if not our own, can be more an issue of misunderstanding than one of clarity. So I leave open the possibility that I have misinterpreted Greg’s work and I invite correction from others, if not himself with my apologies. In this post, I am making a simple point about cause and effect. First, let’s see how Gr