Category Archives: The Experience of No-Self

Summer of the Void

Posted on September 12, 2021 by Vajragoni

We have just completed our summer series on Voidness and all things Void. The methodology employed has been a systematic one incorporating Doctrinal, Hermeneutical, Exegetical, Spiritual, Experiential and Transcendental disciplines. You’d be hard-pressed to find any other comprehensive approach to … Continue reading →

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What’s in a Smile?

Posted on September 11, 2021 by Vajragoni

Few people would be able to survive intact the nature of the no-self experience that thrust Bernadette Roberts into the very core of Voidness Itself. Even those who are seasoned contemplatives and who have progressed from the torturous Dark Night … Continue reading →

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The Void is Nothing to Fear

Posted on September 9, 2021 by Vajragoni

As Bernadette’s No-self excursion continued she was beginning to feel the ramifications for not having a “within” to turn to for solace… In time, this emptiness became increasingly pronounced and difficult to live with. Without an “inner” life or the … Continue reading →

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A Peculiar Gathering of Intensity

Posted on September 7, 2021 by Vajragoni

When the sense of self slowly wanes and eventually dissipates, only the emptiness is left which gives rise to the realization, When there is no personal self, there is also no personal God. Yet for Bernadette this was not a … Continue reading →

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An Interminable Stillness

Posted on September 5, 2021 by Vajragoni

A prominent part of a Contemplative’s mystical gear is silence. Bernadette asserts that this is fourfold in nature: a silence from within; a silence that descends from without; a silence that stills existence; and a silence that engulfs the entire … Continue reading →

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No-Self, the Anatomy of the Journey

Posted on September 3, 2021 by Vajragoni

Originally the subject matter of this series was planned to be included in our previous one, The Doctrine of the Void, but it was evident that the riches contained therein were just too many and therefore justified its own run.  … Continue reading →

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The Experience of No-Self

Posted on September 1, 2021 by Vajragoni

The subject matter of this blog-series must be prefaced with a little personal anecdote. It was August in the summer of 1999 and I was just returning from a leave of absence and was pondering what lay before me by … Continue reading →

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