The imbalanced world of either/or and the opposite extreme formula
Accounts from people negatively impacted by non-dual self-negation teachings
Constructive Critiques & Reflections on Either/or non-dualisms
Constructive Critiques & Reflections on Either/or non-dualisms
When Non-dual Teachings Are Not Non-dual Chapter from Spiritual Bypassing by Robert Augustus Masters
10 Less-than-wholesome Aspects of Neo (Pseudo) Advaita - Timothy Conway
What Makes Neo-Advaita Cult-Like? - Timothy Conway (with my commentary)
Neo-Advaita or Pseudo Advaita vs. Traditional Advaita - Timothy Conway
On Neo-Advaita - Jeff Foster
Neo-Advaita De-Mystified: A Critique - Shawn Nevins
The Numinous Narcotic that Nearly Destroyed My Life - Tom Huston
The Healthy Ego is Beautiful / Patriarchal Spirituality - Jeff Brown
How Neo-Advaita Emulates Messages of Narcissistic Caregivers - Michael Lydon
Oneness, Enlightenment and the Mystical Experience - Chapter from The Guru Papers: Masks of Authoritarian Powers
A Constructive Critique of Non-dual Spiritual Teachings Chapter from The Presence of the Infinite by Steve Mcintosh
Self-ishly Losing Oneself - Chapter from What's it All About? Philosophy and the Meaning of Life by Julian Baggini
Beyond Essence: A New Path to Awakening - Essay by Jason Shulman
Relational Spirituality, Paradise Unbound: Cosmic Hybridity & Spiritual Narcissism in the “One Truth” of New Age Transpersonalism
-Academic paper by Gregg Lahood from The Journal of Transpersonal Studies
Cutting the Knot of the World Problem: Sri Aurobindo’s Experiential and Philosophical Critique of Advaita Vedānta - Swami Medhananda
The Dualism of Non-Dualism: Advaita Vedanta and the Irrelevance of Nature - Lance E. Nelson
A Critique of Perennialism - Problems with Enlightenment, Gurus and Meditation - Gary Stogsdill
Is Advaita Just Loving Nihilism? — Nonduality, Science and Meaninglessness - Anonymous, Reality Maps
Why an Experience of "Pure Consciousness" Says Little About Reality - Brian Hines
Encounters with the Absolute - Have you pooped today? - Jason Shulman excerpt
The Dangerous Art of Depersonalization - What psychedelics, psychosis, and mindfulness can teach us about no-self, and why set and setting play such an important role in ego deconstruction - Alex Tzelnic
Turning Subjective States into Social Hierarchies - Why Spiritual Communities Turn Into Cults - Hanzi Freinacht
Excerpts from Blowing the Whistle on Enlightenment Blog - Bronte Baxter
Relevant Research Studies
Losing Oneself: Persistent Nonduality, Depersonalization, Dissociation, Mental Health, and Memory - Elizabeth Stephens
Complexities and Challenges of Nonduality - Elizabeth Stephens
I Have This Feeling of not Really Being Here - Buddhist Meditation and Changes in Sense of Self - Jared R. Lindahl & Willoughby B. Britton
10 Less-than-wholesome Aspects of Neo (Pseudo) Advaita - Timothy Conway
What Makes Neo-Advaita Cult-Like? - Timothy Conway (with my commentary)
Neo-Advaita or Pseudo Advaita vs. Traditional Advaita - Timothy Conway
On Neo-Advaita - Jeff Foster
Neo-Advaita De-Mystified: A Critique - Shawn Nevins
The Numinous Narcotic that Nearly Destroyed My Life - Tom Huston
The Healthy Ego is Beautiful / Patriarchal Spirituality - Jeff Brown
How Neo-Advaita Emulates Messages of Narcissistic Caregivers - Michael Lydon
Oneness, Enlightenment and the Mystical Experience - Chapter from The Guru Papers: Masks of Authoritarian Powers
A Constructive Critique of Non-dual Spiritual Teachings Chapter from The Presence of the Infinite by Steve Mcintosh
Self-ishly Losing Oneself - Chapter from What's it All About? Philosophy and the Meaning of Life by Julian Baggini
Beyond Essence: A New Path to Awakening - Essay by Jason Shulman
Relational Spirituality, Paradise Unbound: Cosmic Hybridity & Spiritual Narcissism in the “One Truth” of New Age Transpersonalism
-Academic paper by Gregg Lahood from The Journal of Transpersonal Studies
Cutting the Knot of the World Problem: Sri Aurobindo’s Experiential and Philosophical Critique of Advaita Vedānta - Swami Medhananda
The Dualism of Non-Dualism: Advaita Vedanta and the Irrelevance of Nature - Lance E. Nelson
A Critique of Perennialism - Problems with Enlightenment, Gurus and Meditation - Gary Stogsdill
Is Advaita Just Loving Nihilism? — Nonduality, Science and Meaninglessness - Anonymous, Reality Maps
Why an Experience of "Pure Consciousness" Says Little About Reality - Brian Hines
Encounters with the Absolute - Have you pooped today? - Jason Shulman excerpt
The Dangerous Art of Depersonalization - What psychedelics, psychosis, and mindfulness can teach us about no-self, and why set and setting play such an important role in ego deconstruction - Alex Tzelnic
Turning Subjective States into Social Hierarchies - Why Spiritual Communities Turn Into Cults - Hanzi Freinacht
Excerpts from Blowing the Whistle on Enlightenment Blog - Bronte Baxter
Relevant Research Studies
Losing Oneself: Persistent Nonduality, Depersonalization, Dissociation, Mental Health, and Memory - Elizabeth Stephens
Complexities and Challenges of Nonduality - Elizabeth Stephens
I Have This Feeling of not Really Being Here - Buddhist Meditation and Changes in Sense of Self - Jared R. Lindahl & Willoughby B. Britton
"The wish to lose oneself, however well-intentioned, often masks a mind-set dominated by self-judgment and self-deprecation. It is often just another way of trying to find a safe place to hide, replacing a troubled self with something perfect and unassailable."
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