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On the Nature of Beauty
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On the Nature of Beauty

text | 1800 wordsbeauty as the interaction between perceiver and object

I wrote the essay below back in 1989, sharing my original ideas in an assignment for a Philosophy of Art class. Even after all these years, I don’t think I’ve read or heard this perspective on the nature of beauty shared elsewhere. Enjoy!

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What Is Beauty? Dissertation
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What Is Beauty? Dissertation

book excerpt | 2300 wordsa living inquiry for the mind and heart

Here’s the introduction and first chapter of my Ph.D. dissertation. Or, download the entire 350-page PDF if you like. Revisiting this tome 20 years later, I’m pleasantly surprised, actually. Enjoy!

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Channels of Sacred Communication
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Channels of Sacred Communication

video | 17 min Science and Nonduality Conference, 2016

This model of how to culitate a channel of sacred communication emerged from the inquiry, What makes Adyashanti’s retreats the most powerful form of his teaching?

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