And that is why one of your countrymen, William Blake, said “If the doors of perception were cleansed every thing would appear to man as it is, Infinite. For man has closed himself up, till he sees all things thro' narrow chinks of his cavern.” We perceive through our biocomputer, which is different from the biocomputer of other beings, and to complicate things more, the software of our mind is molded by our culture, by the time we are living, by our very own DNA! That is why it is so important to go back, and back and back till the source of all perception recognizes itself. Since you mentioned the Vedanta parallels and Ramana Maharshi, let me recommend to all this extraordinary Advaita Vedanta teacher, which during this meditation mentions an analogy similar to the one of the banana, but using a flower. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l3vddQwxA48 Please take the time to watch it, it is worth it. I send my best to all.

Alistair, could Shabkar be the subject of your next tutorial? 😍🙏

Oh, it's so good to recognise the familiar names gradually appearing on the new website. Hi Jason, hope all is well with you since you, also, underwent surgery recently. ❤️🙏

I did and thank you for asking! The stone got moved but not broken up or passed so there’s yet more pain, discomfort, uncertainty and waiting before surgery, which is probably now inevitable. But I guess those qualities always were inevitable too. I really hope lovely Kitling pulls through, G and I are both rooting for her! 🙏🏻🙏🏻

I've spent a couple of weeks near to where I'm from in Scotland and was blessed with unusually decent weather 😍