No Age Ontology - Max Corradi

A distinction should be made between the Timeless Awareness of Pure Being and a mind which has been rendered completely still and aware through the practice of meditation or mindfulness. To summarize, an ordinary state of mind usually alternates between a state of stillness and the movement of thoughts and emotions, but because of this being a very rapid alternation, the state of stillness between...

In order to prepare oneself and to make one’s mind pliable, calm and present, ready to recognize one’s own Timeless Nature one can employ different methods. A simple method would be to hold the mind in a ‘one-pointed’ way upon an object of attention, which could be a material object like a flower (or a form pleasing to the eyes) or an internal non-physical object like the breath for example. The f...

The aspect of Mind’s self-recognition of Timelessness and the ability to abide in the present moment might seem similar experiences but in actuality are not the same. By abiding in the present moment with the application of mindfulness and through meditation training, without getting distracted by the various thoughts and emotions which arise in relation to appearances, one finds a state of stilln...

“Wisdom is not something that you create. Wisdom is something that you uncover”. Chamtrul Rinpoche There are different methods of introduction to the Wisdom of the Mind of Pure Being, but most of these methods are secret, in the sense that they need to be transmitted by a Teacher or someone that has realized concretely, at least to some important degree, the final aim of these methods. For example...

Discovering the Timeless Reality of Pure Being involves transcending one’s conventional understanding of time and embracing a deeper and wider perspective on existence. This perspective involves recognizing that all moments in time exist simultaneously as potentialities in a self-perceiving ‘Timeless Now’, and that our experience of time is simply a subjective perception of a portion of this Timel...

There are two types of birth within the infinite realms of time-bound conditioned existence. The first type of birth is the common birth propelled by causes and conditions (karma) in which the consciousness grasping at a self-identity has neither choice nor freedom but is simply pushed and pulled by the forces of habitual tendencies and disturbing emotions. This type of birth is the one experience...

Freedom from the conditioning of self-grasping based Cause and Effect, which is the main cause of dissatisfaction and suffering, can only be achieved through the stable recognition of the Timeless aspect of Mind and Reality. This is not an intellectual understanding but a total recognition of Pure Being, the recognition of the Timelessness of all phenomena which makes them ‘pure’ from the moment o...

The greatest of all addictions is the addiction to self-grasping existence and, based on this main addiction, arise all other infinite secondary addictions. Secondary addictions can take any form, from psychological to physical, depending on particular causes and conditions which are manifesting in one’s perception. All these secondary addictions are rooted in grasping at existence as intrinsicall...

The different degrees of self-grasping at independent identities create the variety of sentient beings which are visible or invisible to the human perception. Depending on the different main causes and conditions related to the aspect of time and the Law of Cause and effect, and according to the Law of Vibration and Gender some beings may seem to manifest as possessing a ‘strong ego’ and some a ‘w...

‘Samsara refers to the wheel or circle of unhappiness, a habit of running around in circles, chasing after the same experience again and again, each time expecting a different result." Mingyur Rinpoche According to Buddhism, existence within the bondage of self-grasping entails three levels or aspects of suffering. The first aspect is the suffering of suffering which is the heaviest of all sufferi...

According to Buddhism all phenomena arising and appearing in time and space possess three main characteristics:  Impermanence or ‘anicca’. Dissatisfaction or ‘dukkha Without any intrinsic identity or ‘anatta' This Podcast based on my book 'No Age Ontology' explores briefly these 3 key characteristics. For more detailed information about No Age Ontology and the the Laws of Reality you can refer to...

“All phenomena do not inherently exist because of being dependent-arisings. All phenomena do not inherently exist because of being dependently imputed.” Shakyamuni Buddha Closely related to the Law of Cause and Effect is the doctrine of the Twelve Links of Dependent Origination. This is a key concept in Buddhism and it describes the cycle of suffering and the causes of birth, death and rebirth. Ac...

The Law of Cause and Effect is a fundamental Principle in many philosophical, ontological and scientific systems. It basically states that every action or event has a cause, and that this cause will produce an effect. This principle is often seen as one of the key foundations of the Universe, governing everything from the movement of celestial bodies to the behaviour of subatomic particles and the...

“The Principles of Truth are Seven; he who knows these, possesses the Magic Key before whose touch all the doors of the Temple fly open.” The Kybalion Hermetic Wisdom teachings speak of the Universe as governed by seven laws or principles which are naturally integrated within the Mind of Pure Being which is also the first Principle. These Seven Laws rule how we perceive Reality and are listed as:...

It is always so easy to get lost within the ‘action and reaction’ way of facing experiences. However the opportunity to pause into the fully potential ‘present moment’ is always available. This skill once mastered in formal meditation session within one’s mind movement of thoughts, can be integrated into daily post meditation experiences. One will find that by simply ‘pausing within presence’ befo...

To understand how ‘free will’ works within Timeless Reality one needs to understand that the potentiality of all events that have or have not already happened and the ones that will or will not happen in the future have the same validity, status and nature if viewed within the infinite possibilities of events timelessly ‘projected’ within the Timeless Mind of Pure Being which always remain beyond...

The Timeless Mind of Pure Being is ‘self-contained’ like a drop of mercury that doesn’t mix with the object it touches. On the other hand, the dualistic mind of self-grasping is like water which mixes and becomes completely entangled and intermingled when it touches an object like sand for example. Our innermost state of Timeless Being is timelessly free because it has never become mixed or entang...

According to the Wisdom traditions of Knowledge, Reality of Pure Being is a non-duality, a state of total liberty, whole, complete, and perfect as it is in itself, without a cause, infinite and Timeless, indivisible and immutable, immanent and transcendent without contradiction. The only problem is that living beings do not recognize the essential Timeless aspect of Reality and therefore are compl...

The source of all perceived phenomena of the container, the Universe, and what is contained, sentient beings, is a Timeless Mind of Pure Being, unchanging and simply present to itself, but its manifestation as illusory phenomena is eternal, without end. This endless manifestation follows the Principle of Rhythm and Ciclicity manifesting and dissolving infinitely in an illusory eternal continuum of...

Time, dimensions and events do not need to be cancelled out of existence by entering a sort of ‘vacuum and timeless empty space’, in fact everything can be left as it is because everything is from the very ‘beginningless beginning’ an illusory perception. Appearances are self-perceived within time and space as simply the adornment of Timeless Awareness of Pure Being. In this state of Timeless Bein...

In the human dimension time is perceived and experienced in different ways. There is the biological passing of time which is part of the natural environment and the bodies of living beings. This is a natural process which brings decay and death but science has and will find ways to slow it down to a great degree, so it is not an absolute principle. There is the psychological time which is very muc...

Time is a concept that has puzzled humans for centuries. We have always been fascinated by its nature and have strived to understand it better. In our attempts to comprehend time, we have developed various theories and frameworks that attempt to explain its functioning. However, as we delve deeper into the nature of time, as we have seen in the previous chapter, we come to realize that the linear...

“Only the mind can see the mind and the mind sees the mind by being the mind, so, which is the ending of duality and the end of subject object play”. James Low It is quite possible that in the future Artificial Intelligence will completely replace humans in many fields of knowledge. It might even be possible that humans will be able to program or somehow indirectly trigger some sort of ‘self-consc...

“Suffering also has its worth, through sorrow, pride is driven out and compassion felt for those who wander in samsara”. Shantideva The expressive potentiality of the Timeless Mind of Pure Being is natural and all-pervading Compassion. This is a natural expression not created by causes and conditions. The suffering of cyclic existence within time is therefore an interdependent factor to this natur...

“If there is an ‘owner’, then there is something that can be ‘owned’. But if from the beginning there has never been an ‘I’ then what ‘owner’ can there be? If the mind has something objective, that could be ‘its own’, then it would be a really objective thing. But since the mind is not an objective thing, who can claim ‘ownership’ of it? Saraha Each individual experience and perception of the Univ...