Welcome to TORAH-VEDA

The mission of Torah-Veda is to provide an avenue for the awakening, nurturance and expression of spirituality, with a focus on the nondual mystical traditions of Torah/Kabalah and Veda/Vedanta. We seek the common threads that exist between these and various other spiritual and mystical traditions, exploring the possibilities for a new synthesis relevant to the spiritual needs of today.

Torah and Veda are two ancient sources of spirituality still vibrant today. Torah is conveyed through the sacred language of Hebrew and Veda is conveyed through the sacred language of Sanskrit. The focus here is on meditation, mysticism, philosophy, psychology and the underlying spirituality that has been incorporated into religions, and not as much on the religions themselves. Your comments and posts are welcome.

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The Temporary Human

You’re not a human becoming spiritual;

you’re the universe being human temporarily.

--Chase Hughes

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What is Consciousness? What is the Soul? Who or What is Aware of Awareness? Buddhism and the Semantics of Self/No-self. A Zen Koan-like Exercise. (Heavy man, very heavy!)

Following are excerpts from an interview with Michael Pollan in the May 2026 edition of the Buddhist magazine, Lion’s Roar, with my comments {noted like this}. Q: What is consciousness? In what way is the soul a good definition for it, and in what way is it not? A: Consciousness and the soul have an old relationship. The people who talk about the soul often do it in a religious context, and it has supernatural implications that consciousness doesn’t always have. But soul tal