Can We Love More? Elias Amidon Notes Open Path
“… Love says “I am everything”. Wisdom says “I am nothing”. Between the two, my life flows …” ~ Nisargadatta Maharaj
Can We Embrace “Yes Buts?” Painting The Sidewalk Joan Tollifson
“… This aliveness is always here. We don’t have to work to get it. It is ever-present. Seeking enlightenment is a form of postponement, postponing what can only be realized now ~ Joan Tollifson
Living Truth Q&A Jean Klein: Is It Will Or Natural Giving Up?
“… The ultimate is always in the background. Then, to awaken yourself in this silent oneness is a spontaneous event … your real nature is timeless …” ~ Jean Klein
Can We Get It Wrong? Pathless Path Through Suffering Joan Tollifson
“… Presence is where juice is, in the aliveness of this one bottomless moment … the {pathless} path {through suffering} is not moving away from this moment …” ~ Joan Tollifson
Jean Klein: Can We Extend Glimpses Of Reality? Q&A Living Truth
“… I hear your question in my stillness and the answer comes out of stillness … All that is, all that you are, is in this stillness …” ~ Jean Klein
Are Inner Peace & External Activism Interconnected? Elias Amidon Notes Open Path
“… We can’t find it out there because it’s right here in the intimacy of now …” ~ Elias Amidon
How Free Are We? Talks On Nonduality Joan Tollifson
“… The universe is not bound by its content, because its potentialities are infinite ~ Nisargadatta Maharaj
What Is The Longing For Divine Love? Almaas Nondual Love
“… The greatest romance is with the Infinite … When you suddenly find God everywhere … the romance of divine love has begun …” ~ Paramahansa Yogananda
True Meditation Is Awareness? Talks On Nonduality Joan Tollifson
“… True meditation as I mean it is simply awareness … meditation is an invitation to be aware, to be still, to be present …” ~ Joan Tollifson
Nondual Love: Can We Awaken To Loving Nature of Reality?
“… The spiritual heart is the doorway to the next plane of consciousness . . . ‘soul land.’…” ~ Ram Dass
Deep Relaxing To Calm To Awareness: You Can Try? Jean Klein Listening
“… Be only awareness, only hearing without a hearer. There is nothing heard, only hearing …” ~ Jean Klein
How Every Moment Is Best? Treasure House Kewley
“… to somehow become one with the universe, we can start by being one with this moment, this ordinary moment, this sacred moment …” ~ Mike Kewley
Painting The Sidewalk : Why Sit Quietly? Joan Tollifson
“… Presence is where the juice is, in the aliveness of this one bottomless moment. …” ~ Joan Tollifson
How To: Live Meaningful Life + Dissolve Ego: Jean Klein Listening
“… Returning to the root we regain the meaning, Chasing after appearances, we lose the origin. The moment our attention turns inward, We go beyond the void of worldly things …” ~ Seng-Ts’an
Why This Moment, Silence Matters? Ocean of Silence Doyle Poems
“… the sun rises in silence and sets back into silence but Silence does not arise or set; it ever is …” ~ Billy Doyle
True Meditation:How Awareness Lays Bare What Is? Joan Tollifson
“… Every moment, just as it is, is meditation …” ~ Joan Tollifson
Book Of Listening Jean Klein: Why Is Not-Knowing Important?
“… You will find yourself in this stillness, this not-knowing, where there is a total absence of yourself …” ~ Jean Klein
Stillness, Allowing, Just Being… to True Meditation? Joan Tollifson
“… fall in love, fall intimately in love with the gift of presence in ‘what is.’ …” ~ Tony Parsons
Lasting Discovery of Truth? Ocean of Silence, Doyle, Gangaji
“… we are awareness itself, beyond the personal …” ~ Billy Doyle
On Silence: Jean Klein’s Listening
“… Silence is the absence of oneself …” ~ Jean Klein
The Joy of Nothing At All: Meditation – Joan Tollifson
“…That there is nothing which can be attained is not idle talk; it is the truth. You have always been one with the Buddha. ~ Huang Po
Illusion: Is The World Real? – Joan Tollifson
“… There is no ‘I’ to get enlightened. That’s illusion. There’s only being here with what’s here without division … Eyes and ears open, to let everything reveal itself as it is …” ~ Toni Packer
Listening – Jean Klein
“… when you really listen, the listening refers to itself. In this listening, there’s not a listener, and nothing to listen to. There’s only quietness …” ~ Jean Klein
Separation: The Illusory Story – Joan Tollifson
“… When the story of separation is believed, solidity and reality are given to limitations and divisions that don’t actually exist …” ~ Joan Tollifson
Presence: You Are The Present Moment – Joan Tollifson
“… The present moment is presence itself…” ~ Joan Tollifson
Ecstasy of What Is – Joan Tollifson
“… This-here-now is ungraspable …” ~ Joan Tollifson
Jean Klein’s Teachings via Doyle: Yoga & Self-Enquiry
“… It is important to live this directionlessness, this not- knowing, this waiting without waiting for anything … All that remains is your directionless awareness. Live in this absolute absence of yourself. …” ~ Jean Klein
A Tendency to Shine – Adyashanti
“… discover the radiant light of awareness peering through your own eyes in this very moment …” ~ Adyashanti
Choiceless Awareness & Meditation: Klein & Doyle
“… Meditation is not doing something, rather it is choiceless awareness …” ~ Billy Doyle
Within Your Home: Kabir via Andrew Harvey
“… Within your home is the way … Turn your mind within and realize Universal Mind …” ~ Kabir
Listening To The Body: Jean Klein & Billy Doyle
“… The body is thus a pointer to awareness. The purpose of all objects is to remind us of our real nature: awareness, consciousness …” ~ Billy Doyle
The Eternal Song: Aware Presence – Adyashanti
“… I Am the stillness within movement and the movement within stillness …” ~ Adyashanti
The Art of Listening: Jean Klein & Billy Doyle
“… In this observing is the total absence of yourself. It is your real presence …” ~ Jean Klein
Inquiry Continued … Book Excerpt Dominic Liber
By encouraging you to remain with your experience, whatever it is, {Dominic} takes you gently and gradually to deeper levels of your psyche and finally to the very presence of your spiritual nature …” ~ A. H. Almaas
Advaita Vedanta: Jean Klein & Billy Doyle
“… When you go beyond awareness, there is a state of non-duality, in which there is no cognition, only pure being. In the state of non-duality, all separation ceases …” ~ Nisargadatta Maharaj
Yoga in the Kashmir Tradition: Jean Klein & Billy Doyle
“… In pure perception we are open to the sense of wonder … objects are no longer objects; they are extensions of ourselves, expressions of silence …” ~ Billy Doyle
The Diamond Inquiry – Book Excerpt Dominic Liber
Diamond “… inquiry is just like scuba diving in the ocean of your inner world. It is as utterly thrilling as lowering yourself into a coral reef or an underwater cave to discover …” ~ Dominic C. Liber
Silence & Meditation – Amoda Maa
“… When you know your true nature as silence, there is no need to do meditation—you are meditation …” ~ Amoda Maa
The Diamond Approach – John Davis
“… The Diamond Approach invites us to live in a way that both reflects and develops wisdom, love, joy … stillness, … trust, gratitude, and an unrelenting engagement with what is …” ~ John Davis
Mistakes & Allowing: The “Gifts” Therein – Joan Tollifson
“… life is in charge, not me. We must discover the willingness to allow life to unfold at its own pace, in its own way …” ~ Joan Tollifson
Noticing & Allowing: A Simple Key?
“… notice your experience & be curious about it … know that whatever you are experiencing is the right experience … therefore allow it – surrender to it …” ~ Nirmala
Eternal Now: The Radiant Emptiness – Adyashanti
Eternal now: “… totally still but in endless motion …” ~ Adyashanti
Our Being, I AM Meditation …& Self: Spira & Papaji
“… Our Being is the objectless, aware presence that lies behind and, at the same time, intimately pervades all experience …” ~ Rupert Spira
Freedom: Living In Paradox – Amoda Maa
Freedom: “… is a state of wholeness—you are both broken and unbroken … at the same time. This art calls us to live on the razor’s edge of paradox …” ~ Amoda Maa
Self-Improvement: The Elusive Obvious – Joan Tollifson
“… the best place to begin any kind of change is always with simply being aware of how it is right now …” ~ Joan Tollifson
Praise This Day … by Adyashanti
Don’t forget that you are the clear light of awareness ~ Adyashanti
Choiceless Choice: the story of “me” … Joan Tollifson
“… No wave can ever go off in a direction other than the one in which the whole ocean is moving. We are all a movement of the whole …” ~ Joan Tollifson
Essence of Openness – Amoda Maa
“… Openness is simply itself … It is simply here, as presence itself …” ~ Amoda Maa
Silence My Secret … by Adyashanti
The question actually leads you into silence ~ Adyashanti
Amoda Maa: Revolutionary Invitation
“… Awakening has nothing to do with the achievement of a special state of consciousness. It has everything to do with presence and openness …” ~ Amoda Maa
Embracing What Is – Beyond Self-Improvement
“You are perfect just as you are, and there’s room for improvement.” ~ Shunryu Suzuki
Openness: A word for this very moment – Amoda Maa
“… It is only when we meet life from the unknown—and that is what silence really is, an open-ended unknownness—that we can really listen to what is true. And only the truth will set us free …” ~ Amoda Maa
Meet Me Here Where Silence Roars … by Adyashanti
“… Meet me here where silence roars where stillness is dancing …” ~ Adyashanti
My Beloved … by J Krishnamurti
“… In the great silence before the dawn … There thou wilt meet with my Beloved. …” ~ Jiddu Krishnamurti
Love Unveiled: Afterword – A.H. Almaas
“… Love is the primary way the bliss of being expresses itself. Love is the perfume of union …” ~ A. H. Almaas
After Death: Reincarnation & More – Joan Tollifson
“… as consciousness or unicity, there is nowhere we are not, just as the whole ocean is there in every wave …” ~ Joan Tollifson
Choosing What Is: Liberation From All Obstructions
“… In this passing moment karma ripens and all things come to be. I vow to choose what is …” ~ Hogen Bays
Union & The Longing for It … – A.H. Almaas
“… We need to realize that union with the Beloved is our ultimate value and priority. It is equivalent to enlightenment …” ~ A. H. Almaas
Enlightened Relationship – Amoda Maa
“Enlightened relationship blossoms only in the deepest silence …” ~ Amoda Maa
Unbroken Wholeness – Joan Tollifson
“… Unbroken wholeness is the ever-present actuality … To awaken is to recognize the sacred everywhere, to live in devotion to this luminous presence …” ~ Joan Tollifson
Stillness & The Coronavirus Messenger
“… Stillness is the sole requisite for the realisation of the Self as God …” ~ Ramana Maharshi
Who Are You? – The Eternal Song … by Adyashanti
“… Be still and awaken to the realization of who you Are …” ~ Adyashanti
Soul’s Love Affair – A.H. Almaas
“… Love is a fundamental ingredient that the soul needs for its survival and development …” ~ A. H. Almaas
Peaceful Living: Prayers for Peace
“… let us fill our hearts with our own compassion – towards ourselves and towards all living beings … realize that they are all brothers and sisters, all nourished from the same source of life …” ~ Thich Nhat Hanh
Spiritual Maturity … & Forgiveness – Amoda Maa
“… the only salvation is here and now. No escape, just this. Just this unadulterated presence and unwavering openness …” ~ Amoda Maa
Love Unveiled: Functioning of the Heart – A.H. Almaas
“… love {is the} primary force that powers our movement toward spiritual illumination and enlightenment …” ~ A. H. Almaas
The Other Side of Death – Amidon
“… As Ramana Maharshi testifies, we don’t have to wait until death to recognize the Immutable Light that is our original nature …” ~ Elias Amidon
The Absolute or “Not Two” … Part 3
“… through true spiritual practice, the ‘breath of infinity’—the Absolute—can rise to our perception from the depth of our soul, in the silence of a peaceful, clear consciousness of Self …” ~ Hans Meijer
Light, Body, & Awakening – Amoda Maa
“… My invitation is revolutionary. It takes you to the razor’s edge of mind and heart … … the end of the war of inner conflict. And the beginning of silence as the true song of your life …” ~ Amoda Maa
Reality: Perceptible, Ultimate, One … Part 2
“… ‘the Self is silence’. The Self is a conscious, perfect rest emanating… Silence! …” ~ Hans Meijer
Totally Obvious Yet Utterly Mysterious – Joan Tollifson
“… Our true immortality is the seamlessness that is without beginning or end for it is always Here-Now …” ~ Joan Tollifson
Your Top Interests of 2019 & More …
What interested you the most in 2019 … and how you accessed and consumed it …
Initiation Into Reality: Preface … Part 1
“… Your Self is the Absolute. So, uncover the Absolute! …” ~ Hans Meijer
Death: Dissolving – Joan Tollifson
“… this book is about fully embracing death, and therefore life, wholeheartedly and relaxing into the total disintegration … and living and loving and being awake …” ~ Joan Tollifson
Happiness: Seeking, Fleeting, or Here? – Hurley
“What you are looking for is WHO is looking” ~ Saint Francis of Assisi
Teachers & Right Way to Live – Francis Lucille
“… The truth {is} always … in plain sight, available to all …” ~ Francis Lucille
Releaser Finally Disappears (Part 4 of 4)
“… I am awareness itself. And as such, awareness is ever present, open, and unmoving …” ~ Jimmy Hurley
Right Way to Live – Francis Lucille
“… Take your stand in awareness and watch the I-image and its cortege of fears and desires fade away in the splendor of your eternal presence …” ~ Francis Lucille
Nonduality & The Sedona Method – Hurley (Part 3)
The Individual “… could eventually see that happiness isn’t out there in the world but in fact inside themselves …” ~ Jimmy Hurley
Jimmy Hurley: Release The Releaser (Part 2)
“… I have to report that at this stage I can see everything as “me” …” ~ Jimmy Hurley
Jimmy Hurley: Zero Distance (Part 1)
“You are the very consciousness in which all you know appears” ~ Francis Lucille
Love & Awakening – Francis Lucille
Universal love “… is not just a sentiment. It cannot be manifested merely by a shift in mental disposition. It can only come from inner cleaning, an inner awakening …” ~ Radhanath Swami
Present Moment & Eternity Now – Francis Lucille
“… The now is the bridge between time and eternity …” ~ Francis Lucille
What is Reality? Rupert Spira (Part 3 of 3)
“… All experience takes place here and now, so the nature of Reality, whatever that is, must be present in the intimacy and immediacy of this current experience … ” ~ Rupert Spira
Clear Seeing – Rupert Spira (Part 2)
“… All that is happening in these contemplations is the clear seeing of the essential nature of experience …” ~ Rupert Spira
Rupert Spira: Unknowingness & Nature of Experience (Part 1)
“… Awareness or Consciousness is the open Unknowingness on which every experience is written …” ~ Rupert Spira
Awakening to Our True Nature: Can it be Ignited?
“… Awakening is a kind of flowering of consciousness …” ~ Nirmala
Oneness: Experiencing It More Deeply
“… everything is just different expressions of one field of Being …” ~ Nirmala
Joan Tollifson: What is True Meditation?
True meditation “… simply means being present to what is: … the spaciousness in which everything is arising, the listening stillness, the aliveness and vibrant present-ness of everything …” ~ Joan Tollifson
Be Still – Arthur Osborne
“… Thou art? — I am? — Why argue? — Being is. Keep still and be …” ~ Arthur Osborne
Navigating Feelings of Lack & Emptiness Within
“… Who knew that there was a deep reservoir of infinite peace lying under the restless feeling of a lack of peace? …” ~ Nirmala
So Close … Closer Than Breath – Amidon
“It’s so close you can’t see it. It’s so profound you can’t fathom it. It’s so simple you can’t believe it. It’s so good you can’t accept it.” What is it?
The Need for Renewed Spirituality
“… what the world as a whole desperately needs now is a renewed spirituality that brings back the knowledge of the primal cause and which everyone can accept …” ~ Hans Meijer
Primal Cause (God), Existence, & Self Awareness
“… the primal cause is ‘here and now’ wherever and whenever you are! …” ~ Hans Meijer
Nirmala: Dance Between Mind & Reality
“… Truth or reality opens the Heart and quiets the mind …” ~ Nirmala
J Krishnamurti: Song of the Beloved
“… Where the still pools reflect the calm heavens, There thou wilt meet with my Beloved …” ~ J Krishnamurti
Nirmala: What Is This Moment’s Treasure?
“… The real treasure in this moment is always to be found in the awareness of this moment, not in the content of our experience …” ~ Nirmala
Adyashanti’s Awakening: Nothing is separate, nothing is alone …
“… Nothing is separate, nothing is alone. I am all that I see. All that I smell, taste, touch, feel, think and know. …” ~ Adyashanti
Impermanence: It’s Deeper Secret – Amidon
““Everything is perishing except God’s Face.” What is it that does not come and go? or … What is permanent? Why is it important to explore permanence and impermanence?
Munajat: The Nest of Your Nearness, by Pir Elias Amidon
“… praying in this manner … points to the unspeakable majesty of the Real … It’s a form of prayer that endears at the same time that it is in awe … ” ~ Pir Elias Amidon
Meditation: Spontaneity of the Mystery of Existence
“Meditation is a soundless sonic boom in the silence of the stopped universe.” ~ Robert Rabbin
Nirmala: Pure Freedom Remains …
… floods wash away the precious hillsides life rises to the surface for another breath of joy … ~ Nirmala
Self Inquiry: The Intimacy of The Real – Elias Amidon
“Eternity is your refuge. Recognize eternity within yourself. Eternal presence is Buddha-mind. Eternal presence is not becoming Buddha-mind or attaining Buddha-mind. It is recognizing itself as eternal Buddha-mind now.” ~ Gangaji
Joan Tollifson: What is Truth? … Dissolving the Traps
“… if we remain with that open question, not answering it, but simply listening openly, wondering silently, then perhaps we will recognize the truth … as the living reality that we are …” ~ Joan Tollifson
Adyashanti: The Truth of what you are
“… The Truth of what you are {is} … Like an ocean that is both waves and stillness and yet un-definable as waves or stillness …” ~ Adyashanti
Chris Hebard: Sound Bites Will Never Liberate You
“That which is, never ceases to be, that which is not, never comes into being.” ~ The Bhagavad Gita (paraphrased) Chris Hebard’s response to “what had he learned from his experience with Stillness Speaks …” … from an exchange with Fred Davis of Awakening Clarity Now.
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Finding True Freedom on the River Ganges – Part 2 of 2
“… truth is not something to be gained. You don’t arrive at truth. It is not a result …” ~ J. Krishnamurti We conclude this 2-part guest series by Ray Brooks … where he shares his illuminating conversation with J. Krishnamurti during their brief meeting.
Finding True Freedom on the River Ganges – Part 1 of 2
Finding true freedom on the banks of the River Ganges … discovering that the 30 year quest for freedom had been futile … searching for a self that had never been lost in the first place? Ray Brooks shares his story of finding true freedom … from his book The Shadow That Seeks The Sun …
Munajat: Your Help, by Pir Elias Amidon
You are the becoming and the here, the flowing and the still. ~ Pir Elias Amidon Your Help is from Munajat a book of forty prayers, by Pir Elias Amidon, originally inspired by the Munajat — ‘whispered prayers,” or “intimate conversations with God’ — of the 12th Century Persian Sufi, Abdullah Ansari.
Eric Baret: Surrender … Be Available to the Moment
“I become available to the moment. I don’t need to change anything in myself: my fears, my arrogance, my pretenses, my limits. I need all of that to sense the limitless …” Read and reflect on Eric Baret’s post on Surrender … on being available to the moment … so much so that “… We do not nee …
Kabir: True Path
“Listen to me, dear Sadhu! the true path is rarely found.” ~ Kabir
Kabir: Earthen Vessel
Kabir says: “Listen to me, my Friend! My beloved Lord is within.”
Munajat: Your Home, by Pir Elias Amidon
You are very quiet, but you leave this trace in my heart. ~ Pir Elias Amidon Your Home is from Munajat a book of forty prayers, by Pir Elias Amidon, originally inspired by the Munajat — ‘whispered prayers,” or “intimate conversations with God’ — of the 12th Century Persian Sufi, Abdullah Ansari.
Kabir: Who Needs Words?
Where is the need of words…?
Ramana Maharshi: Spiritual Instruction
(Knowledge)… is that tranquil state of existence-consciousness which …. is like the waveless ocean or the motionless ether. ~ Ramana Maharshi Our previous two posts from Ramana Maharshi’s Words of Grace, provided an overview of the central enquiry… Who Am I? This third and final post explores S …
Gangaji: How Will Your Life Be Used?
“Truth remains independent of any image, any concept or any thought.” ~ Gangaji This post previews, “How Will Your Life Be Used” from Gangaji’s book Freedom and Resolve.
Sanctuary by Elias Amidon
Our future is, and always has been, something given by the whole universe. ~ Elias Amidon Sufi teacher and writer Elias Amidon explores impermanence and presence within our notion of Sanctuary. These “two” qualities of our sanctuary — impermanence and presence — are not in actuality two. How this i …
Nirmala: Love is for Giving, Not for Getting
“…you are filled with love when you love, rather than when you are loved.” ~ Nirmala Enjoy this overview of Love is for Giving, not for Getting, the concluding section from Nirmala’s book, Living from the Heart.
Kabir: Garden of Flowers
…your body….the garden of flowers. ~ Kabir
Kashmir Shaivism: A Brief Primer (Part 3 of 3)
“The nature of this yogi and the external world become one; they are experienced as being completely united, one with the other.” ~ John Hughes John Hughes’ article Moksha in Kashmir Shaivism introduces the extraordinary soteriology of Kashmir Shaivism. This third and final post in our series expl …
Kashmir Shaivism: A Brief Primer (Part 2 of 3)
“Awareness is the reality of everything… Having differentiated knowledge and not having undifferentiated knowledge is bondage.” ~ from Shiva Sutras John Hughes’ article Moksha in Kashmir Shaivism introduces the extraordinary soteriology of Kashmir Shivaism. This second post in our series overviews t …
Kashmir Shaivism: A Brief Primer (Part 1 of 3)
“…nothing can exist outside of God consciousness, because only God consciousness exists.”
Kabir: The Secret Word
How may I ever express that secret word? ~ Kabir
Ramana Maharshi: Self Enquiry
“…meditate incessantly upon the Self and obtain the Supreme Bliss of Liberation. ~ Ramana Maharshi Read this overview of Self-Enquiry, Ramana Maharshi’s second essay from Words of Grace, which explores the necessity of self investigation.
Ramana Maharshi: Who Am I?
“…everyone has the greatest love for himself…solely due to the fact that happiness is his real nature.” ~ Ramana Maharshi To discover the birth-right of happiness, Ramana Maharshi urges us to discover who we really are. To do this, we must each inquire “Who am I” in quest of the Self. Read this o …
Alan Watts: The “Bag of Skin” Hoax
“The inside information is that yourself as “just little me” who “came into this world” and lives temporarily in a bag of skin is a hoax and a fake.” ~ Alan Watts
Gangaji: Vigilance as Deep Surrender
“Vigilance is sacred, quiet, peaceful vigil at the flame of truth.” Gangaji From Gangaji’s book Freedom and Resolve. “If you are truly vigilant you will discover yourself as not separate from truth.”
Nirmala: Following the Heart’s Wisdom
“When you are in touch with the ultimate truth and the most complete sense of Being, there is nothing separate remaining … no experiencer, no Heart, and no sense of self. There is only Being.” ~ Nirmala Read this overview of The Heart’s Wisdom from Nirmala’s book, Living from the Heart.
Adyashanti: Three Orienting Ideas
“We are all born with being veiled in obscurity…restoring being to its true dominion and sovereignty is what spiritual awakening makes possible” ~ Adyashanti In this introduction to The Three Orienting Ideas, the second chapter of The Way of Liberation, Adyashanti explores the Question of Being …
Pradeep Apte: The Unborn Nisargadatta
“In solitude I keep meditating on the truth ‘I am Unborn’ and thus I always know that the memory ‘I am’ is false.” ~ Pradeep Apte In this book of short verses, The Unborn Nisargadatta, Pradeep Apte celebrates and embellishes the teachings and example of Nisargadatta Maharaj. This preview presents a …
Adyashanti: Foundation for Living Our True Nature
“The Way of Liberation is a way of completely facing yourself…without withdrawing into denial, judgment, or magical thinking. It is a means of piercing through the veils of illusion and awakening to Truth.” ~ Adyashanti Adyashanti offers a foundation for “… living and manifesting the ultimate n …
Nirmala: How to Live From the Heart
“The Heart is the totality of your connection with the essential qualities and greater dimensions of your true nature as limitless Being.” ~ Nirmala Living from the Heart offers a beautiful exploration about how to live. Nirmala’s language and tone is easily absorbed. Each section has instructive p …
Gangaji: On Knowing … Stillness … Silence
Be still beyond belief. ~ Gangaji Enjoy this poetic excerpt from Gangaji’s book: You Are That.
Elias Amidon: How to Practice Living Presence
“The source of existence is immanently present, and it is alive.” ~ Elias Amidon Sufi teacher and writer Elias Amidon reveals ways to be intuitively open to presence which is both around us and in us — at all times, as the living source of our existence.
Adyashanti: Practical Guide to Spiritual Awakening
“The primary task of any good spiritual teaching is not to answer your questions, but to question your answers.” ~ Adyashanti Read this Introduction to Adyashanti’s book, The Way of Liberation, a stripped-down, practical guide to spiritual awakening … includes FREE Download of eBook.
Rupert Spira on Consciousness, Part 3 of 3
“That which is, never ceases to be. That which is not, never comes into Being.” ~ Parmenides Our three part series with Rupert Spira on Sat Chit Ananda or “truth, consciousness, and bliss” concludes with Part 3. Explore how Consciousness is all that is every really known; and… Consciousness not on …
Rupert Spira on Consciousness, Part 2 of 3
…the existence of two things, in fact implies the existence of an infinity of things, each with their own independent reality. In other words, an infinity of things, implies an infinity of realities. ~Rupert Spira Our three part series with Rupert Spira on Sat Chit Ananda or “truth, consciousness, …
Gangaji: You Are Already Whole, Part 2 of 2
When the mind recognizes it is only a servant of God, then the mind is useful. ~ Gangaji In this conclusion to the two-part series, You are Already Whole, Gangaji continues to explore living within our innate wholeness.
Gangaji: You Are Already Whole, Part 1 of 2
This moment is now. Now does not mean in the present. Now is before past, present, and future. ~ Gangaji This preview of You are Already Whole, Part 1, by author and contemporary non-duality sage Gangaji explores questions about living, being and suffering, all within our innate wholeness.
Pir Elias Amidon: Open Awareness
Awareness is primordial; it is the original state, beginningless, endless, uncaused, unsupported, without parts, without change… It is the common matrix of every experience. ~ Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj Stillness Speaks is pleased to offer the Preface and first chapter from Pir Elias Amidon’s book, Th …
Rupert Spira on Consciousness, Part 1 of 3
There is nothing more essential or primal in our experience than this Knowing Being…This essential Knowing of our own Being is what is referred to by the word Happiness. ~ Rupert Spira
Richard Rohr: Becoming Stillness
The spirit drove Jesus into the wilderness there he met the wild beast. Angels ministered to him. ~ St. Mark In this preview of an inspiring talk given at Norwich Cathedral, Fr. Richard Rohr outlines his vision of a non-dual Christianity, which disappeared from the west 400 years ago. In his travel …
Nirmala: Just What Minds Do …
…in the vacant interlude the mind finds no grip. ~ Nirmala Enjoy this poem from Gifts with No Giver, a love affair with truth, Poems by Nirmala.
Richard Rohr’s Bottom-Up Spirituality
People who’ve had any genuine spiritual experience always know that they don’t know. They are utterly humbled before mystery. They are in awe before the abyss of it all, in wonder at eternity and depth, and a Love, which is incomprehensible to the mind. Stillness Speaks is pleased to introduce Richa …
Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj: Prior to Consciousness
I, by Myself, Awareness, descend into this consciousness, and in this consciousness I express Myself in manifold ways, in innumerable forms. ~ Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj
Emptiness & The Depth of Being: Almaas & Thurman
“I don’t exist but at the same time, I am responsible.” ~ A.H. Almaas In this illuminating conversation, from the 2016 SAND Conference, Hameed Ali Almaas and Robert Thurman discuss the subject of being and nonbeing, emptiness and presence and how this is a foray into the unknown depths of being. Le …
Consciousness & Awareness: Almaas & Spira
Awareness can be experienced in two ways, awareness of being-ness (pure self) and awareness of nonbeing-ness (selfless awareness). Both are awareness, but it seems that awareness has two faces. ~ Hameed Ali We are pleased to offer this fascinating and challenging conversation, recorded at the 2013 S …
Robert Rabbin: Techniques
We must become servants of meditation, so meditation will become our Master.” ~ Robert Rabbin Contemporary mystic Robert Rabbin speaks with intimate authority about the fundamental nature of being, reality, essence. Techniques is a poem from Robert’s book, The Explosive Silence of Meditation, a col …
Joan Tollifson: Consciousness, Awareness & Attention, Part 2 of 2
Everyone sees a completely unique movie of waking life. When we try to meet each other on the level of forms and appearances, the results are often unsatisfying. But as awareness, we are one whole undivided being. ~ Joan Tollifson Are consciousness, awareness and attention the same thing? Joan Toll …
Joan Tollifson: Consciousness, Awareness & Attention, Part 1 of 2
…consciousness is the common factor in every experience—the undeniable knowingness of being here now, the bare sense of presence. ~ Joan Tollifson Are consciousness, awareness and attention the same thing? Joan Tollifson answers this question by examining these familiar yet enigmatic “concepts.”
The Ten Thousand Things: Freedom to Be
The deepest wellsprings of thought and action exist beyond our ken and beyond conscious control. ~ Robert Saltzman In Freedom to Be, an excerpt from TheTen Thousand Things, Robert Saltzman explores free-will within the context of no intrinsic self. He explores who or what makes choices and examines …
Munajat: Benediction, by Pir Elias Amidon
I don’t know where your light comes from or where I end and you begin. ~ Pir Elias Amidon Benediction is from Munajat a book of forty prayers, by Pir Elias Amidon, originally inspired by the Munajat — ‘whispered prayers,” or “intimate conversations with God’ — of the 12th Century Persian Sufi, Abdul …
Overview of Emptiness, a series in 10 parts, by Greg Goode
Experiencing self, other and world as empty is to joyfully experience one’s place in a light, free, open-ended, interpenetrating webwork of relations and dependencies. ~ Greg Goode Stillness Speaks is pleased to offer this comprehensive ten-part series that explores the nature of Emptiness, written …
Here and Now, Robert Saltzman
This is about actually hearing something for the first time, something you have never heard before. ~ Robert Saltzman Robert Saltzman has shared this short poetic video with Stillness Speaks which offers a moving photo-montage and lyrical insights about the simplicity of living here and now. Enjo …
Richard Sylvester: Non-Duality Questions & Answers
Nothing will get the person out of their prison because the person is the prison. When the person drops away, it is seen that there never was a prison in the first place. ~ Richard Sylvester Stillness Speaks is pleased to offer an excerpt (downloadable PDF) from Richard Sylvester’s latest book, Non- …
Philip Renard: Five Hallmarks of Non-Dualism, Part 2 of 2
This is a training in not meditating, a training in naturalness, in letting be.” Tulku Urgyen Stillness Speaks is pleased to offer the fifth chapter, Five Hallmarks of Universal Non-dualism, from Philip Renard’s book Non-Dualism: Eastern Enlightenment in the World of Western Enlightenment which pro …
Philip Renard: Five Hallmarks of Non-Dualism, Part 1 of 2
All form existing in the world exists in consciousness. All degrees of good and evil, all experience of freedom and lack of it exist entirely in consciousness. ~ Philip Renard Stillness Speaks is pleased to offer the fifth chapter, Five Hallmarks of Universal Non-dualism, from Philip Renard’s book …
Munajat: Your Beautiful Composure, by Pir Elias Amidon
Inside the noise my life makes you live in silence. ~ Pir Elias Amidon Your Beautiful Composure is from Munajat a book of forty prayers, by Pir Elias Amidon, originally inspired by the Munajat — ‘whispered prayers,” or “intimate conversations with God’ — of the 12th Century Persian Sufi, Abdullah An …
The Ten Thousand Things: Awakening Never Ends
We are lost in a fantasy of separation in which I am “in here” while the world I see—the ten thousand things—is “out there.” It is from that confusion that one awakens. ~ Robert Saltzman Stillness Speaks is pleased to offer this excerpt, Awakening Never Ends, from Robert Saltzman’s new book, The Ten …
Sacred Whirling, Sufism & Advaita, a 5-part Series
“… So the divine level is the one mind, the one consciousness, which is also the same thing as who you are …” ~ Philip Jacobs This Overview introduces a 5-part interview between Paula Marvelly and Philip Jacobs, resident Sheikh of the London-based Study Society, discussing Advaita, Sufism and the tu …
Robert Rabbin: Glory
“You’ve got to be awake, alert, and ready for anything. If you live in your mind, you will always seek safety and security, finding it in beliefs and dogma, but all the while you will be hiding from life.” ~ Robert Rabbin Contemporary mystic Robert Rabbin speaks with intimate authority about the fu …
Philip Renard: Non-Dualism, Part 2 of 2
Radical non-dualism non-separation is the basic-premise of existence, the inherent element of it – hence the expression ‘the natural state’. ~ Philip Renard Stillness Speaks is delighted to offer the first chapter, What is Non-dualism? from Philip Renard’s book Non-Dualism: Eastern Enlightenment in …
Munajat: Sama by Pir Elias Amidon
Munajat: “… a “whispered prayer” … is On its way to endlessness it has no need for hurry. ~ Pir Elias Amidon Munajat is a book of forty prayers, by Pir Elias Amidon. These prayers “… were originally inspired by the Munajat — “whispered prayers.” Enjoy Sama, another of Elias’ intimate conversa …
Philip Renard: Non-Dualism, Part 1 of 2
“Non-duality is what remains when the seeking stops, when there is ‘finding’. This happens when the inner struggle is realized as being not based on reality, and in this realization the whole body-mind relaxes. I am not two.” ~Philip Renard Stillness Speaks is delighted to offer the first chapter, W …
The Ten Thousand Things: Awakening and Behavior
To study the self is to forget the self. To forget the self is to be enlightened by the ten thousand things. ~ Eihei Dogen, 1200-1253 Stillness Speaks is pleased to offer this excerpt from Robert Saltzman’s new book The Ten Thousand Things which takes a unique and pragmatic look at awaken …
Teacher and the Self Inquiry Journey
Is a teacher important on the journey of deep listening, self inquiry? Continue reading for Stillness Speaks’ perspective on teachers for the self realization journey.
Joan Tollifson: Exploring The Simplicity of What Is, a 7-part series
“Liberation is the aliveness and immediacy beyond belief. Liberation is when all the answers, explanations and positions disappear, and what remains is the open mind of not knowing.” ~Joan Tollifson In this seven part essay, The Simplicity of What Is, Joan explores “the imaginary problems that we th …
Robert Rabbin: Lovers – The Heart of Meditation
“… The heart of meditation is eternity without center or edge …” ~ Robert Rabbin Continue reading to enjoy Robert’s full poem …
Joan Tollifson: The Simplicity of What Is (Part 7 of 7)
“Awakening is never about achieving something that isn’t right here, right now.” “Truth is not in the future, but Now. Not hidden, but obvious and unavoidable. Not in concepts, but in actuality.” This post concludes Joan Tollifson’s profound seven part series, the Simplicity of What Is.
Joan Tollifson: The Simplicity of What Is (Part 6 of 7)
“Liberation is the aliveness and immediacy beyond belief. Liberation is when all the answers, explanations and positions disappear, and what remains is the open mind of not knowing.” “Boundlessness… means that everything is equally insubstantial, that there are no separate “things” to be joined, t …
Pir Elias: The Art of Awakening, Part 2 of 2
“…there is a ripening process that spiritual practices can serve, to bring us to a readiness from which we may more easily open beyond path and ripening and preparation.” Pir Elias concludes his essay on the “Art of Awakening” by exploring this key question: What, then, does it take for a spiritua …
Pir Elias: The Art of Awakening, Part 1 of 2
“Looking for it, the vision cannot be seen: cease your search … It cannot be accomplished by anything you do … It cannot be found by seeking, so abandon all hope of results …” ~ Shabkar Lama Pir Elias Amidon explores three significant questions in Part 1 of this 2-part compelling series: If we …
Joan Tollifson: The Simplicity of What Is (Part 5 of 7)
“Liberation isn’t about getting rid of anything; it’s about seeing that the apparent obstacle has no reality and that the “me” who wants to stop thinking is just another mental image, another thought, another movie character in another story.” -Joan Tollifson Continue Joan Tollifson’s compelling exp …
Exploring Eastern Wisdom’s Relevance for the West: a 9-part series
“You can never get enough of what you don’t need to make you happy.” ~ Eric Hoffer In its efforts to consolidate and distribute authentic resources for those deeply interested in self inquiry, Stillness Speaks has created a nine part series that focuses on a central question: What was the secret pro …
Introduction: Non-Dualism, Eastern Enlightenment in the World of Western Enlightenment
“Many schools… of these Eastern ways of liberation reached the West as separate movements, each one conveying a message that seems to be different from the other. Investigation based on direct experience reveals that the core of some of these teachings is basically one and the same… ” Stillness …
Emptiness by Greg Goode (Part 10 of 10)
“As far back as ancient Greece, and at many subsequent times in history, there have been Western thinkers who investigated similar questions: objectivity, independence and essence” ~ Greg Goode In Part 10 of this series, Greg concludes his overview of emptiness with the Western Teachings
Joan Tollifson: The Simplicity of What Is (Part 4 of 7)
” …enlightenment is the end of the one who cares about being enlightened or unenlightened..” -Joan Tollifson “Whenever there is confusion and seeking, it’s a clue that thought is busy chasing its own tail. Actuality is simple.” Continue Joan Tollifson’s compelling exploration of the Simplicity of …
Emptiness by Greg Goode (Part 9 of 10)
“Experiencing self, other and world as empty is to joyfully experience one’s place in a light, free, open-ended, interpenetrating webwork of relations and dependencies. Lightness and joy come from no longer feeling as though reality has or needs a foundation ” ~ Greg Goode In Part 9 of this series, …
Vashishta: Inner Self
Deep inside of each one of us is light that is utterly peaceful and quiet. It is the you in me and the me in you. It is unaffected and undisturbed by the outer world. … Continue reading to enjoy full post…
Joan Tollifson: The Simplicity of What Is (Part 3 of 7)
“Notice that everything is constantly changing, and yet, it all happens in this ever-present Here and Now. This timeless immediacy can’t be pinned down, nor can it be avoided.” -Joan Tollifson Continue Joan Tollifson’s compelling exploration of the Here and Now in Part 3 of this seven part series Th …
Emptiness by Greg Goode (Part 8 of 10)
“According to the Buddhist path, one trains to stabilize the attention, abandon harmful actions, take up helpful actions, generate patience and compassion, and meditate on the nature of self and other.” ~ Greg Goode In Part 8, Greg continues his overview of emptiness with How to Realize Emptiness.
Emptiness by Greg Goode (Part 7 of 10)
“Compassion moves the practitioner beyond a merely memorized or intellectual understanding of the emptiness teachings. Compassion helps one’s realization become global and holistic.” ~ Greg Goode In Part 7, Greg continues his overview of emptiness with Compassion and Emptiness.
Joan Tollifson: The Simplicity of What Is (Part 2 of 7)
“Reality can’t ever be captured in concepts” -Joan Tollifson “Is it possible that the peace and well-being we seek…cannot be found or satisfied by answers or attainments or experiences of any kind?” Continue Joan Tollifson’s exploration of life’s universal questions in Part 2 of this seven part s …
Emptiness by Greg Goode (Part 6 of 10)
“…inherent existence is the kind of existence that things do not have. Things actually lack inherent existence, because they exist as dependent arisings.” ~ Greg Goode In Part 6, Greg continues his overview of emptiness by exploring Inherent Existence and its relationship with emptiness and depend …
Joan Tollifson: The Simplicity of What Is (Part 1 of 7)
“Ultimate Reality is right here in plain view. It is never hidden, it requires no belief, and it is utterly beyond all doubt.” – Joan Tollifson “What is life all about? Does it mean anything? Where are we looking for happiness or liberation? Do we have free will? What is enlightenment and how can I …
Nirmala: The Hurried Creek & The Restless Sea …
the restless sea becomes smooth and mirrors the clouds and in ceasing all motion rejoins its own depths … Continue reading to enjoy Nirmala’s full poem …
Emptiness by Greg Goode (Part 5 of 10)
“…we are not separate and independent entities, but rather we exist in dependence on webworks of relations and transactions …” ~ Greg Goode In Part 5 of this series, Greg continues his overview of emptiness … and explores Emptiness and Dependent Arising, Conventional Existence, and Emptiness I …
Munajat: The Quiet by Pir Elias Amidon
Munajat: “… a “whispered prayer” … is love-talk evoking the nearness of divine reality … ~ Pir Elias Amidon Enjoy another of Elias’ intimate conversations with God! …
Dennis Waite: Misconceptions about Advaita (Part 2 of 2)
Guest author, Dennis Waite, concludes his thoughts on the misconceptions about Advaita … in this 2-Part series.
Advaita: Enlightenment through Knowledge? Are Practice or Experience Necessary?
Can Enlightenment be obtained through knowledge? Are practice or experience necessary? Chris Hebard explores these key questions in his commentary on Dennis Waite’s series titled Misconceptions about Advaita …
Emptiness by Greg Goode (Part 4 of 10)
“… Everything is said to be empty, even emptiness …” ~ Greg Goode In Part 4 of this series, Greg continues his overview of emptiness … and explores The Dialectical Approach and The Buddhist perspective …
Dennis Waite: Misconceptions about Advaita (Part 1 of 2)
“… The knowledge conveyed by Advaita is that there is only Consciousness – ever …” ~ Dennis Waite In this 2-part series, guest author, Dennis Waite, shares his thoughts on the misconceptions about Advaita …
Pir Elias Amidon: Munajat – Forty Prayers: In The Cathedral
“On the one hand {a “whispered prayer,” or “intimate conversation with God” is a} … love-talk evoking the nearness of divine reality, and on the other hand it can’t help but go mute as it points to the unspeakable majesty of the Real …” ~ Elias Amidon Enjoy one of Elias’ intimate conversation wi …
Emptiness by Greg Goode (Part 3 of 10)
“… Emptiness teachings … transform life in a way that makes it light-hearted, joyful and vibrantly alive …” ~ Greg Goode In Part 3 of this series, Greg addresses how emptiness can help with suffering …
Pir Elias: Meditations on Nondual Awakening
“Open now into the clear presence of this moment … silent and open …” ~ Elias Amidon Free Medicine – Meditations on Nondual Awakening, is a recently published book by a “soon to be added” teacher: Pir Elias Amidon. Connie Shaw, the publisher, graciously offered 3 chapters, as a PDF, for free dow …
Emptiness by Greg Goode (Part 2 of 10)
“… Emptiness teachings … free you from experiencing yourself and world in terms of … opposites …” ~ Greg Goode In Part 2 of this 10-part series, Greg address two questions: How is Emptiness Nondual? and What Does Emptiness Mean? Enjoy!
Emptiness by Greg Goode (Part 1 of 10)
“Finding the absence of the inherently existent self is realizing the emptiness of the self.” ~ Greg Goode A comprehensive overview of the Indo-Tibetan approach to Prasangika Madhyamaka … In this 10-part series, Greg takes us on a deep dive into emptiness … in this Part 1 he gives us an overview …
Pir Elias: Acceptance, Silence, Awe, & More …
“… accept things exactly as they are, including your wanting them to be different. In that acceptance, a way forward is gently given …” ~ Pir Elias In this beautiful and profound post, guest author, Pir Elias Amidon, shares some “suggestions and aphorisms” on acceptance, silence, awe, and more … …
Adyashanti: The Gifts & Secrets of Silence
“… Mind throws itself at Silence demanding to be let in. But no mind can enter into Her radiant darkness Her pure and smiling nothingness …” ~ Adyashanti Enjoy this poetry of silence by Adyashanti, one of our featured teachers …
Many Roads to Awakening or Here/Now (Part 3 of 3)
“The ever-present, ever-changing, nonconceptual actuality of the present moment is effortlessly presenting itself right now. Here / Now is the boundlessness that has no opposite and no other. This is it.” ~ Joan Tollifson In this concluding Part of the 3-part series, guest author, Joan Tollifson con …
Greg Goode: After Awareness – The End of the Path
The direct path, taught by Shri Atmananda Krishna Menon, is “a way of reaching lasting love and happiness undisturbed by conditions.” We are delighted to introduce Greg Goode’s latest book: After Awareness – The End of the Path … he has also graciously provided the books’ summary for free download i …
Many Roads to Awakening or Here/Now (Part 2 of 3)
“… we are not a discrete unit of consciousness encapsulated inside a body, but that the body, the mind, and this whole universe is in this aware space that is what “I” truly am … Awareness is boundless. It has no location, no owner … all experiences appear within it. Awareness beholds it all … is no …
Many Roads to Awakening or Here/Now (Part 1 of 3)
“The ever-present, ever-changing, nonconceptual actuality of the present moment is effortlessly presenting itself right now. This bare being is nondual, undivided, boundless, and without obstruction. … ” ~ Joan Tollifson In Part 1 of this 3 part series guest author, Joan Tollifson, explores the d …
Gangaji: Self Inquiry & Spiritual Maturity
“Perhaps you realize the grace of a moment of beauty. To be true to that grace you must explore it. See if it truly ends …” ~ Gangaji See what Gangaji has to say about spiritual maturity … as one continues explorations in consciousness through self inquiry …
Robert Rabbin’s Message of Peace
“Light a sacred fire for peace” ~ Pujas For Peace Earlier this week, we posted a prayer for peace as part of our small addition to the “energy of peace” for the planet. Synchronistically, through our dear friend, Robert Rabbin, we found Pujas For Peace – an organization with a positive vision that i …
What If …
“… The vanishing of Everything from Awareness, including yourself as the one aware, and yet… Awareness continued?…” Chuck Surface’s beautiful and profound poem : What If …
Spiritual Nourishment, I Ching, and our True Nature
“Eternity is your refuge. Recognize eternity within yourself. Eternal presence is Buddha-mind. Eternal presence is not becoming Buddha-mind or attaining Buddha-mind. It is recognizing itself as eternal Buddha-mind now.” ~ Gangaji Exploring our true nature …
Gangaji: Stop Searching, See What is Here – Right Now!
Regardless of any conceptions of spiritual study or systems or traditions … “here” is not subject to human verification or certification … does not require years of practice or discipline … is simply here – always !… It’s here in the crowded bazaar and … on the forest road … it’s also here in …
Nirmala: The Mystery …
the mystery of this simple moment can not be spoken yet all of history occurred to arrive here. …. Continue reading to enjoy Nirmala’s full poem …
Realization: Emptiness vs Advaita ? (Part 3 of 3)
“…it is often said that from the standpoint of “after” realization (note the quotation marks), nothing ever happened …” … “…to realize emptiness is to realize the interdependence of what one thought was fixed and independent …” In Part 3 of this 3 part series Greg Goode concludes his anal …
Can We Equate Emptiness with Advaita ? (Part 2 of 3)
“… awareness is said to be the essence of all things …” … “… In the emptiness teachings, there are no essences …” In Part 2 of this 3 part series Greg Goode delves into the differences between Emptiness and Advaita …
Can We Equate Emptiness with Advaita ? (Part 1 of 3)
“… Emptiness teachings entail a radical critique of the notions of objective truth and independence. This is part of how one realizes that emptiness is empty. The teachings look at themselves …” {Advaita teachings} “… the single reality that is beyond pointing, but which is what the self and …
Sacred Whirling, Sufism & Advaita (Part 5 of 5)
“… So the divine level is the one mind, the one consciousness, which is also the same thing as who you are …” ~ Philip Jacobs In the concluding Part 5 of this series, Paula Marvelly and Philip Jacobs, resident Sheikh of the London-based Study Society, continue their conversation on Advaita, Sufi …
Rabindranath Tagore: Unending Love
“I seem to have loved you in numberless forms, numberless times in life after life, in age after age, forever. My spellbound heart has made and remade the necklace of songs, That you take as a gift, wear round your neck in your many forms, In life after life, in age after age, forever. Continue read …
Non-Duality And Its Value For The World, Part 4 of 4
Guest author, Hans Meijer continues his exploration of non-duality … He concludes the four-part series, with remarks on “the meaning of religion and looking forward …” …. Enjoy !
Sacred Whirling, Sufism & Advaita (Part 4 of 5)
“… you are already the one consciousness, you already are the unified state but you have to go off and say ‘yes’ to the great adventure of life … you have to leave who you think you are, and via a strange route, you come back and rediscover that principle of unity in a much fuller way.” ~ Philip Jac …
Sacred Whirling, Sufism & Advaita (Part 3 of 5)
If you are observant, what you will see that when you are five years old and when you are fifty-five years old, although your physical body, subtle body and psyche go through many changes, there’s something which is looking out through your eyes that witnesses all these changes, and this thing never …
Francis Lucille: Non-Duality & Self Realization
” … Enlightenment is the sudden recognition that non-duality is, has always been, and will always be the reality of our experience. Duality is an illusion. …” ” … Self realization is the subsequent stabilization in the peace, happiness and freedom of our natural state. …” ~ Francis Lucille Exc …
Sacred Whirling, Sufism & Advaita (Part 2 of 5)
In Part 2 of this series, Paula Marvelly and Philip Jacobs, resident Sheikh of the London-based Study Society, continue their conversation on Advaita, Sufism and the turning ceremony of the whirling dervishes … this part largely focuses on the “turning ceremony” with some comments on Advaita and Suf …
Non-Duality And Its Value For The World, Part 3 of 4
Guest author, Hans Meijer continues his exploration of non-duality … In Part 3 of this four-part series, he addresses “In what way can people come to the realization of their oneness with the Absolute…” Enjoy …
Sacred Whirling, Sufism & Advaita (Part 1 of 5)
Paula Marvelly converses with Philip Jacobs, resident Sheikh of the London-based Study Society, about Advaita, Sufism and the turning ceremony of the whirling dervishes, particularly about the way in which sacred dance can be a direct means for accessing, and becoming one with, the Divine. Paula is …
Non-Duality And Its Value For The World, Part 2 of 4
Guest author, Hans Meijer continues his exploration of non-duality … In Part 2 of this four-part series, he addresses “How to make it understandable that non-duality is what people are looking for …” Enjoy …
It Is Here: Poem by Nirmala
It is Here … it is here in the breath … it is here in the stillness between breaths … … it is here where it can never be lost or found. ~ Nirmala Continue reading to enjoy Nirmala’s full poem from Gifts with No Giver, a love affair with truth
Non-Duality And Its Value For The World, Part 1 of 4
Guest author, Hans Meijer explores the subject of non-duality and defines it as “… creation and creator are one (not two) …” … and asserts that man “… not being aware of his oneness with his origin …” … is the key reason for the “… critical situation our world is in today …” Enjoy Part 1 of …
Robert Rabbin: When Mind Falls Into Silence
“A tremendous ‘knowing’ comes effortlessly into the mind when it falls into Silence, … When we allow this knowing into our minds, our very lives become as clear and startling as this knowing.” ~ Robert Rabbin Robert’s Teacher page, which will be added shortly … and as is typical of our Teacher pa …
Nisargadatta Maharaj: Peace and Silence
“In peace and silence … the inner and the outer become one.” ~ Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj One of the gems from the treasure, I Am That:Talks with Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj Explore more of his books and enjoy our free Articles (PDFs). And, visit Nisargadatta Maharaj’s Teacher Page for details re his …
Gangaji: Recognize The Peace That Is Already Here
“Whether you are searching for peace and happiness in a relationship, in a better job, or even in world peace, just for one moment stop absolutely. There is nothing wrong with these pursuits, but if you are engaging in them to get peace or to get happiness, you are overlooking the ground of peace th …
Robert Rabbin: Dialog on Death and Integrity of Being
Robert Rabbin, a contemporary mystic who lived with Swami Muktananda for 10 years, was diagnosed with stage 4 cancer – in January 2012 – and given only a few months to live. He recovered fully in early 2016 to begin a new phase of life … and he now says: “Yes, I am thriving well past the use-by date …
Ramana Maharshi: Silence and The Pearl
“The pearl is so small a thing, yet so valuable and so difficult to procure. Similarly, the Self is like the pearl: to find it you must dive deep down into the silence, deeper and ever deeper, until it is reached.” ~ Ramana Maharshi Quoted from Silence in the Teachings of Sri Ramana Maharshi, by Dav …
Francis Lucille on Love
“Love flies on its own wings and knows no laws. It is the emergence of grace that wrests us from the hypnosis of separation.” That is an excerpt from Francis Lucille’s remarks on Love … Francis is a teacher in the advaita or nonduality tradition and he “… transmits the ancient teaching of nondua …
Alan Jacobs Reads Sri Ramana Maharshi’s Talk 146
In this beautifully made short film by French director, Jean-Raphael Dedieu, Alan Jacobs, President of the Ramana Maharshi Foundation, UK, reads from Ramana’s Talk 146.
Nisargadatta Maharaj: Love is the purpose of duality
“Can there be happiness in unity? Does not all happiness imply necessarily contact, hence duality?” Here’s Nisargadatta Majaraj’s answer ….
Rupert Spira: What Am I?
“I am the one that sees whatever is seen but I am not made out of anything that is seen. I am the one that hears whatever is heard but I am not made of anything that is heard. …” Rupert Spira shares a beautiful meditation on the nature of experience and answers the question “What Am I?”
Enticing Moves: Poem by Nirmala
“What is appealing about Nirmala is his humility and lack of pretense, which welcomes whatever arises within the field of experience. In the midst of this welcoming is always an invitation to inquire deeply within, to the core of who and what you are. Again and again, Nirmala points the questions ba …
Truth Will Set You Free: Time Does Not Exist (Part 2 of 2)
Guest author, Hans Meijer explores the subject of time and posits that “Time does not exist.” … He makes the case that “… there is only NOW – in which all that is manifested appeared, changes and disappears …” … and that “… existence is fundamentally connected with the eternal now, the tim …
Truth Will Set You Free: Time Does Not Exist (Part 1 of 2)
Guest author, Hans Meijer explores the subject of time and posits that “Time does not exist.” … He makes the case that “… there is only NOW – in which all that is manifested appeared, changes and disappears …” … and that “… existence is fundamentally connected with the eternal now, the tim …
Paul Hedderman: Addiction, Recovery, & Spiritual Awakening
What does addiction have to do with non-duality … or spiritual awakening? In actuality, a lot. Paul Hedderman’s expression is unique to him; it is alive, vital and fresh. His sense of humor is infectious. But that is not all. Paul has been in recovery, having a dark and sordid past history wit …
Rupert Spira: Peace That Never Fades
Rupert Spira discusses “resistance to what is” and “The Peace which never fades.”
Who Was Wolter Keers ?
Who was Walter Keers? The Dutch mystic and friend of Jean Klein. The man who sat with Ramana Maharshi, Atmananda Krishna Menon and translated I am That for Nisargadatta Maharaj into Dutch. Click here to read FREE writings by Wolter Keers.
Life from Above, and Beyond, with words from Alan Watts – A Trey Ratcliff Montage
Enjoy this 8:58 minute video of Alan Watts’ words of wisdom with stunning photography by Trey Ratcliff and music from Hans Zimmer.
Tasting Stillness
A poem on Stillness by Michael Jeffreys, a non duality teacher based in Los Angeles. Michael believes that “The peace and rest we all seek is in/as the timeless space of now, not its ever-changing contents.”
Why The American Pilgrimage to India? (Part 2)
“There is no greater mystery than this: being Reality ourselves, we seek to gain Reality.” ~ Ramana Maharshi … In Part 2 of this series we continue the exploration of the question What was the secret promise held by the East that the West craved so deeply … ?
The Culturium – Timeless, Wise and Beautiful
In Arthur Osbourne’s The Mind of Ramana Maharshi, there is an anecdote that has always fascinated me. When asked by a visiting poet to the Ramanasramam for permission to write poems in praise of the great Indian master, Sri Ramana apparently remarked, “All this is only activity of the mind. The more …
Is Eastern Wisdom Relevant To Me In Contemporary American Culture? … a Multi Part Story
“There are many paths to the top of the mountain, but the view is always the same.” ~ Chinese Proverb It all seems so confusing. So many paths to choose from, so many “gurus”, so many instructional and experiential opportunities, so many “Flavors of the week !” … If we were to forced to speculate on …
202 Reminiscences about Sri Ramana Maharshi
“All that is required to realize the Self is to be still.” ~ Ramana Maharshi During Sri Ramana Maharshi’s life many people visited him and spent varying degrees of time at the ashram. Such first hand experiences of individuals are largely unrecorded, however, we recently uncovered a remarkable compi …
Jnani: The Silent Sage of Arunachala – Ramana Maharshi
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hVYv9ktilQw The only way out is within “Maharshi: Silence is the most potent form of work. However vast and emphatic the sastras may be, they fail in their effect. The Guru is quiet and peace prevails in all. His silence is more vast and more emphatic than all the sas …
The Nondual Wisdom of Karlfried Graf Durckheim
Becoming Transparent to the Transcendent: Karlfried Graf Durckhein While visiting with Francis Lucille during his retreat outside of Munich, Germany this summer, he stunned me with a quote from Karlfield Graf Durckheim, the German diplomat, psychotherapist, Zen "master" and deeply en …
Atmananda Krishna Menon’s Teachings
“By reducing objects into consciousness or happiness, you come only to the brink of experience. Reduce them further into the ‘I’ principle; then,’it’, the object, and ‘you’, the subject, both merge into experience itself. Thus, when you find that what you see is only yourself, the ‘seeing’ and ‘obje …
How did the Universe come into Existence?
How did the Universe come into Existence? Direct experience must be the sole test of reality. This being true, then, every presumption or conclusion should be subjected to the examination of our direct experience to validate it. For instance, let's examine the presumption that the universe …
Robert Adams: All is Well
“… All of life experiences are images on the screen of eternity …” ~ Robert Adams
Ramana Maharshi: How to “trace the ego back to it’s source”
In advaita, Ramana Maharshi urged “‘tracing the ego back to the source” but what, exactly does this mean? Here’s a question from a seeker: “I am stuck at a point where I feel I need help … While reading Sri Ramana Maharshi’s work and talks, there is this constant mention of tracing the ego back to …
Jean Klein: The Book of Listening
Many know that Jean Klein is regarded as one of the most eloquent communicators of non-duality to the West – in the second half of the 20th century. The striking thing about Dr. Klein is his independence. Jean teaches Advaita but he rarely uses its technical terms. In fact, he has developed his own …
Who are You? Let Papaji Help
You really do want to know the answer … Here are some words from Papaji, resonating, reverberating, cajoling, teasing, “Come Forward. Come out. Emerge …” – excerpted from “The Truth Is, Papaji Sri H.W. L. Poonja,” Pages 25-27. Self is what you are, You are That Fathomlessness in which experienc …
