If I were going to describe the chief methodology of The Living Method of Spiritual Awakening (which includes both the event, if one is noticed, and the process which both precedes and follows the event), then I would say “nondual inquiry.” Ramana Maharshi, whom I always admire and adore, and whom I occasionally address directly, […]
This post is authored by a Zen teacher and artist in Maine, Mike Stiler. I had occasion to spend some one-on-one time with him several years ago. He worked with Toni Packer, and is a friend of my friend, Joan Tollifson. He’s clear. Tulips
One of my students sent this link out to the sangha. I think you’ll like it. As a man who is repeatedly asked, “How do I get where I already am?” I loved it. ♥ [Thanks to Mike Zerbel, who is also Awakening Clarity Sangha Coordinator] Helpful Spiritual Junctures
Society is a reflection of, not a solution to our problems. Entering adulthood means that our collective mental structure is now undeniably perceived as “the world.” The function of society as we know it is to maintain this shared mental state. Anything that deviates is ignored and blocked out. But as Albert Einstein reputedly said, […]
The Sense of Oscillation, Free Will, and the Separate Self VIDEO PODCAST
Some of you like to follow the relative side of this teaching – the Fred and Betsy story. I know, because you’ve sent me a ton of mail about it. So this post is for you. It marks real milestone for us. Relativity counts. Ultimately it doesn’t matter, but it still counts. After all, it’s your […]
I talked to my friend David, who lives in Wales, this morning. He read me some quotes from an article by Michael Finkel in the U.K.’s The Guardian about a modern-day hermit, Christopher Knight, and then sent me a link to it, which I pass along to you. Be sure to read the entire first piece, […]
Hi Fred Just a brief follow-up to our powerful session on Friday. i really like the device you suggested of subtly giving form to formlessness by adding the devotional aspect of surrendering conceptualizations to, what I now call, “The Great Nothing.” By Nothing, I mean No-Thing, Everything, Oneness. I’ve always identified more as a Yogi […]
March 9, 2017 Hi Fred, After our meeting this week, which I thoroughly enjoyed, I spent some time thinking and writing about our discussion of the ghost of the character, largely because it provided a unique frame of reference for the process of clearing up. Although I wrote this initially for myself, I rewrote it […]
The many afflictions which occur with severity like thunderbolts in the life of great devotees are only to establish their pure mind more and more firmly in Self-abidance and not to shake them down from it. ~Ramana Maharshi
VIDEO Contemplative Inquiry: Asking Ourselves the Right Questions PODCAST Contemplative Inquiry: Asking Ourselves the Right Questions
Descriptions of awakenings are often attempts to convey the ego’s, or character’s, experience of awakening. But how does awakening feel to Oneness? The character can only imagine. But it will try. There is no seeker. That which is seeking is what is sought. God or Spirit or Oneness is seeking knowledge of itself. Where do […]
Thanks to Max, Kathleen and Kelly for sharing your experience with all of us. Love, fredness . Dear Fred, Thank you so much for your generosity & warmth in today’s clarity session. I feel SO LUCKY to have participated in the Living Method over the last 10 months. There is NO QUESTION that if it were not for […]
Hello Fred, At this week’s satsang, I really had no question. I actually found myself in the same state expressed by the first gentleman – spaced, just able to stay awake. I have had that experience many times in the presence of people who hold the truth or a ton of Shakti. Go in with […]
We just saw this video today and wanted to share it. Love Has No Labels Love, Fred & Betsy
VIDEO The Edge of Enlightenment . PODCAST The Edge of Enlightenment
The funny thing about Oneness is that there’s only one of them. We simply do not, and frankly cannot, adequately apprehend what “one” really means. I sometimes ask a client or student a series of questions to help them grok it. The mind that’s trying to encapsulate the concept of Oneness is a part of […]
In the first part of this article we saw that there is never an independent unit born. We don’t have to investigate this mystically. If we accept that “all is One” and we recognize that Oneness means only One, then we can investigate it with simple logic to arrive at this obvious but ever-overlooked truth. […]