FROM STRESS TO STILLNESS Tools for Inner Peace Excerpt from Chapter 1 by Gina Lake THE STRESS CHANNEL The Stress Channel is the ego’s channel. When we’re tuned in to the egoic mind and absorbed in […]
Hello, everybody! This is a flash-in-the-pan post; it’ll move to a back burner in just five days, when this giveaway promotion ends. I’ve collected several popular posts into a Kindle booklet that would run about 40 print pages. Each of them has been re-edited, and lightly re-written for this edition, and I’ve slipped in a […]
THE BOOK OF UNDOING Direct Pointing to Nondual Awareness by Fred Davis [I’m happy to report that TBU-Kindle hit Amazon’s Top 100 in Eastern Philosophy on its very first day of publication. It has been the #1 Hot New Release in that category since the second day of its release. (updated 4.29.13)] Chapter One A Look at the Book and […]
The whole truth can be summed up in one verse from the Jewish/Christian scriptures, “I am that I am”. And the entire method for realizing this truth is found in another of those scriptures, “Be still and know that I am God.” ~Sri Ramana Maharshi I Am That I Am Discovering […]
Only THAT The Life and Teaching of Sailor Bob Adamson by Kalyani Lawry All phenomena are like the sky and the characteristic feature of the sky is its natural condition. Every-thing abides in this natural condition. No phenomena manifesting to perception can be altered from their authentic state. “Nobody in the […]
WELCOME! We have another original article for you, a really fine piece by David Lang, who was a friend of Douglas Harding’s, the founder of the Headless Way. David is a longtime, avid proponent of this remarkably effective and freeing method of coming to see truth for ourselves. His presentation here is unique and incredibly […]
A FLOWER IN THE DESERT by DAVID LANG In 1970, when I was 17, my life was turned upside down by a very simple thing: a pointing finger—my pointing finger. I was in an ordinary room with ordinary-looking people, but my finger was pointing at what was extraordinary—indeed (it seemed) impossible: a place where […]
WELCOME! We have a Kenny Johnson double-header today that I know you’re going to enjoy. The story behind this post is pretty funny, so I’ll share it. Some months ago I was emailing back and forth with Chris Hebard of Stillness Speaks, and I mentioned I’d like to get Kenny to be a guest for Awakening […]
THE LAST HUSTLE A True Story By Kenny Johnson As told to Shanti Einolander This book is dedicated to all those incarcerated, whether in prisons of brick and stone or prisons of the mind. If you are earnestly looking inward for the key to eternal freedom, you will be […]
WELCOME. One of my clients is a graphic artist, Rupert Peene, who lives in San Francisco. Rupert has graciously allowed me to use his wonderful frogs as text separators on AC. I’d been looking for something like this, but had no idea what it would be–until I got an email from Rupert with a frog in […]
ORDINARY FREEDOM By Jon Bernie Foreword We do not usually think of ordinariness and spirituality as existing together, and in one sense they do not belong together. If we think that spiritual freedom is something that can fit nicely into our ordinary […]
WELCOME. It’s been a busy two weeks here, as I’m sure it has been at your house. I hadn’t actually intended on personally writing another column this quickly, but there was a mix-up on dates, and a deadline was missed, so here I am. One of my New Year’s resolutions, however, is to get back to doing […]
You Are No Thing by Randall Friend Part 1 – The Search Bondage is when the mind longs for something, grieves about something, rejects something, holds on to something, is pleased about something or displeased about something. – Ashtavakra Gita A Summary of a Spiritual Search How did Randall ‘get’ this? How did he […]
WELCOME. Thanks for dropping by. It’s been a busy two weeks, so I want to just jump right in, but let me make one note of appreciation first. Thanks! to the good folks at Non-Duality Press for making me their featured author this month. It’s a real treat, and a high honor. This unit now has my permission […]
Part I AWAKENING TO DEEP ACCEPTANCE The Wholeness of Life The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes, but in having new eyes. MARCEL PROUST The wrinkles on your elderly father’s hands. The cry of a newborn baby. A sculpture in an art gallery. A certain combination of notes in a piece […]
WELCOME. You’ll notice that I’ve changed out the main post on Monday night instead of Thursday night. I’ve done that because today, December 4, is the official announcement day for my new book, Beyond Recovery: Nonduality and the Twelve Steps. My publishers, Julian and Catherine Noyce of Non-Duality Press–bless their daring souls–will be sending out a […]
There is just one thing going on Everything — you, me, the earth and the sky, the flowers and trees, mountains and seas, and all that walks, swims, or flies — constitute just a single, integrally connected, flowing oneness. It is always moving, always morphing, always reshaping itself through endless changes. And the greatest change in history is happening […]
Welcome! We’re glad to have you join us for the 31st edition of our Guest Teacher Series. Richard Bates is a full time locksmith and part time writer who’s written a terrific main post for us, and whose book, The World Is My Mirror, is our First Chapter Preview. Do forgive the pun, but I […]
The World Is My Mirror by Richard Bates The Game Furrowed brow To furrowed frown I’ll choose my move I’ll usurp your crown All is set Let the games commence Check the rules And make it tense The appearance of heat The first glimpse of fire Look at me now Let our faces retire Touch […]
WELCOME TO AWAKENING CLARITY. This is the 30th edition of our Guest Teaching Series. This is also the 5th edition of our First Chapter Preview. John Wheeler joins holds down both the Guest Teacher and the Guest Writer positions this week. F.A.Q. On my other website, Beyond-Recovery.org, I’ve answered six of the most frequently asked questions I’ve gotten […]