In this talk we look into the weird phenomenon of how we can not only add to our spiritual stories by addition, but we can also add to them by subtraction. I’ve mentioned this numerous times before, but not directly, and until a couple of days ago I never used this simple, clear and […]
My friend Dennis Waite is one of the most prolific and reliable teachers in the field of Advaita. This is his second edition, which is both improved and expanded, of his book on Sanskrit, a language which is an integral part of traditional Advaita. Sanskrit also shows up through Indian traditions, and is sometimes called […]
Sometimes being a spiritual teacher in a practice where a lot of people are waking up only to find themselves in the lengthy process of continually unfolding into clarity is like being a scorekeeper at a tennis match. The ball goes this way, then that way, and now back over here, then there, endlessly bouncing […]
I get mail like this virtually every day, and it’s common to get two or three in a day. I’m going to start posting more of them, because I think they’re encouraging. Subject: Many thanks…. Message Body: G’day Fred, the Book of Undoing and your Standing as Awakeness video have hit me hard. Looking through […]
I continue to work with active clients using Attention Practice, and they’re getting more and more out of it. So am I. Yesterday, for example, I had a great session with a student of mine in Iowa, Christopher, during which he experienced a fresh awakening. We both had our eyes closed and were doing the […]
Time is running short to meet with this guy in Asheville, NC. See the sidebar for details. Here’s the video many of you have been waiting for. This is the one where I talk about what the hell is going on with my eyes when I cut a video. If you’re a regular, you know […]
Zeus, ancient Greece’s ultimate authority. NEWS NOTES 1. I’m happy to report that I have made arrangements to turn The Book of Undoing into an audio book. I think it should be a perfect fit for that medium. Most of that book reads like one-set, two-actor play anyway, and being layered, it’s something that listeners […]
I’m trying out a new kind of session–Introductory Sessions. Here’s the description that I put on the Sessions page: INTRODUCTORY SESSIONS last for 45 minutes, cost $65, and are open to readers and viewers who have not yet met with me. I’m happy to talk with you regardless of where you are in your […]
Welcome! I’ve just published a new book, The Book of Unknowing, which is now available on Amazon and other sites in the US, and will soon be available internationally. Where The Book of Undoing is about how to awaken, this new book is about the journey afterward–how to clear, how to stabilize, and how to […]
Wha The room you see here is the venue for my Asheville events. If you’re gonna get it, you might as well get it in a beautiful space, and this room certainly qualifies. There are seat available for both sessions. The price goes up on the Awakening Session on the 15th, so if […]
This letter is from a gentleman in Australia whom I met with last week. He’s very well known in his field, but he recently retired due to his health. His concern about death came up at the outset of our session. I told him, “Yes, I do a fair amount of work with people who […]
NEWS NOTES 1~ Don’t forget to sign up for the May 31 Awakening Workshop that is taking place in oh-so-hip and beautiful Asheville, North Carolina before May 15. The price of the Workshop through mid-month is $125. We sold out the last Workshop, which was singularly successful. If you want to guarantee a seat at […]
Undead egos walk among us, and we are them. Do our egos really roll over and die when we wake up? It depends on who you read, does it not? Some say yes, and some say no. So what’s the real truth? This video is about the so-called life and death of egos. Let me […]
Trey Carland is a spiritual teacher in Asheville, NC. He is the founder of the Asheville Sangha and the author of A Seeker’s Guide to Inner Peace. We had a fun–and funny!–conversation together not long ago. You’ll find it here.
Some of us are riper than others, yet eventually every apple falls from the tree. (But not necessarily in THIS lifetime–get to work!) Hello everybody. I’ve gotten quite a bit of mail on my Attention Practice video. I think the practice is important, and so I’m posting some of this correspondence, which I’ve edited for […]
Welcome Home! I want to tell you about Attention Practice. If you’re a regular reader of this blog, then you know I’ve been talking about something I was calling The Attention Narrative. The more that I worked with that, the more it morphed from being a means of investigation to be used and discarded into […]
Self-realization is the most amazing thing that can happen. When it happened here, I was totally, electrically excited, and anxious to share my good fortune with you. Of course one of the reasons I was anxious to share it was so that you could bear witness to my good fortune. What’s the use of being […]
Photoshopped Photo by Roland Jackman, my friend and web guru. He had surgery this past week. They could find his gall bladder, but no one spotted a “Roland.” Hello, everybody. I’ve gotten several emails asking for client feedback on the Asheville Clarity Weekend, and this is in response to that. It also serves another […]
NEWS ITEMS Before we get to our post, let me run a few announcements up the flagpole. We’ve gotten good response from the announcement on the next meetings in May. If this is something you want to participate in, don’t wait until the last minute. We had a number of people who couldn’t get into […]
Hello, everybody! We had quite an exciting weekend in Asheville NC, and I want to share the news. Our venue was in the incredible mountain home of my friend and client, Barbara Hearne. She and an architect friend designed it together, and it is to die for. A wide, steel and wood stairwell takes you […]