Tag: direct path

• June 3, 2025

  Does The Self Go Missing During The Course Of The Day?

  Context A. suggests that he can experience the nondual Self during formal seated practice, and yet, as he’d say, during the course of the day this nondual Self has gone missing. This is his sticking point. Experiment Dear A, A simple experiment to try: This experiment gives the flavor of experiential understanding: activities or movements…
• June 2, 2025

  Thought Never Refers To Any Object

  Question: I have been reading Atmananda and was perplexed by his statement one can ever think of a gross object. How can this be the case? My sense is that you’re alluding to Atma Nivritti. Here’s a prakriya that you can undertake to understand what Atmananda is up to in this particular chapter: * Objectives, Briefly 1. Prove…
• May 22, 2025

  Existential Fear: 3 Approaches

  Question: I have this deep down existential fear that I can’t seem to get beyond. It’s been with me for so long that it’s become a familiar companion. What should I do? Investigate. Step 1: Is It Real? Ask yourself, “Is this existential fear really real?” For how could fear, which is presumed to be…