Tag: mindfulness

• June 25, 2025

  Ego In Two Senses: Covert And Overt

  Question: The nondual teaching says explicitly that the Self is not the doer, and yet I’m still hung up on being the doer. How do I go beyond this idea? Ego In Two Senses In what briefly follows, I don’t mean to suggest that ego “in the two senses” is anything but a stipulative distinction.…
• June 23, 2025

  Is Atmananda’s Direct Path Teaching The Same As Ramana Maharshi’s?

  Question: Aren’t Atmananda and Ramana Maharshi essentially saying the same thing, and can’t their direct path approaches be regarded as versions of the Witness teaching? Excellent question! And just the right one. In short: No! Atmananda’s teaching can be divided into “the lower” and “the higher.” The lower teaching employs the Witness in order to…
• December 9, 2024

  The Energy Body And Open Awareness

  To explore the “I am the body identity,” it’s best to take an experiential approach: Begin by dropping all the weight from individual body parts, thereby letting all heaviness sink into the earth. In this way, the body is completely discharged of density, solidity, and a sense of weightiness. Indeed, what is slowly being discharged…
• December 6, 2024

  Should I Curb The Mental Chatter?

  Question: During my self-observation, I’ve noticed what strikes me as needless mental chatter. Should I try to curb it? What I learned from Zen was to really sit with whatever was arising. My Zen teacher would suggest that I sit without a timer. Just sit for as long as possible. No doubt he had many reasons…
• October 30, 2024

  Does Sickness Contradict The Nondual Teaching?

  Question: I still can’t seem to kick this illness…. You mentioned a few conversations ago that I should look for places where the teaching seems not to be true and investigate. Having this illness [that won’t go away], I am struggling. While I recognize that all these experiences are arising to me, I still feel…