What is meant by “no self”? We use the personal pronoun “I” all the time. I am typing (or reading) these words, I am feeling anxious, I am ready for winter. To what does that “I” refer? Can you identify or locate it in direct experience? In this episode, we’ll see the difference between direct experience and
Podcast: Play in new window | Download ()
In looking for the doer, I often hear something like: “Who is doing all of this if there is no me and no doer?” Does there have to be a who? Or is that who question just a remnant of the me-and-my-life perspective? Maybe there is no Who anywhere? It’s similar to Why questions. Does there
Podcast: Play in new window | Download ()
In Episode 224, I talked about a man who had been everywhere and tried everything looking for freedom, except one thing – being in What Is. One hundred and six episodes later, this still feels like perhaps the only thing to see. In this episode, I share several examples of the same – people suffering and
Podcast: Play in new window | Download ()
I want to invite you to join me for a brand new 4-week course called No-Self Realization: A Thorough Search in Direct Experience for the Separate Self. What exactly are we referring to when we say “I”? What exactly does that pronoun point to? Is there an entity there, separate from life? Where? As Adyashanti says,
Podcast: Play in new window | Download ()
Are trust and wisdom needed? Who needs them? Seriously, look. Can you find the entity here who needs to trust or align with wisdom in order to be okay? Where is that entity? Is there anything here lacking wisdom? Where? Really look in immediate experience and see if you can find it.Is there something here to
Podcast: Play in new window | Download ()
This episode was Inspired by a question from a listener about how doubt seems to be behind her continued OCD behaviors. Her take was that she needs more trust in wisdom and less doubt for her rituals to finally come to an end. I give another take and explore doubt in a bigger sense. What
Podcast: Play in new window | Download ()
Today’s episode is the opening of another The Little School of Big Change call from the recent 6- week course. You are what’s here.When pain is here, you are pain. When anxiety is here, you are arising as anxiety. When joy is here, what you are is joy.Pain, anxiety, joy, and any other fleeting sensation
Podcast: Play in new window | Download ()
This saying is very common. Stay in the conversation and things will begin to land more deeply. Although this seems true at a certain level, it also invites you to fall into the common traps of “waiting, “someday” and “becoming”, which are all thoughts.What can you do beyond simply staying in the conversation? We’ll explore that
Podcast: Play in new window | Download ()
Life is constantly letting go. You don’t let go. You are let go. Who-you-take-yourself-to-be arises and dissolves as experience in each and every moment.Today’s episode is a portion of a recent call with the LSBC 6-week course where we explore the effortless, always letting go nature of life. ***Join me for a 6-day silent retreat in
Podcast: Play in new window | Download ()
It’s not uncommon that someone might argue, “You say self is a thought, but no-self is also a thought, isn’t it?” Or, “Isn’t nonduality another belief?” Everything is a thought or belief when it’s a thought or belief. So yes, no-self can be a belief exactly like self can be a belief.But what’s between self and
Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 24:32 — 22.5MB)
School starts March 1st.
Let’s get you enrolled!
*By Pre-enrolling you also agree to receive my newsletter.
I respect your privacy and you can unsubscribe any time
School starts March 1st.
Let’s get you enrolled!
*By Pre-enrolling you also agree to receive my newsletter.
I respect your privacy and you can unsubscribe any time
