Meditative
Living
A quiet inquiry into who we are, beneath the noise of becoming.
Meditation is not an activity as such. Here nothing can be forced or pushed. It begins with the genuine interest to experience who we are, apart from being a person, a short-lived body-mind with a name, driven by hopes and fears.
Meditation gives the brain a break, puts it to rest and lightens our heart. The mind's restlessness subsides. We become still inside. No thought, no feeling disturbs the light.
A landscape of inquiry
Eight passages, one direction toward stillness.
Love & Pains
What we hold, what holds us, and what is freed when we let go.
Read ii.Self-Inquiry
The question that quiets every other question.
Read iii.Transformation
Not change, but the dissolving of what was never real.
Read iv.Health & Healing
The body as a quiet teacher of the present moment.
Read v.God, Love & Mind
Three names for one undivided intelligence.
Read vi.At Peace
What remains when struggle is set down.
Read vii.Stillness
The soundless ground beneath every sound.
Read viii.Death
The teacher we keep avoiding, and what it has to give.
ReadNo-thing is yours, no-thing is you. Be aware of being aware, still and present.
Six steps inward
Take your time. Don't rush. Don't persist or resist.
Close your eyes and gently leave it all behind, all your little and big hopes, your little anxieties and worries, all your thoughts and feelings. Take your time.
Consciousness, the innocent perception of what is, lies underneath any experience. Think your thoughts and feel your feelings until you drop them, one by one, until they subside, leaving it all behind.
If you wish, repeat a mantra of your own choosing. Say or sing it repeatedly, each time anew, so no monotony occurs. Each tone, each sound must be fresh, anew, now.
Remember: no-thing is yours, no-thing is you. Let yourself go and fall, deeper and deeper. No experience is yours, no experience is you. Just drop it. Be aware of being aware, still and present.
After a while, things may seem a dream to you. Then discard this, too. You yourself may become a dream. Discard it. You may become all and all may become you. Discard it. Just let go.
Be still, highly aware, present. It is a leap. From mind to awareness, from awareness to truth, you, truly you. Be patient and try again from the beginning.