Writings & Articles
The Feminine Expression of Non-dualityTo me the word nonduality has always felt so very dry and masculine. As a woman, although I am often called a nondual teacher, I have shied away from using this term much myself. The word ‘nonduality’ seems to have attracted a lot of men interested in playing with words and concepts rather than diving into the depths of feeling and sensation. Read more... Die to Love‘Die to Love’ is a paradox. Death is Love. Love is Death. This Love is not the conditional and personal love of relating, but the unconditional Love that is right now as this experience. Recognising that you are what is right now, is the death to the Love that you are. Read more...
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Money, and the identity it gives usMoney is such a provocative subject for most people. So many of us have ideas about money and what it means about who we think we are. It so often provokes us to defend who we think we are. We live in fear of not having enough or losing what we have. Ideas about money seem to define who we think we are, and what we think about others. Read more... 'What is Love?'So we started touching a little bit, yesterday, on this word Love… and I know that this word has a lot of connotations and meanings. Most of those meanings seem to be about an experience of love, and of course I am not denying that there are experiences of love. Not denying any experience. And in fact that not denying any experience, is the Love that I am talking about. Read more... |
Why are we afraid of other people?Why is it that other people seem to hold the keys to your happiness? With just a look or a gesture, they can either give you everything you want or take it all away. Read more... |
Knowing Who You Are is the Only Real Safety NetKnowing who you are is the only safety net. In that net, everything happens. Knowing that it all comes and goes in that, there is the freedom to see all the ways in which we try to protect the false sense of who we think we are. Read more... |
Not-KnowingArticle written for the Dutch magazine 'Inzicht' for the February 2011 edition.In most societies knowing is given such a high place of authority. Knowing and understanding is believed to help us get ahead in our lives. Read more... |
Do you really want to find what you are searching for or does the thought of actually finding it, terrify you?On the spiritual path we spend so much energy searching.... waiting.... wanting.... hoping.... dreaming.... So much energy goes into the feeling that something is missing. Read more... |
‘Who am I?’ – What is self enquiry?First recognise who you are. This is the root of it all. Without this, you will assume that whatever is said here is a suggestion that you should or could actually do something out of your own separate volition. Read more... |
Living as the Freedom You Already AreWe all want to live in the most alive and free way. No matter what we are searching for, no matter what tradition or religion. Really we are searching to live as the freedom that we truly are. Read more... |
Is there any point in practice?When I was searching and longing for answers and a permanent resting place, I did believe that there was a need for practice. I did meditate intensely for a while and I did various energetic healing practices and therapy. At the time I did feel that I was getting some benefit from it. Read more... |
Recognising your true natureBeyond all labels and ideas what you are is awareness itself. Aware of whatever is happening. Presence itself. Only ever present, with no future or past. Read more... |
The TruthIt is easy to say that you want to discover the Truth, but when you understand that the Truth is not just the experience of love and peace, you may not be so sure that you want it any more. Read more... |
No GoalThere is a common myth among seekers of the truth, that there is a final goal that you will arrive at once you become self-realised. Read more... |
| What I am Article published by Advaita.org.uk 2007 What I am is Life itself. I am not this appearance of a separate individual. I am not this image of a body. I am not this label or thought. Read more...
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