Have you ever done non-dual inquiry and said to yourself, 'I understand it intellectually, but I don't feel it. It's not my experience!' If so, The Direct Path, inspired by Sri Atmananda (Krishna Menon), could be for you.
This book is the 'missing manual' to the Direct Path. Direct-Path inquiry is presented from beginning to end and beyond, in a user-friendly way. The core of this book is a set of forty experiments designed to help dissolve the most common non-dual sticking points, from simple to subtle. The experiments cover the world, the body, the mind, abstract objects, and witnessing awareness. You are taken step-by-step from the simple perception of a physical object all the way to the collapse of the witness into pure consciousness. Your takeaway is that there's no experiential doubt that you and all things are awareness, openness, and love.
Also included are a section on teaching and the notion of a 'post-nondual realization.'
This book can be utilized on its own or as a companion to the author's Standing as Awareness.
Inspired by Sri Atmananda (Krishna Menon), the Direct Path is a 'pathless path.' It simply articulates the being of you and the world as loving, open, clear awareness. If this truth is realized as your experience, then nothing need be done. The path disappears, and life is lived in sweetness and celebration! But if there are still questions or doubts, the Direct Path contains unique and powerful resources that stabilize this truth as your everyday reality. This is a revised edition of the book, expanded to add chapters on the Direct Path in addition to its selection of dialogs from a decade of 'Nondual Dinner' gatherings. The first three chapters unfold the basics of the Direct Path, such as standing as awareness, being in love with awareness, and exploring awareness. Included are several experiments that help establish your everyday experience as awareness, always and already. The dialogs cover questions such as the desire for enlightenment experiences, the relationship between the brain and awareness, the question of 'nondually correct' language, the belief in physical and mental objects, the idea of having a sage's experience, and more.
Written by leading non-duality author Greg Goode, After Awareness offers an insider's look at the Direct Path-a set of liberating spiritual teachings inspired by Shri Atmananda (Krishna Menon). This book shares secrets of the Direct Path that are rarely revealed. It examines topics hardly ever mentioned in non-duality discussions, such as the importance of ethics, the language of non-duality, the role of the guru, and the provisional nature of the Direct Path itself.
Our modern world is one of myriad beliefs and traditions. Most seekers explore a variety of ideas and spiritual paths before finding something that feels right: Eastern and Western philosophies, orthodox practices and mystical experiences, independent studies or devotion to a teacher. After Awareness takes this diversity into account, treating the Direct Path as one approach among many, rather than an objectively true description of reality.
This is no prescriptive, step-by-step book: After Awareness examines core principles in non-duality and provides context, examples, and critiques of these ideas. It explores the Direct Path without presuming belief in the path's concepts. Instead, you'll discover the central elements of the Direct Path-such as direct experience, awareness, and the witness-offered as tools of self-inquiry, not eternal truths.
