Diamond Inquiry: Exploring Reality from the Outside In In a world that is full of distractions and noise, meditating helps us settle into the depth of our being. But meditating isn’t useful when we must dance with the hustle and bustle of life—unless we interweave […]
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Exploring Recognition of Presence The definition of “recognize” that supports our exploration is: To perceive clearly: REALIZE; To conceive vividly as real: To be fully aware of. The challenge is that the recognition of presence has nothing to do with the mind or concepts or history. Recognizing
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Understanding Diamond Inquiry™ Diamond InquiryTM is the primary practice of the Diamond Approach. A holistic process guided by curiosity and pure love of the truth, Diamond Inquiry uses all facets of our being to delve into a deeper experiential understanding of reality. The text of
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In this lecture, Almaas will explore Krishnamurti’s inner experience, including the headache that lasted most of his life, and the possible reasons for it. His was an unusual kind of spiritual transformation, which will be instructive for many these days, for it points to uncommon
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In this lecture, A. H. Almaas explores the radical teachings of 20th-century spiritual teacher Jiddu Krishnamurti, whose revolutionary approach to awareness, perception, and the dissolution of the self helped awaken countless seekers to the truth of non-dual consciousness. Almaas will illuminate Krishnamurti’s contribution to modern
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In this lecture, Almaas will carefully investigate Nisargadatta’s experience of “I am,” pure awareness, and the Absolute, in order to clarify an understanding of his teaching and bring appreciation and greater precision to the levels of self-realization that can be achieved by spiritual practitioners. This
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The Philosophers’ Stone & Alchemy What is alchemy? Alchemy can be said to be the science of transmutation which in spiritual parlance would include both transcendence and transformation. The most popular common understandings of alchemy are couched in terms of metallurgy, turning lead into gold.
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From the beginning. . . …it’s important to know the distinction between spiritual transcendence and spiritual transformation. Most teachings, especially those that come from the East or are influenced by the East, tend to emphasize spiritual transcendence and teachings that come from the West, like
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I’ve Got Your Back: The Holding Environment and Basic Trust Depending on your particular history, and how safe and supported you feel with different people, you probably have varying degrees of trust in others. This interpersonal situation that we all experience also reflects a more
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What is trust? We talk a lot about trust, how important it is in life. We have many, many experiences around trust, mistrust and betrayal, but – how much thought have you given to what trust is? We’re talking about when we trust and how
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