Revelation is the fulfillment of not-knowing We enter this world in a nondual state, but within a few years we start to inhabit a subject/object reality, a life of duality. The status quo of a “normal” life is divided into me and other. Knowing is reduced […]
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The Enneagram of Personality is a detailed map that shows us how to work with our personality and relax the hold of historical patterns or “fixations,” which disconnect us from the spiritual ground of reality. Typically, people orient to an “ego ideal” – a vision of being
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The Green Rain of Compassion Many, many, many seekers come to the spiritual path seeking freedom and relief from carrying their load of suffering for too many years. Their efforts in the world have neither brought them the peace and healing their heart, body, and
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Essential Aspects: Jewels of Existence The path of the Diamond Approach works to unfold our spiritual potential by giving us precise, nuanced language and methods for navigating our inner experiential landscape. Guided by this teaching, we can become more present to the difficulties and the
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How Psychoanalysis Contributes to Spiritual Awakening What does spirituality offer psychoanalysis? This is a question from the audience that A. H. Almaas addresses. The full talk and other responses to the audience follow. https://youtu.be/tBXuRERNkRU In February of 2008, Hameed Ali, MS, PhD (A. H. Almaas),
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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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How the Diamond Approach uses inquiry to access our spiritual nature. This article and the videos included address two questions we are often asked: The main body of this article is a talk that A. H. Almaas gave to students of the Diamond Approach in
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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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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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