Most of us experience ourselves as solid and unchanging, as if there’s a stable “me” at the center of our thoughts, feelings, and actions. But in meditation, when we slow down and look more closely, that sense of solidity begins to soften. In Dissolving the Separate Self, Craig guides a contemplative practice designed to help us look more closely and discover that what we are is not a fixed “self” that is separate from the world around us, but a fluid, dynamic process that is deeply con...
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Most of us experience ourselves as solid and unchanging, as if there’s a stable “me” at the center of our thoughts, feelings, and actions. But in meditation, when we slow down and look more closely, that sense of solidity begins to soften. In Dissolving the Separate Self, Craig guides a contemplative practice designed to help us look more closely and discover that what we are is not a fixed “self” that is separate from the world around us, but a fluid, dynamic process that is deeply con...
The Paradox of Practice: When Effort Becomes the Obstacle
Meditation Changes Everything
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11 months ago
The Paradox of Practice: When Effort Becomes the Obstacle
“From one point of view, spiritual practice is always a postponement of awakening, because awakening is about embracing our true nature exactly as we are right now. Yet, from another point of view, if we don’t practice with intensity, if we don’t undertake a conscious effort to embrace the truth of our inherent freedom, then awakening is probably only going to ever show up in fleeting glimpses because the habit of denying our true nature is so strong.” —Craig Hamilton For so many of us...
Meditation Changes Everything
Most of us experience ourselves as solid and unchanging, as if there’s a stable “me” at the center of our thoughts, feelings, and actions. But in meditation, when we slow down and look more closely, that sense of solidity begins to soften. In Dissolving the Separate Self, Craig guides a contemplative practice designed to help us look more closely and discover that what we are is not a fixed “self” that is separate from the world around us, but a fluid, dynamic process that is deeply con...
