From Self to Self
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From Self to Self

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From Self to Self

About this book

A compilation of expressions, questions and answers that came about in response to Leo's highly praised first book Awakening to the Dream. Leo writes with characteristic insight and uses metaphor to illuminate the paradoxical and apparently confusing nature of non-dual reality.

His original writing is reinforced by a vast knowledge of non-duality in other spiritual traditions and he weaves these together with his own direct path to present clear pointers to contemporary seekers.

An appropriately chosen quotation taken from various sources appears at the end of each short chapter. Also included at the end of the book is the full text of the Hsin-hsin Ming by the third Chan patriarch Seng-ts'an.

"The words in this book repeatedly point to the essence which knows the reading as it takes place. Rather than an encouragement to follow a lengthy path, it is an invitation to step off the path. It does not point to 'your' awareness, but to Awareness itself in which the idea of 'you' appears. It does not point to 'your' beingness, but to the undeniable Beingness that appears as you."

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Publisher
Non-Duality
Year
1010
eBook ISBN
9781626256439

Table of contents

  1. Contents
  2. Introduction
  3. 1. God’s toothache
  4. 2. How to deal with opposing approaches?
  5. 3. Splitting IT
  6. 4. My mind is always complaining
  7. 5. Near death experiences
  8. 6. What bothers me about Advaita
  9. 7. Is this witnessing?
  10. 8. About addiction
  11. 8. A False Sense of liberation
  12. 9. Time tested rules
  13. 10. Nothing happens
  14. 11. The final pinnacle of evolution
  15. 12. Looking for my bliss
  16. 13. Today there is freedom!
  17. 14. What is it that makes the ONE appear to be many?
  18. 15. Why?
  19. 16. Is there an even playing field for all?
  20. 17. Is being good or bad of any relevance?
  21. 18. The ultimate non-dual reality
  22. 19. What is the Dark Night of the Soul?
  23. 20. Is awareness dependant on a body/mind?
  24. 21. Five in one
  25. 22. The great paradox
  26. 23. Sadness and a steady diet of Advaita.
  27. 24. How to play the game?
  28. 25. Don’t worry, be happy
  29. 26. The real and the unreal
  30. 27. Be the way you are
  31. 28. Clarity, the senses and the brain
  32. 29. Acceptance of what is
  33. 30. Other people’s answers
  34. 31. No purpose or meaning
  35. 32. Why do I ask the question?
  36. 33. Who creates all the thoughts?
  37. 34. Science and the theory of evolution
  38. 35. How to stop thinking?
  39. 36. False lucidity
  40. 37. False lucidity, part 2
  41. 38. Understanding is everything
  42. 39. I am not the doer
  43. 40. Being close to awakening
  44. 41. I know
  45. 42. This crazy see-saw.
  46. 43. There is no separation.
  47. 44. Perhaps we need a new language?
  48. 45. This sense of self
  49. 46. A free hand to the bullies
  50. 47. Who knows?
  51. 48. Sadness and hopelessness
  52. 49. I feel like a dog chasing its tail
  53. 50. A real sense of being stuck
  54. 51. The presence of being
  55. 52. How might one achieve it?
  56. 53. The longing continues
  57. 54. Chasing realization
  58. 55. Obsessed with this search for truth
  59. 56. What do ’I’ do when awakening has happened?
  60. 57. Is awareness the ‘doer?’
  61. 58. This body will die
  62. 59. Can there be knowing without a body/mind?
  63. 60. Slightly out of focus
  64. 61. Choicelessly aware
  65. 62. Some hard questions
  66. 63. On having a distinctively troublesome mind
  67. 64. There is nothing else
  68. 65. Is this the same Advaita?
  69. 66. Why is there anything at all?
  70. 67. This sense of self
  71. 68. Trying to explain the unexplainable
  72. 69. It happens when it happens
  73. 70. Are awakenings happening now more than ever before?
  74. 71. From where do all those appearances arise?
  75. 72. What do we really know, for sure?
  76. 73. Why is this awareness restricted to one body/mind?
  77. 74. The seeking curse
  78. 75. The full significance
  79. 76. Ending my spiritual search
  80. 77. Being present
  81. 78. Mortality vs. immortality
  82. 79. Struggling with resistance
  83. 80. Doing something or doing nothing
  84. 81. What about this intellectual approach?
  85. 82. The central ‘I’ character
  86. 83. A state I yearn for
  87. 84. The body is an illusion
  88. 85. How can Awareness be present during deep sleep?
  89. 86. Nothing happened
  90. 87. One Source
  91. 88. Is there any spontaneity to life?
  92. 89. Boldly go where no ‘I’ has gone before
  93. 90. What about channelling?
  94. 91. How to go forward?
  95. 92. Journey’s end
  96. Afterword
  97. The Mind of Absolute Trust or the Hsin-hsin Ming