"This Is What Is" by Lisa Cairns

New Nonduality Talk with Lisa Cairns

Knowing is Being

It's really difficult for most to accept that the deepest form of knowing is simply being, which continues to be despite whether or not thought is going on.

What this means is that the intellect isn't even necessary to understand what reality is. Being reality is the only way. Reality will never be separate.

To take an imaginary step out of reality, in other words, to create a separate identity and also a "world" out there for this identity to look at, this is the illusion.

Ramana Maharshi said that knowing is being. It can be really frustrating to ease the investment in a mental self/world in order to experience the always already present reality beneath, within, as all there is.

This is why we are thankful to the ego. In the end the ego is the source of our pain and suffering to such a degree that we are guided back again and again to giving up thought-identity. We relax. We come full-stop in the mind. And here we are.

Rest as this beingness. If there has to be a practice of any sort, it might as well be this.

The End of Seeking

Have a nice day.

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Being Ordinary

 Heard an interview with these guys on the Australian podcast, Urban Guru Cafe. Check 'em out.


http://www.beingordinary.org/

About

Being Ordinary is a website created by two friends, Tom and Mike, and is dedicated to the expression and exploration of what it truly means to be a human being. Ideas such as Enlightenment, Awakening or Self-Realisation, often serve to distract us from the ordinary and mundane from which we assume we must  escape or transcend. Yet if seen clearly, simple and directly, the ordinary can lead us into total acceptance and end the search for something ‘extra’.
These podcasts are the result of many discussions over many years  and although the essence of what is presented here does not require words, labels or theory, the sheer enjoyment and creativity of speaking about the wordless has led to these recorded discussions. We hope that whatever is expressed here directs you straight to the heart of the vast silence from which all expression arises.

Being Ordinary is a natural evolution of an earlier website we created called Sheer Uncanniness, which acted as a forum for discussion about the fundamental nature of being. The posts (including many excellent poems) are still available here through the archives.

About Tom…

I first got into spirituality in 2001 after reading the book Mindfulness: The Path to the Deathless by Ajahn Sumedho. Meditation has done me a lot of good over the years, I’d highly recommend it. I first met Mike in the students union at Lampeter University where we were studying Religious Studies, he looked like a bit of a hippy and I just thought we’d get on.
Nowadays I’m making websites and loving open source software and the open social web. You might like to read my book about spirituality and stuff, The Last Beyond. I am @twombh on Twitter.

About Mike…

Born and raised in the Isle of Man I was brought up around Therevadin Buddhism by my Father who ordained as a monk (you can visit his website at PureDhamma.org). After various travels in India and Asia I took a degree in Religious Studies at Lampeter in Wales, where I met Tom who was playing banjo and singing Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan. After years of meditation, yoga and philosophy, I sought out teachers such as Ramesh Balsekar, Tony Parsons and Mooji who have  profoundly effected my own appreciation of  spirituality. I’ve also recently completed a Masters Degree in Western Esotericism.
I’ve recently began to teach Mindfulness Meditation & give talks on Nonduality. My website is http://www.myfreemind.im/. You might also enjoy leafing through my early blog on Awakening, Beginners Rope, or join me on twitter @MyFreeMind_IOM.

Links to the linkless: Nonduality in the World Today

Update 2022: Many of the links below no longer work, such as John Wheeler’s The Natural State. It is assumed that some of the folks below let go of the idea of being able to help guide folks, and simply wanted to move on. Nothing wrong or right with that, LOL. But it is what it is, and you must click the links to see who is still around. Love y’all (even though I’m not from the south). 

Links

Web Sites to check out (just for starters)

Non-conceptual, Self Knowing Awareness and YouTube	'Sailor' Bob Adamson - Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
The Natural State	John Wheeler - Santa Cruz, California, USA
Living in Peace : The Natural State	Stephen Wingate - Arlington, Mass, USA
Living Reality	James Braha - Longboat Key, Florida, USA
Oneness - Nothing But That	John Greven - Enid, Oklahoma, USA
Nisargadatta's Message	Mark West - Sydney, NSW, Australia
The Eternal (Stateless) State and YouTube	Charlie Hayes - Enid, Oklahoma, USA
What Never Changes	Annette Nibley - Mill Valley, California, USA
Eckhart Tolle Website and YouTube	Eckhart Tolle - Vancouver, Canada
Awake Joy and Free on-line Videos	Katie Davis, USA.
Here and Now - You Are That!	Jean-Pierre Gomez
Beyond Description	Burt Jurgens - Portland, Oregon, USA
You Are Dreaming	Randall Friend - Louisville, Kentucky, USA
Only Timeless Being	Felipe Oliveira - Curitiba, Brazil
Noticing What You Already Know	Robin Dale - Melbourne, Australia
What is Real? and YouTube	Joan Tollifson - Oregon, USA (updated URL)
Awakening To The Dream	Leo Hartong - Netherlands
3rd Millenium Gateway and 3M Gateway Posts	Dennis Trunk, California, USA
Clarity	Nathan Gill - rural UK
advaita.org.uk	Dennis Waite, UK
Francis Lucille Website and on YouTube	Francis Lucille, originally France, now USA
French NonDuality Site	Francis Lucille, Jean Klein, Ramana, Nisargadatta etc
Amigo, unconditional friendship	The Netherlands Zine - last one Jan 2006
The Advaita Show (Podcast)	Cameron Reilly - Melbourne, Australia
Nisargadatta Maharaj - Realise who you are	Nisargadatta Maharaj - excellent resource
Nisargadatta Maharaj	Nisargadatta.net
Non Duality.com	Jerry Katz
The Open Secret and on YouTube	Tony Parsons
We Just Are	Lee Sage
Self Inquiry	Harry Liantziris - Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Clearsight	Pete and Pearl Sumner - Fremantle, Western Australia
Living Reality	Chad Barber - Capetown, South Africa
Out Beyond Ideas	John Astin - Northern California, USA
Life Without a Center and On YouTube	Jeff Foster - Brighton, UK
Reflections on the One Life	Scott Kiloby, Evansville, Indiana, USA
Urban Guru Cafe	Gibert Schultz, Melbourne, Ausrtralia
Just Rest	Vince Flammini, Springfield, Illinois, U.S.A
Living in Paradise	Tan, Germany
What We Are	Jasper Solomon, UK
You are Seeing Oneness	Jason Swanson, Urbana, Illinois, USA
Advaita Notebook	Peter Marjason, Woodburn, Northern NSW, Australia
Non Duality (Advaita) Cartoons	Bob Seal, Hunter Valley, NSW, Australia
Be What You Are	Micael Stark, Stockholm, Sweden
Non Duality Press	Specialist Publisher of Non Duality Books, UK
Enlightenment for No-One	Maury Lee, Kansas City, Missouri, USA
Only This	Joe Winslow, Massachusetts, USA
Stillness Speaks	Chris Hebard
Chakraplein (Eng), Chakraplein (NL) and Inzichten Blog	Rob Ek, Netherlands
Beyond Seeking	Roy Townsend, Balingup, Western Australia
Richard Sylvester, UK	Richard Sylvester, UK
Nisargadatta.co.cc	Manu Namasivayam, India
Stephen Batchelor (Tricycle) and his own site	Stephen Batchelor, formerly UK, now France
Wei Wu Wie Archives (excellent)	Wei Wu Wei Archives Project, Bangkok, Thailand