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From Pain to Power: A Sadhu Board Workshop
I’ve kept up with a consistent Sadhu board practice since I got them in April. However, I haven’t been able to make much progress and go deeper with them despite the daily practice. It was mostly because I didn’t have a serious intention to properly work with the tool and get into the details of…
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Non-Duality Pointers by Ken Wilber
These excerpts from Ken Wilber are the most potent pointers to non-duality I have ever come across. I was diagramming the concepts as I was reading it but it was essentially useless because every word in his writing needs to be there and is irreplaceably impactful. Here it is nonetheless since these days I am…
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Playing With Resistance In Full Lotus
I love meditating in the full lotus position these days. It’s been a challenge trying it out initially but with consistent yoga practice and frequent attempts, it becomes easier and easier to sit for longer periods in it. I can only really do it with my left foot on top and the maximum I’ve been…
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AtR: Stage 1 – Meditative Self-Inquiry by Adyashanti
I am currently working through the plethora of resources amassed and discussed on the Awakening to Reality website. It breaks down the path to awakening into 7 stages with descriptions of various practices and markers corresponding to each stage. I am starting from the very top and going page by page, resource by resource, video…
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Sadhu Board Practice
A few months ago, I started using the sadhu board in my daily practice. After trying it at a friend’s place, I knew I had to incorporate it into my regimen. The challenge of starting with it reminded me of the process of getting used to cold showers many years ago. In the beginning, the…
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Theory
Eckhart Tolle: From Human To Being
Recently I had the pleasure to attend a talk by Eckhart Tolle. It was my first time seeing him in person and I felt so serene listening to him that it turned more into a meditation session than a lecture for me. However, the core ideas he was talking about were already very familiar to…
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Insight
Alan Watts Distillation
This is a collection of insights introduced and inspired by Alan Watts that I put together into a sequence for myself to meditate on regularly. The wisdom and insights from Zen and Daoism traditions that Alan Watts helped promulgate in 20th century has reached and impacted countless individuals. His speaches, books, programs live on in…
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Introduction to Kriya Yoga
Recently, I felt a nudge from the universe and signed up for an online Kriya Yoga course after coming across it on the internet. At this point, I completed the 8 weeks of this introductory course and can say that I found it valuable and enjoyable. The course has introduced me to new meditation techniques…
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Beginning Of Meditation Practice
For a couple of years at the beginning of my meditation journey, I read and tried various techniques on my own, and tried group meditations. I signed up for the Waking Up app and explored all the materials there for 2 years. I found it very valuable and encountered many new ideas, traditions, and experts…
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