What is the agent of transformation? I’ve often wondered how the inner experience of oneself changes with the transformation of ego identity and structure. I know how my life is freer and more fluid from the years of work and exploration, but I still have a very active subjective inner life with habitual mental activity, [...]

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Resolving the Paradox of Being vs. Non-Being The annual retreat for the Ridhwan School focused on The Fulcrum, a term A.H. Almaas used to explore the point or interface where one’s consciousness can hold being and non-being (duality & the non-dual). A couple of central question for the retreat were – What is the interplay [...]

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Is All the Fuss About Spiritual Liberation Really Necessary? Spiritual liberation, spiritual freedom, enlightenment, the spiritual journey – I see and hear references to these terms all the time. What is it that is being sought? Being liberated means there is no clinging to anything; there is no worry, no concern, no heaviness. The mind [...]

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What does the term *EgoDeath* exactly mean, in brief? Ego death, as I think it should be defined, is a set of insights about, and a powerful experience of, the impotence and logical invalidity of the accustomed apparent control-agent who seems to reside in the mind. Ego death is associated closely with the loss of [...]

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So, we’re seeing here that the most elementary, most external requirement for growth is the willingness to let go of what you believe should happen, what you believe things should be, what you believe will make you happy.   –   A.H. Almaas How many ways are there to express ignorance or stubbornness? How often [...]

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The soul informed by the ego is asleep. This is why enlightenment is called awakening — your soul wakes up to what is really here. A.H. Almaas

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