If we are to reach certainty and true autonomy of realization, we need to be willing to be heretics. What's more, we need to become universal heretics, not believing anything that we do not know from direct experience, beyond stories,… — A. H. Almaas Copy Share Image
True states of realization occur when you throw away all the teachings. All of the teachings, absolutely. Everything. Then you are investigation itself finding… — A. H. Almaas Copy Share Image
To contact the deeper truth of who we are, we must engage in some activity or practice that questions what we assume to be… — A. H. Almaas Copy Share Image
Directing the process by the mind can only lead to difficulty, for the mind does not know. Commitment to the Truth is sufficient for… — A. H. Almaas Copy Share Image
In very clear and available language, this book details how to recognize the inner critic and how to deal effectively with it. Byron Brown's… — A. H. Almaas Copy Share Image
When we look at a child, we see that sense of fullness, of intrinsic aliveness, of joy in being, is not the result of… — A. H. Almaas Copy Share Image
To truly find God, truth needs to be found independently from the opinions of others. The truth has to be found in our hearts. — A. H. Almaas Copy Share Image
Are you really angry, or simply aware of anger in the body and mind? Don't speculate, simply look at what is there. — A. H. Almaas Copy Share Image
Your career, interests and relationships are important, but they are only important insofar as they lead you toward a deeper understanding of yourself. Otherwise,… — A. H. Almaas Copy Share Image
We are not separate. Our sense of separateness is superficial and exist only in the physical dimension. In our human element, we are not… — A. H. Almaas Copy Share Image
If we are to reach certainty and true autonomy of realization, we need to be willing to be heretics. What's more, we need to… — A. H. Almaas Copy Share Image
You are not the feelings or the thoughts or the contents of your awareness. None of these are who you are. You are the… — A. H. Almaas Copy Share Image
