Scott Kiloby - Reflection of the One Life

Object Inquiry

Mon, 6 Sep 2010 17:10:14

Check out this inquiry on separate objects

Problem Inquiry

Mon, 6 Sep 2010 17:09:40

Check out this inquiry

The Flow

Fri, 3 Sep 2010 16:38:09

Your very effort to awaken and your very movement to control life are already the flow itself. They cannot bring about the flow. They are already it.

Tom and Blythe, A Play

Mon, 30 Aug 2010 06:33:45

A Play about Truth

Can Life Be Captured?

Sat, 28 Aug 2010 08:23:16

When we stop trying to capture life through our static labels, the dynamic flow of life is revealed. It was never hidden. It just seems concealed every time we try to capture it with a label, really believing that the label captures "how it really is." In that seeing, even the labels arise. They, too, are part of the dynamic flow. But the notion that thought can capture life is missing. Then, we see that we are life. We can just be what we are. Pretty simple!

Can we hear each other? (Kilobit)

Tue, 24 Aug 2010 20:15:09

What does it mean to really listen? An audio from Scott

Dog Fighting...over a non-existent bone

Tue, 24 Aug 2010 13:48:08

A Play about viewpoints.

Painful Emotions (Kilobit)

Mon, 23 Aug 2010 19:35:34

Audio from Scott. Anger is love. Fear is love. What is it like when we stop believing that enlightenment is about a pain-free existence? Then everything that appears is perfect, just because it is appearing. A story of self can never see that. Look from the place that is not a story.

The Wisdom in Defensiveness

Sun, 22 Aug 2010 07:04:35

Whenever defense arises in you, it is wisdom. Someone is just reminding you of a dualistic story you have. When all appearances (i.e., viewpoints), X, Y, and Z are equally online for you, no defense arises. No conflict. Just wisdom.

Living Realization-the Simulated Self

Sat, 21 Aug 2010 13:37:16

This writing is from the Living Realization text, which is being revised. The text, once it is revised, will be available at www.living-realization.blogspot.com. The text is now available for purchase as an e-book for $9.99. Contact Scott to order a copy.

Awareness is the World

Sat, 21 Aug 2010 12:55:23

Now notice that the nothingness that is there when no thoughts are appearing is not separate from the something that arises when thought arises. In other words, when no thought is arising, the world is gone. When a thought arises, a thing arises. When many thoughts are arising in a series, one after another, the world of things is appearing. There is no line between the space or nothingness of no thought and the appearance of a thought. To say that a line exists between those things is to rely on a thought that is arising. Only thought creates separation. So there is no awareness apart and separate from the world as it appears.

Interview with Scott at Conscious TV

Tue, 17 Aug 2010 06:05:28

VIDEO
While Scott was in London in August 2010, he was interviewed by the gracious folks at Conscious TV. Take a look.

Disappearing Part 2

Thu, 12 Aug 2010 03:51:56

VIDEO
Part 2 in a two part series called "Disappearing"

Disappearing Part 1

Thu, 12 Aug 2010 03:48:21

VIDEO
When words like silence, awareness, and consciousness are still mental positions. Seeing through those positions can be challenging but freeing

Uniqueness

Tue, 10 Aug 2010 18:33:02

In the end, the line between non-duality and duality is seen to be just another division that breaks down, leaving us right here, where we started, in the place where there is no beginning or end. The present moment, playing the characters of you and me, knowing that they aren’t separate, yet playing anyway. Life is play. It is love. It is joy. If Nonduality outlaws any of that, it isn’t worth saying another word about.

Buying into Separation

Thu, 5 Aug 2010 07:36:23

What is left when you see through your belief in these ideas that create a sense of separation? Don’t put another idea there. Just be that!

KiloLogue with Matt Kahn, July 2010

Sun, 1 Aug 2010 06:27:27

Matt Kahn (Ganesh Das) is an American-born spiritual teacher who offers sacred heart wisdom to awaken the joy of liberated existence in the lives of all. After receiving a shaktipat transmission and a direct blessing from Ram Dass to teach, Matt, along with his partner - meditation guide and yoga teacher, Julie Dittmar, travel the world, inviting seekers of all faiths to discover their true divine nature. http://www.TrueDivineNature.com

Presence is Available Always

Tue, 27 Jul 2010 06:26:34

When you recognize this presence on a repeated basis, you see that it is what you are. It becomes so easy to just be as you are and let all of life unfold effortlessly in the space of the present moment.

What Does Freedom Look Like?

Fri, 23 Jul 2010 07:52:55

In the willingness to let all thoughts arise and fall without emphasizing them, you are no longer defending anything. There is no longer anyone to argue with. You no longer have enemies. You no longer see an other because you are not clinging to thoughts to make a self (including spiritual thoughts or thoughts about having realized "truth"). That’s freedom, isn’t it? Would freedom look any other way?

Bio and Site Information

Thu, 22 Jul 2010 13:36:55

Scott travels across the U.S. and overseas giving talks in which those attending experience nondual presence. In these meetings, every position and belief gets challenged, including every belief about the self, others, and the world, and also all of our ideas about spirituality. This leaves those attending completely open to allow the present moment to unfold in a new way, free of identification with thought. The point of the meetings is allow each person attending to go home and discover for themselves the freedom Scott's message is pointing to.

Body Identification and Separation

Wed, 21 Jul 2010 07:34:24

This is a one on one consult that gets into the issue of body identification and separation in time and space.

Seamlessness Everywhere

Wed, 21 Jul 2010 06:33:08

You are the sun, setting on yourself. You are also the beach, the water, the sky, the trees and sand and everyone on the beach. Take away those thoughts like "beach, water, and sky" and the seamlessness of your experience becomes apparent. Rest there as the seamless looking . . . simple being without thoughts.

Oneness

Tue, 20 Jul 2010 14:25:30

In this rest, you come to see that Oneness isn't some big bang experience. It is not some ongoing feeling of perfect bliss. It is peace of mind. It is knowing that, no matter what happens, all is well. This is what you are really looking for, isn't it? You are looking for this well-being. It's in thought-free presence. It's right there. See for yourself.

Part 2, Jeff Foster and Scott Kiloby Meeting, July 2010

Mon, 12 Jul 2010 06:10:14

Part 2 of the meeting between Jeff and Scott in July.

Part 1, Jeff Foster and Scott Kiloby Meeting, July 2010

Mon, 12 Jul 2010 06:02:12

Jeff Foster and Scott held a teleconference meeting on July 11, 2010. Many joined. There will be more meetings like this in the future. Check the meetings page of this site or Jeff's site for details. This meeting covers a wide ranger of topics. The main theme is "seeing through the seeker." Jeff and Scott were joined by special guest Rick Linchitz

The Way It Really Is

Sun, 11 Jul 2010 08:06:46

Let's take a look . . .

Pain, Pleasure, and Everything in Between

Fri, 2 Jul 2010 08:50:10

This is a freedom that does not look for life to appear a certain way. It doesn’t look for the absence of appearances. It isn’t about escaping. It isn't about no longer feeling or thinking. This is absolute freedom precisely because the need to control the natural flow of thoughts, emotions, states, and experiences is totally gone. That controller is the self. Seeing through the self means seeing through the belief that your experience needs to be manipulated. In the absence of that movement to control and manipulate the appearances or change them or tell stories about how they aren’t supposed to be appearing, there is perfect love and acceptance of life just the way it is happening—right now.

The Key to Acceptance

Wed, 30 Jun 2010 08:18:42

The key to acceptance is not accepting a situation the way it really is. Thought never provides "the way it really is." Thought is not mirroring reality. It is creating it. More precisely, thought provides only an interpretation relevant to an individual perspective ("me"). The key to acceptance is letting all thoughts and emotions be as they are, which means to notice any resistance to a thought or emotion that comes through. In noticing that resistance, it is released. The emotion and thought are allowed to come through completely without trying to change them, get rid of them, or do anything else with them.

Living Realization Meeting, June 2010, Sensations

Thu, 24 Jun 2010 09:18:30

Enjoy this intimate talk from a recent Living Realization meeting.

Spiritual Awakening Is Not a Hidden Secret

Thu, 17 Jun 2010 19:05:31

VIDEO
Simple, direct talk about spiritual awakening. How we avoid it and how we find it as already here (presence itself).

Experiential Freedom

Tue, 8 Jun 2010 08:10:36

Ultimately, the freedom talked about on this website is not about holding onto anything called awareness or nothingness. It is much more fluid than that, like a flowing river that excludes nothing in life.

A One Act Play

Mon, 17 May 2010 16:49:02

Brahman is the World, Part 3

Tue, 4 May 2010 17:25:05

VIDEO
Part 3 of this series

Brahman is the World, Part 2

Tue, 4 May 2010 17:24:23

VIDEO
Part 2 of this series.

Brahman is the World, Part 1

Tue, 4 May 2010 17:23:10

VIDEO
A plain english translation of Shankara's quote: The world is an illusion. Only Brahman is real. Brahman is the world.

Brahman is the World, Part 2

Tue, 4 May 2010 05:40:39

Mike Thielmann, March 2010 Part 2

Mon, 3 May 2010 19:23:12

Part 2 of this straight talk with Mike

Michael Thielmann, March 2010 Part 1

Mon, 3 May 2010 19:21:20

Another great talk with Mike. Enjoy!

Brahman is the World, Part 1

Sun, 25 Apr 2010 08:15:13

In seeing Brahman is the world, everything is real, both the formlessness and form, both the nameless and the names, timelessness and time, being and becoming, non-doing and doing. What a missed opportunity to not take nonduality all the way. When you take nonduality all the way, you are free of nonduality. You are free to be in the world of duality again, to transform it completely.

One Love, Musical Version of the Linchitz Kilologue

Fri, 23 Apr 2010 18:05:09

Here a friend, JD, put parts of my KiloLogue with Rick Linchitz over a beat. Enjoy it. It's called "One Love."

Natural Rest Book Reviews

Fri, 23 Apr 2010 16:37:58

Early Reviews here

Love

Fri, 23 Apr 2010 06:45:31

In this love, there is no other. There is only love, appearing in every form. And there is a knowing that there aren’t really forms at all. There is only love. So simple, so sweet. Nothing to comprehend. Love just is. It is being whatever it is being in this moment. Nothing is excluded.

A Simple, But Effective Practice

Sun, 11 Apr 2010 19:21:36

Simply rest. Rest whenever it is convenient. Rest whenever possible. This was the doorway to freedom for me. So I’m sharing it with you.

An Objectively Separate Reality?

Sun, 11 Apr 2010 12:21:06

. . . our only access to a reality out there is through thoughts and sensations. And in resting as awareness, we see that these thoughts and sensations are inseparable appearances within awareness. Therefore, the world is an appearance within awareness itself. This ends the notion of separation.

A Final Language

Sun, 11 Apr 2010 09:25:01

There is a possibility then, to start holding your final language more loosely. There is a possibility of not identifying strongly with it. You will still have a final language but it will be held lightly. You will find less conflict. You will find yourself more and more open to other languages and perspectives. The world starts to seem fuller, more alive.

Beyond Safety and Security

Wed, 7 Apr 2010 19:29:55

As a good friend just said, “There was a nondual realization and then I saw that nonduality didn’t outlaw anything else!” What freedom, to see that nonduality is not an arriving point. Life doesn’t end there. It begins in a new way, without the self-seeking.

Use of Conventional Language

Sun, 4 Apr 2010 15:57:33

I’ve adopted this wisdom from the emptiness teachings, the capacity to talk of things including selves, world, universe, dogs, past, present, time and all other things in a conventional sense. This, I think, allows for open communication free of correcting each other’s speech, which is something that is often seen in non-dual teachings.

Greg Goode, Direct Path, Part 4

Sat, 3 Apr 2010 07:43:29

Part 4 of a four part series

Greg Goode, Direct Path, Part 3

Fri, 2 Apr 2010 21:03:34

Part 3 of a four part series.

Greg Goode, Direct Path, Part 2

Thu, 1 Apr 2010 19:22:29

Part 2 of a four part series.

Greg Goode, Direct Path, Part 1

Wed, 31 Mar 2010 18:51:31

Part 1 of a four part series with Greg Goode, where I become his student (along with being the interviewer) so that he can explain the direct path. This is a rich path that leaves no stone unturned!

Time and Space-Questioning Separation

Sun, 28 Mar 2010 07:10:17

Look at a table. First of all, you can’t know that it is a separate thing called a table until that thought is arising. Sensations alone do not give you this information. Simple touching without thought may convey the raw feel of “hardness,” but it doesn’t communicate, “I’m a separate object called a table.” Vision, by itself, gives you raw colors and an interplay of lines but it doesn’t communicate, “I’m a separate object called table.” Separate objects come into play only when there are sensory experiences PLUS thoughts. The world of objects is really a conceptual overlay.

Taking Perspectives-A New Look at Nondual Language

Wed, 24 Mar 2010 21:35:16

What is reality the way it really is?

Natural Rest-Book on Recovery Coming Soon

Mon, 22 Mar 2010 18:41:58

The Natural Rest of the present moment is overlooked continuously by addicts. Addiction can be defined as the self-centered energy that seeks to escape the Natural Rest of the present moment. Relaxing into presence on a repeated basis has incredible transformative power for addicts. Who would have known that the key to freedom from addiction already lies within us . . .

Seeing Through Separation

Mon, 15 Mar 2010 17:37:49

VIDEO
Simple pointers for seeing through separation. The world is a bunch of ideas.

Absolutizing Viewpoints

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 16:42:38

VIDEO
Insights are great. Traditions and frameworks within which we talk about spiritual realization are great. Emptiness is an important insight. Awareness is a great pointer. Zen, Advaita, pluralism, etc are all great. And so are apples, dogs, ghosts, rock music and other things. Freedom is no longer absolutizing viewpoints.

All concepts are equal and false?

Wed, 3 Mar 2010 06:38:15

The notion that “all concepts are false” is a concept purporting to be absolutely true, across the board. It is claiming to be the only true concept. So this insight shoots itself in the head in the end. The same goes for “all concepts are equal.” This concept is claiming to be higher than, more true than all other concepts. So it is claiming to be the only concept that is not equal to all the other, lower concepts. This is the self-deception, the insulation, the trap.

Excerpt from Living Realization Meeting: "Grasping at air"

Mon, 1 Mar 2010 05:27:54

This is an excerpt from a teleconference meeting given for a wonderful group of people at Mountain Lake Sangha in California. To join Living Realization meetings, visit Living-realization.blogspot.com or join the mailing list at Livingrealization@hotmail.com

Non-Separation, Part 2, Living Realization Meeting from February 20, 2010

Sun, 21 Feb 2010 04:32:42

This is part 2 of the Living Realization Meeting on February 20, 2010. It's based on Chapter 11 "Non-Separation" of the Living Realization Text, available at www.living-realization.blogspot.com

Non-Separation Part 1, Living Realization Meeting from February 20, 2010

Sun, 21 Feb 2010 04:29:21

This is part 1 of the Living Realization Meeting on February 20, 2010. It's based on Chapter 11 "Non-Separation" of the Living Realization Text, available at www.living-realization.blogspot.com

An Addict Is An Escape Artist

Mon, 15 Feb 2010 07:56:43

If you are interested in non-dual realization as it applies to addiction, please read this first.

Diane Musho Hamilton, February 2010

Wed, 10 Feb 2010 19:35:33

A wonderful conversation with Diane Musho Hamilton, who is the first successor in Genpo Roshi's Big Mind Process lineage. This dialogue involves the issue of shadows and shadow work. Amazing stuff!

Simply Open

Wed, 10 Feb 2010 06:54:41

When past insights are not being emphasized as beliefs, life has a simple sweetness, love, peace, and compassion.

The Traps of No Self

Mon, 8 Feb 2010 07:47:40

Take a look.

Nonduality In A Nutshell

Sat, 6 Feb 2010 11:02:42

A simple list. What do you believe?

The Great Perfection

Sun, 10 Jan 2010 12:10:35

VIDEO
A celebration of Dzogchen

Non-Separation

Wed, 6 Jan 2010 13:46:11

This leaves us with the notion that awareness may be located inside “my body and mind” or even that there is a separate self. But look again. No matter where you locate awareness, whether you say it is in China or in your body and mind, location cannot be known without thought. You must have the thought, “China” to locate something there. Without the thoughts, “body” and “mind,” there is no way to locate awareness in such things. And that is because they are not separate things. They are not “things” at all. Body and mind are ideas appearing inseparably within awareness.

NEW-Nicholas Powiull-December 2009

Mon, 28 Dec 2009 05:47:54

Humble, clear message. Enjoy!

Will I Find Meaning?

Mon, 21 Dec 2009 07:07:36

This answers the question, “Will there be meaning in non-dual realization?” But it answers it from the direct experience of that, not from some future, imagined idea (which would just be the story talking.” Look around you, in your present experience. What has been described here in terms of love, inseparability, spontaneity, freedom, creativity, and aliveness is the meaning you have been seeking and asking about. The shocking news is that it has always been here, right here and now. But in looking for it in the future, it is missed.

Freedom

Thu, 17 Dec 2009 10:57:17

As each word here is spoken, notice is slip away. Each sentence slips away, out of your awareness. Nothing in this world is yours. The idea that there is a world is another thought appearing and disappearing. As soon as a thought appears, it is already on its way to disappearing. Every pointer you ever read on any non-dual or spiritual website . . . just notice how fleeting it is. Notice that there is nothing in these words to grasp. They just appear and disappear. And there is an awareness that is noticing, but it isn’t a thing. So the moment you call it something, it is just another idea. And each idea just comes and goes. So there is nothing in the word awareness for you. There is nothing in any of these words. Life is coming and going. It may seem that life, then, is pointless because all points just come and go. But the notion that life is pointless is just another point, coming and going. This is perfect freedom. And that thought comes and goes also.

Spiritual Ambition

Wed, 16 Dec 2009 09:12:24

Spiritual Ambition, a story

NEW-Appearances

Tue, 15 Dec 2009 13:35:54

VIDEO
This video is part 2 of the video above called "Recognizing Present Awareness." These videos are related to the Living Realization text available at www.living-realization.blogspot.com

Imaginary Gap

Tue, 15 Dec 2009 10:28:07

The imaginary gap between nothing and everything.

Recognizing Present Awareness

Mon, 14 Dec 2009 17:07:52

VIDEO
This video goes with Chapter 1, Recognizing Present Awareness from the Living Realization text at www.living-realization.blogspot.com. The video below it, "Appearances," is the second part of this. It also goes with the Living Realization text.

Afflictive States

Fri, 11 Dec 2009 11:15:11

What you really are, which is like space, has no agenda to be rid of afflictive states. Only a "person" has such an agenda.

Identification with Thought

Sat, 28 Nov 2009 07:58:21

When there is a sense of a separate self operating, thought is believed. The story thought conveys is taken to be reality. And in that reality, the separate “me” sense is the center. It’s thought to be a separate object that must protect and defend itself, and continue its survival and separateness. This separate self center is maintained through identification with thought. It doesn’t matter whether the thought is, “I’m a victim,” “I’m not enlightened,” or “China has the best weather.” The content does not matter. There can be identification with any thought. In identifying with thought, the self is grasping for a sense of certainty. It is grasping to be right in relation to others, who it deems to be wrong. In being right, it maintains this false sense of certainty. It maintains the false center. And so as you read this, don’t read it from the standpoint that there is a separate Scott Kiloby who believes himself to be the authority on the subject of non-duality or who is a center. Read this writing as merely a pointer, an invitation to look inward at the ways in which there is still identification with thought operating with you. In reading this as if you are arguing with Scott Kiloby, an assumed authority, you maintain your false sense of being a separate self. You get to make “Scott” wrong so that you are right. This is the separation. But in listening from this “deeper” place of inward looking, real freedom, compassion, humility, peace, and love are revealed.

Be Present?

Fri, 27 Nov 2009 08:10:16

And so the pointer “be present” is helpful, but only to a certain extent. In fact, trying to be present and shut out past and future can create tension in the head because what you are really trying to do is stop thought. By stopping thought, you get a sense of the fact that there is only “this moment.” Sounds good at first, but isn’t this just another concept? The invitation above to “drop thought and look in a non-conceptual way” is not an invitation to stop thinking permanently. It is not an invitation to forcefully stop your mind. The very fact that effort is being used to “stop the mind” ought to tell you that the separate self, and its personal force of will, are being used. The story is trying to stop the story.

NEW-A Day in the Life

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 07:02:21

Life is always just happening, perfectly. I say perfectly not to give the impression that every moment is a burst of total happiness. It’s not that I spend every moment jumping up for joy. There is definitely joy in being as a constant background sense. But the appearances in life are extremely varied. In one moment, there may be hunger, sadness watching a St. Jude’s commercial, dancing to a really cool beat in my bedroom, a huge smile and sense of love as I pet my dog or talk to my partner, intense listening to a client tell her story in my office (or distraction away from listening to her if something else appears prominent in awareness like a thought or a sound in the other room), or pain in the chest from indigestion. It doesn’t matter. It’s all allowed just as it is, precisely when it happens, but it isn’t allowed by a center called “me.” There is no sense that there is someone trying to bring about any experience, or recreate an experience, or reflect backwards in time or forwards in time for a sense of self. There is only ‘This,” which is living happening in this big space that never moves. And whatever I am is not separate from the space. But that is just the way it is experienced. Even the words, "whatever I am is not separate from the space" feel very light and empty. There is no religion in those words. It's just a simple description, just as "ah, the sun is shining today."

Seeing Through The Witness

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 08:11:38

And that’s the freedom. There is no witness. A witness is still fear operating from the sense of a separate entity, one that is afraid of what’s happening, trying to keep some distance from it. It’s very easy to hide in words like “awareness” or "being" or "Oneness" and walk around convincing yourself and others of your certainty. This is all in some attempt to avoid the total uncertainty, vulnerability, and unknowing involved in the kind of freedom being described here. It is much safer to just hang out in the idea that I’m watching everything come and go. When there is seen to be no boundary between that which is watching and what is being watched, between awareness and its content, there is no way to know or control what is going to happen. This means one could die in the next moment or win the lottery. And there is a knowing that, whatever happens, that is what I am. I am what is happening. It’s that simple. No division. No boundary. No desire to change circumstances, people, or things. All is, perfect as it is, just because it is, and I am that.

No Center of Knowledge in the Universe

Mon, 2 Nov 2009 17:23:41

The separation that has been bought and sold to us is completely illusory and therefore so is the conflict, so are the wars. And so this is not at all about pretending that there should be no Christianity, no Buddhism, no Islam, no Iran, no America, no Democratic party, no me, no you, no advaita, or no science. This is about seeing that each of those are reflections of what you are–actual space. Nothing is denied. Everything is allowed to be just as it is. You aren’t the idea “I am space.” You are space, which is to say there is no division between you and what you call an other, between your group and what you call the other group. And yet language creates the APPEARANCE of duality. And that is fine. Nisargadatta once said, “Multiplicity without strife is joy.” He is almost never quoted for this. This quote is often overlooked in the name of ideology, in the name of the “dogma of Oneness,” another false center centered around an idea that “all is One” rather than the actual seeing that is being referred to here.

NEW-Michael Thielmann

Wed, 28 Oct 2009 21:59:08

Michael's blog is www.ididntfinditandneitherwillyou.blogspot.com. Good, clear, refreshing voice!

To Be Nobody

Sat, 24 Oct 2009 08:36:58

To be nobody is to recognize that love is what we are in the ultimate sense. I'm using "love" interchangeably with awareness here. To be nobody is to recognize oneself as the field of awareness (i.e., love) in which all positions appear and disappear. That kind of unshakable stability has no need for clinging to one of the positions that comes through. This is not to say that one shouldn't have opinions or views. No! This is simply saying that the separate self sense is, in its most basic sense, energy that clings to appearances. Positions are appearances. Clinging to an appearance comes from a failure to recognize one's true identity as awareness.

Living Realization

Sat, 10 Oct 2009 22:11:30

This is a sample of the text called Living Realization, written by Scott Kiloby. The entire text is available for purchase as a PDF only by emailing Scott (see Contact page of this site).

NEW-Kiloby Meeting, Inseparability Part 2, August 2009

Sun, 30 Aug 2009 05:11:49

Part 2 of the Skype meeting on Inseparability

NEW-Kiloby Meeting, Inseparability Part 1, August 2009

Sat, 29 Aug 2009 17:49:23

This is a recording of a recent meeting where the topic is inseparability. Specifically, we discuss that the appearances of awareness (thoughts, emotions, experiences, states, and events) are inseparable from awareness itself. Stated another way, emptiness is none other than form. Stated yet another way, nothing is being everything. These are not just fancy "enlightened" ideas. This is the key to freedom and fullness. The great news is that this recognition is available right here, right now in your present experience.

NEW-Timothy Freke, August 2009

Sat, 29 Aug 2009 10:13:02

Tim's message, although delivered somewhat differently, resonates very much with mine. Non-dual realization that includes the realm of duality. That is love. Great stuff! For those with a Christian background, Tim's discussion of Gnostic Christianity may resolve a few issues.

The Collapse

Mon, 17 Aug 2009 07:28:16

It doesn’t matter ultimately whether thinking is arising or not arising or whether there is sound or not. In every moment, there is only awareness and whatever is appearing in awareness. And because awareness is not a thing, but rather the cognizing empty space itself, then the line between awareness and that which appears in awareness is not real. There is no line.

NEW-The Dream of a Separate Self

Mon, 10 Aug 2009 10:31:47

VIDEO
Simple pointing!

NEW-Energy

Sat, 8 Aug 2009 18:34:06

VIDEO
Energy is appearing as everything, including seeking. This is about letting everything be as it is, even the thought that arises that says it should be different.

The One Inescapable Fact

Sat, 8 Aug 2009 15:30:41

What if there is nothing to grasp, nothing to know, nothing that you could ever learn and memorize that would bring you one step closer to ISNESS? Isn’t that true? What point of view could possibly bring you closer to aliveness? Will learning the latest nondual pointers do it? Will visiting the next spiritual website bring you closer? Will comparing this teacher to that teacher do it? The one inescapable fact is that nothing can bring you more here because all there is, is the here and now.

Rick Linchitz, August 2009

Sat, 8 Aug 2009 15:02:36

Rick is certainly one of my favorite KiloLogues thus far. Enjoy!

NEW-Jeff Saltzman, Boulder Integral, Part 3

Wed, 5 Aug 2009 18:23:23

"Nobody ever has any truth, just various degrees of falsehood." Ken Wilber. Shockingly, even nondual realization is only a partial view.

In this talk, Jeff Saltzman and Scott talk about Integral Theory as it pertains to states. Jeff and Scott discuss how causal emptiness is different from nonduality. Jeff explains that integral seems to really come online with the capacity to integrate views. At certain stages of our lives, we really believe that only our single view or interpretation or state is correct. In realizing causal emptiness, that seems to be an arriving point. The conceptual world falls away. The mountains vanish. But as they say in Zen, "the mountains return," but they are seen to be none other than your Self. And so the whole world comes alive at Integral: "Brahman is the world."

At integral, paradoxes are held. One no longer clings to only one view including the view that non-conceptual emptiness is the only view or that non-duality is some kind of end point. As emptiness is seen as none other than form, as the appearances are seen as not independent of awareness, there is the possibility of not clinging to any single form, or single view. This is a discovery of the world you thought you knew, but that now looks very different. At integral, every view is included. It is no longer about "only my view is true," the question becomes, "What else is true?"

Rest in Relationship, Part 3

Tue, 4 Aug 2009 18:47:08

Is it possible that the others you are fighting are shadows of your own story?

Rest in Relationship, Part 2

Tue, 4 Aug 2009 18:42:47

In being able to take the perspective of another, rather than merely saying there is no other, unconditional love becomes more than just lip service.

Rest in Relationship, Part 1

Tue, 4 Aug 2009 18:40:19

Scott talking about rest in relationship. This is a three part series. This is what your spiritual teacher may not tell you (because she doesn't know).

Dualistic Splits Part 1

Sun, 2 Aug 2009 10:17:16

VIDEO
Don't settle for dualistic splits between self and other, form and formlessness, silence and sound, and awareness and thought. Our very perspectives about non-duality are dualistic perspectives. Thought is limited to opposites. What you really are--which is the source of all phenomena--is free of all opposites. Therefore, it cannot be expressed in any dualistic perspective. In that seeing, there is no longer the possibility of identifying with any one perspective, any single view or thought, including the view expressed here. What is it that is appearing as all these views? Is that not your true Self, awareness, God, the source, love?

Dualistic Splits Part 2

Sun, 2 Aug 2009 10:13:36

VIDEO
When awareness is realized to be what you are beyond the limited, time-bound, thought-based false self, this is an unshakable knowing, that no thought, experience, emotion, philosophy, or other form can threaten. This is absolute freedom to see that phenomena is "not independent" of awareness.

Suffering is Finding an "Other"

Sun, 2 Aug 2009 09:05:04

This great, vast, impersonal awareness (i.e., spirit) is what you are AND it is appearing in every form, even the one you call your enemy or the one you disagree with. The very idea you are reacting against is a perspective of this vast, spacious emptiness. It is an appearance of what you are—the source. There is a critical difference between believing that you are this vast, impersonal awareness (which is just an idea, a perspective) and actually seeing and living as that awareness. The former creates just another perspective that likes to argue with anyone--any "other"--that doesn't agree. The latter sees itself everywhere.

Richard Miller, August 2009

Sat, 1 Aug 2009 16:53:21

Richard is the founder of Integrative Restoration Institute which is an umbrella organization for the Center of Timeless Being and IRest. With forty years of experience teaching, Richard has a mature expression and a solid handle on the practical value of awareness as well as the trap of not putting the experiential aspect of awareness first.

The Lie of Obscuration (Kilobit)

Fri, 31 Jul 2009 06:16:20

This is not an interview. This is a twenty minute audio of Scott addressing the lie that anything could actually obscure awareness. He points to the fact that direct experience shows that nothing actually obscures our true identity as awareness. Everything--every thought, emotion, state, and experience--actually proves that our true identity is awareness.

Perfect Seamlessness

Mon, 27 Jul 2009 07:07:52

Life is perfect seamlessness. The real treasure of awareness is seeing that thoughts, emotions, states, and experiences seamlessly, dynamically, and naturally bleed into one other so much so that the dividing line between them is seen as not real. Thinking will tell you that the experience of eating cake is a separate and distinct act from thinking about drag racing. But direct experience reveals that there is a seamless flow. Basic awareness appears seamlessly as eating cake and then thinking about drag racing. Only thought divides those up into discrete things. The real beauty is that the thought that divides those things up also seamlessly appears from basic awareness. And the beauty beyond that is that there is a seamlessness even between awareness and the appearances of awareness, between awareness and thinking, between awareness and eating cake, between awareness and thinking about awareness, and between awareness and thinking about eating cake. It sounds complicated until you rely on direct experience. At that point, it is simply the truth.

Jackie O'Keeffe, July 2009

Sat, 25 Jul 2009 11:34:17

Jackie and Scott discuss ghosts, why God as a belief doesn't cut it, the silence from which everything comes, and life without the personal "I." See Jackie's site at www.jackieokeeffe.com.

Unmani July 2009, Part 2

Fri, 24 Jul 2009 20:30:34

Scott's discussion with Unmani, continued...

NEW-Unmani July 2009, Part 1

Mon, 20 Jul 2009 19:39:02

Part one of a two part series. Unmani takes you straight into the loving mystery of not-knowing only to find that you were already there. Her site is www.not-knowing.com.

Don't Miss One Half of Spirit

Mon, 20 Jul 2009 18:12:19

Once there is a knowing that what you are, in the deepest sense, is this contentless awareness, enjoy the content. Once you know that your true identity is the ocean, let the waves play. Let them tumble over each other. Get soaking wet in the play of life. Enjoy the difference between the waves. Each one is unique. You, the individual body, mind, and personality, are none other than the awareness. Enjoy your uniqueness. I'm not referring to ego. Ego is that contracted energy, that time-bound, thought-based story that fixates in self-centered thinking. Once awareness is recognized as your real identity, the ego is seen as a phantom. What I'm referring to here is the vast freedom inherent in awareness and the fact that every form is a perfect, inseparable, unique expression of that awareness. Enjoy it all!

Jeff Saltzman, Boulder Integral, Part 1

Sat, 18 Jul 2009 19:24:29

This is, quite frankly, the clearest explanation of Integral Spirituality I've heard. Listen with an open mind.

Jeff Saltzman, Boulder Integral, Part 2

Sat, 18 Jul 2009 19:14:57

In this last, short part, Jeff and Scott discuss how nondual realization relates to Integral.

Rabbi Marc Gafni, July 2009 Part 1

Sat, 18 Jul 2009 18:57:23

This is the first in a series with Rabbi Marc Gafni. Marc states that emptiness or pure awareness does not evolve. It is eternal and unchanging. Marc states that form does evolve (i.e., evolution being the capacity to take more perspectives rather than being identified only with one perspective). Self-realization is interpreted differently in different cultures and contexts yet there is a universal awareness in which those perspectives appear. Marc points directly to this larger field of perspectives and how Integral emerges as this seeing. When the "I" is no longer identified only with its perspective, whether that is a Christian, Buddhist, Advaita, Democratic, or some other perspective, and these perspectives become objects appearing in this "I" awareness, that is evolution. Stay tuned for later discussions with Marc. Marc and Scott will talk about one of the greatest contributions of post-modern philosophy: The myth of the given. The myth of the given calls into question all of the truth claims made throughout history as well as the validity of some modern spiritual interpretive frameworks.

Spiritual Labeling

Sun, 12 Jul 2009 08:44:42

What you are is appearing as every label, every word, every concept, and everything else. To stay fixated in only one point of view or label is to miss this entirely.

Everyday Awareness

Sun, 12 Jul 2009 05:44:50

VIDEO
This is the simplest thing, so simple that a concept can never grasp it. What you are is the awake space that is looking now. The content of awareness is not what you are. Therefore, the constant looking back into past to measure whether you are better or more at peace now than you were back then just strengthens ego. And projecting forward to a time when you believe you will be freer or more at peace does the same. This measuring back and projecting forward is the content of awareness. It is the time-bound, thought-based false self. What is being pointed to here is the awareness in which content arises. That awareness is what you really are. In that recognition, all personal seeking and suffering ends. Nothing is carried over in time. Everything is allowed to be just as it is, right now. This is total and complete acceptance and love of what is.

Paul Hedderman, Selfing

Tue, 7 Jul 2009 20:40:03

Paul Hedderman's site is zenbitchslap.com. A truly unique and clear voice on the topic of how the recognition of 'no self' impacts addiction and recovery. Paul's explanation of 'selfing' is great. Listen and enjoy! See if there is a 'dawning.'

Actual Silence

Fri, 3 Jul 2009 08:26:06

This silence is what you are. It is always listening. It hears every word and every sound. Words and sounds are not what you are. They are happening in the silence that you are.

Meeting Your Guru Everywhere

Tue, 30 Jun 2009 14:09:24

To be open means to meet your guru everywhere. Your guru is not just within you. It is not just the pure awareness that you have found to be your true nature. It is not just in the spiritual insights that you experience, hold in memory or read about in books. It is not just your favorite spiritual writer, teacher, or lineage. It is also your enemy. It is the one who disagrees with you, the one that pisses you off. It is the person who is trying to teach you something while you remain closed to what he or she is saying. It is everything and everyone. Don't miss this by claiming "there are no people." Although it is true that separation is unreal, the moment that is turned into a belief, it is no longer true. It is merely belief. Beliefs have to be defended because they are not absolutely true. In defending any belief, learning and listening stop.

The Hologram of Duality

Tue, 30 Jun 2009 11:48:50

To say that nothing exists is true, but not totally. Nothing is appearing as everything even though the everything is illusory. The holographic separation caused by thought is ultimately not real. But the hologram is not excluded. It is included. When your partner says, "I love you," you don't say, "there is no me." You say, "I love you too."

Peter Dziuban, June 2009, Part 2

Sun, 28 Jun 2009 16:25:28

Part 2 of a two part series

Peter Dziuban, June 2009, Part 1

Sun, 28 Jun 2009 15:29:03

Part 1 of a two part series. Peter is the author of "Consciousness is All." Good and clear pointing to timeless ISness. Peter's pointing challenges the notion that anything "not here now" exists at all.

Jeff Foster, June 2009, Part 2

Sat, 27 Jun 2009 23:00:07

Part 2 of the two part series.

Jeff Foster, June 2009, Part 1

Sat, 27 Jun 2009 22:00:44

In this two part audio, Jeff and Scott discuss Jeff's new book, "An Extraordinary Absence: Liberation in the Midst of a Very Ordinary Life." They reach into virtually every topic imaginable from the limitations of modern non-dual jargon, to "no self" as the new religion, to the nitty-gritty moment by moment way that non-duality really is (beyond the ideas we use to point to it), to excruciating physical pain, illness, and death, to washing testicles, to seeing that love has no point of reference and is appearing as every point of reference, to no longer even knowing that 'this' is about non-duality. Scott highly recommends Jeff's new book

The Myth of Acceptance

Fri, 26 Jun 2009 12:33:52

This is another excerpt from Scott's book, "Love's Quiet Revolution: The End of the Spiritual Search." It is Chapter 9: The Myth of Acceptance

Susan Kahn, Non-Dual Therapist, June 2009

Thu, 25 Jun 2009 21:06:23

Her sites are www.whoamitherapy.com and www.nondualpoetry.com. Susan's approach has the unique capacity to meet 'you' where you are in the story, allowing you to question that story with the mind itself, and to eventually see that the story is unreal.

Direct Pointing

Thu, 25 Jun 2009 10:51:56

VIDEO
Direct pointing to non-duality

Gary Crowley, March 2009

Thu, 25 Jun 2009 06:41:58

Gary's site is garycrowley.com. His book is "From Here to Here: Turning Toward Enlightenment." Gary relentlessly points to the fact that there is no choice.

Rupert Spira, March 2008

Thu, 25 Jun 2009 06:25:21

Rupert's site is rupertspira.com. Rupert is one of the clearest at pointing the mind out of the notion of separateness, revealing the consciousness that is our true identity.

This

Wed, 24 Jun 2009 20:52:15

VIDEO

The End of the Spiritual Search

Wed, 24 Jun 2009 20:40:26

VIDEO

Scott's Appearance on Never Not Here with Richard Miller

Tue, 23 Jun 2009 21:32:32

VIDEO
NEW--Never Not Here is an online show that interviews teachers and authors in the area of non-duality. This is the interview of Scott in May 2009 by Richard Miller. Visit www.nevernothere.com

One

Tue, 23 Jun 2009 20:58:44

VIDEO
Self-explanatory

Living Realization Meeting, May 2009

Tue, 23 Jun 2009 15:34:50

This is a recording of a Living Realization skype meeting. To read the Living Realization text, visit the Writings page. To attend meetings, visit the Meetings page or contact Livingrealization@hotmail.com

Being

Tue, 23 Jun 2009 10:23:40

VIDEO
The word being is such a great pointer. Let's move beyond the word into what it is pointing to. That is where the freedom is.

Life Living Itself

Tue, 23 Jun 2009 10:23:04

VIDEO
This is an invitation to discover what is at the heart of all non-dual teachings, the realization that you are not a person living life with choice and control. Life is living itself through you freely, lovingly, and spontaneously. This is liberation.

Dimitri Halley, February 2009

Mon, 22 Jun 2009 12:36:01

Dimitri's site is dimitrihalley.com.

John Astin, October 2008

Mon, 22 Jun 2009 11:56:15

This discussion with John hits on the big issues of identity, form v. formlessness, points of view and how they relate to the separate self sense, and many other issues. John's site is integrativearts.com. His blog is "Out Beyond Ideas" which is accessible through that site.

John Taylor, September 2008

Mon, 22 Jun 2009 11:35:19

choosetobefree.com

Ariel Bravy, April 2009

Mon, 22 Jun 2009 10:52:00

Ariel's site is youaretrulyloved.com. His pointing is refreshingly free of dogma and fundamentalism. His site contains a wide variety of ways of pointing to 'this.' It's a really full expression.

Jim Dreaver, September 2008

Mon, 22 Jun 2009 10:22:26

Jimdreaver.com. Jim wrote a book called, "End Your Story, Begin Your Life." That is a great pointer. He has authored several other books also including the recent one, "Falling Into Light."

Joan Tollifson, March 2009

Mon, 22 Jun 2009 10:12:14

See joantollifson.com. This quote from Joan's site says it all: "You know that you (as presence-awareness) are here, that something is happening. The bare actuality of being here is undeniable and impossible to doubt, needing no proof or belief. This presence (or emptiness) is the water in every wave. It cannot be grasped or possessed, and yet, it is always right here, unavoidable and thus unattainable. This is the jewel, and this jewel is showing up as absolutely everything."

Mokshananda, February 2009

Mon, 22 Jun 2009 09:43:37

Mokie's site is freewatersangha.com. Mokshananda ("Joe Sousa") lives in Santa Cruz, CA, where, in addition to his psychotherapy practice, he offers Satsang, intensives, retreats and Dokusan (private spiritual counseling). He also travels the western United States and Canada offering Satsang and intensives and teachings. In 1999, he was invited to teach by Adyashanti. In 2008, Ken Wilber invited Mokshananda to teach as part of Integral Institute's Integral Spiritual Center. This discussion talks about Integral Theory among other things. When there is an openness to the Integral framework, the entire universe begins to look different and feel very rich.

Stanley Sobottka, April 2009

Mon, 22 Jun 2009 09:24:48

Stanley's site is faculty.virginia.edu/consciousness

Ameeta, February 2009

Mon, 22 Jun 2009 09:00:26

Ameeta's site is miraszblog.blogspot.com

Mary McGovern, 2008

Sun, 21 Jun 2009 18:23:34

graceisnow.blogspot.com

KiloLogue with John Dupuy, Integral Recovery, Part 4

Thu, 18 Jun 2009 21:17:15

In Part 4, John, Scott, and Rob discuss shadow material and what a day in the life of integral recovery looks like.

KiloLogue with John Dupuy, Integral Recovery, Part 3

Thu, 18 Jun 2009 21:09:36

In Part 3, John, Scott, and Rob discuss levels such as egocentric, ethnocentric, worldcentric, and Kosmoscentric, as well as states including emptiness and non-dual realization. In the end, they discuss shadows.

KiloLogue with John Dupuy, Integral Recovery, Part 2

Thu, 18 Jun 2009 17:34:42

In this second part of the four part series, John, Scott, and Rob discuss lines of development such as emotional, physical, mental, and spiritual as well as awakening to our true nature and its affect on the lives of addicts. At the end, John, Scott, and Rob discuss stages such as egocentric, ethnocentric, world-centric, and Kosmo-centric.

KiloLogue with John Dupuy, Integral Recovery, Part 1

Thu, 18 Jun 2009 17:06:13

This is the first segment in a four part series. John Dupuy is the founder of an amazing program called Integral Recovery at www.integralrecovery.com, modeled after Ken Wilber's Integral Theory.

Rob McNamara is also involved in the conversation. Rob has contributed to the Integral movement over the past 8 years as a leading integral practitioner. Rob has worked with Ken Wilber and the Integral Institute, served as one of the core faculty for the Integral Life Practice seminars, contributed to Integral Life, taught at Boulder Integral and is an Integral Coach for iEvolve. Rob’s area of expertise is the intersection of integral practice, human performance and integral strength training.

Scott endorses Integral Recovery as it includes total overall spiritual, mental, emotional, and physical health for the recovering addict. In this first part, John and Scott discuss integral theory as applied to addiction, mainly the four quadrants.

KiloLogue with John Astin

Thu, 18 Jun 2009 14:37:27

John and Scott discuss non-dual realization and how it affects addiction and recovery. The recognition of awareness is the end of the seeker.

Awareness Part 2

Thu, 18 Jun 2009 14:23:46

VIDEO
This is a continuation of the pointing in Awareness Part 1.

Awareness Part 1

Thu, 18 Jun 2009 14:23:32

VIDEO
Scott uses a white sheet of paper with dots on it to illustrate why suffering, seeking, and conflict happen. The white page represents your primary identity as unmoving, unchanging non-dual awareness. The dots represents the forms that appear and disappear from awareness including thoughts, emotions, states, and experiences. Suffering, seeking, and conflict result from an identity crisis, from awareness identifying with the temporary dots (forms) that appear and disappear.

Simple Presence Part 2

Thu, 18 Jun 2009 14:23:14

VIDEO
This is a continuation of the pointing in Simple Presence Part 1

Simple Presence Part 1

Thu, 18 Jun 2009 14:23:00

VIDEO
Scott simplifying and demystifying the subject of non-duality (i.e., enlightenment).

Seeking Energy

Thu, 18 Jun 2009 14:22:47

VIDEO
What are you looking for in the spiritual search? Is it possible that whatever you are looking for, it is already here? In this video, Scott points 'the mind' out of its spiritual search in time, to the recognition of the timeless presence that is already here and already whole. That presence is your true identity.

Feeling Emotions Directly

Thu, 18 Jun 2009 14:22:24

VIDEO
Enlightenment is not about just seeing through a thought-based false self. Identification with emotions fuel that self. Awareness is appearing not just as thought but also emotion. This points to recognizing the awareness that is prior to, surrounds, and permeates each emotion. You aren't angry or an angry person. That is a story. Anger is a raw energy arising in what you are. The difference is critical.

Look From The Space

Thu, 18 Jun 2009 14:21:34

VIDEO
A short, 3 minute pointer

Seeking and Finding

Thu, 18 Jun 2009 12:34:45

The end of the search finally frees all that energy of self that is constantly searching and struggling against life. It is more accurate to say that the self is seen to be an illusion, rather than anything being "freed." What is found in the place of the search is not really found at all, not in the sense of finding something that wasn’t there. What is revealed is what has been there all along—unconditional love.

Awareness and Thought: NOT TWO

Thu, 18 Jun 2009 10:39:03

Form is not other than formlessness and formlessness is not other than form, as the Buddhist Sutra says. Thought does not have an existence that is independent of awareness. Sound does not have an existence independent of silence. In reality, there are not two here. Enlightenment is merely pointing to reality itself. Denying thought (form) is denying awareness itself. To deny thought is to make an assumption that is not based in reality. The assumption is that you can split off a part of reality from another part of reality.

Basics Part 2

Wed, 17 Jun 2009 23:47:21

VIDEO
This is a continuation of the pointing in Basics Part 1.

Jeff Foster, October 2008

Wed, 17 Jun 2009 23:22:26

Jeff's site is www.lifewithoutacentre.com

Katie Davis, November 2008

Wed, 17 Jun 2009 23:20:30

www.KatieDavis.org

Reviews for Love's Quiet Revolution

Wed, 17 Jun 2009 17:54:37

Reviews for Reflections of the One Life

Wed, 17 Jun 2009 17:54:36

Mandi Solk, October 2008

Wed, 17 Jun 2009 00:00:00

Visit Mandi's sites at www.mandisolk.com and non-duality-north.com

Awareness

Wed, 17 Jun 2009 00:00:00

Before you began reading this sentence, while you are reading the sentence, and after the sentence is finished being read, awareness is here. Don’t try to grasp awareness through thought. No matter what thought arises right now in some attempt to grasp what awareness is, just drop the thought and recognize the non-conceptual presence that is here now. That is awareness.

Are You The Doer Of Any Action?

Wed, 17 Jun 2009 00:00:00

When a shift happens from the personal will trying to “do” things to a noticing of what is already being done, a possibility for true spiritual liberation arises. When there is a seeing that this whole movement of self is a dream of thought, including all the ways it is grasping for control by maintaining a false sense of separateness, replaying the past and attaching to conclusions about past insights, resisting what is in this moment, and searching for future release or happiness, there is a natural relaxation that happens. No person is doing the relaxation. No person could ever completely relax. You are not the doer of spiritual awakening. Awakening is like an act of grace revealed when the dream of self is seen to be an illusion.

Basics Part 1

Tue, 16 Jun 2009 00:00:00

VIDEO
This video is a very basic and straightforward pointing to seeing through the illusory thought-based self, sometimes called "ego." It gives a description of what presence is in relation to that false self.