Contemporary nonduality

Nonduality for an ordinary day.

Essays, films and books on thought, identity, attention and the difficult parts of being human.

ClarityOne · Published by Afterglow

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From the journal

What Self-Attention Actually Is

Before trying to change what you think, look at the one who seems to be thinking. An essay on attention and the sense of being someone.

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New film · Nonduality Now · Talk · 23 minutes

The simplest thing you know.

A clear talk in the manner of direct pointing: what you know most simply, before any thought about it. Five chapters, slow landscapes and music to rest in.

Further reading

Stay with a question.

All essays

The longer read · Book & audiobook

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Resting in Grace

For the exhausted seeker.

A quiet, book-length invitation out of spiritual striving and into grace. Read, download or listen to the complete free edition.

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Sacred texts & contemplative traditions

Old words.
Living questions.

Read the Psalms and Gospels with attention to their languages, histories and the lives they continue to touch. Explore prayer, philosophy and the contemplative traditions through close reading.