Awakening from our habitual way of perceiving things requires a profound shift in our intuitive understanding of the nature of reality. Awakening is a cognitive event, the culminating Insight in a series of very special Insights called vipassana. This climax of the progress of Insight only occurs when the mind is in a unique mental state called śam

awakening is a shift into that vastness, peace, flow, and equanimity at the identity level.

As you rest in pure Consciousness, wisdom has room to break through into your personal mind with clarity, perspective, new ideas, helpful ideas, creative ideas, insights, and solutions. These thoughts are what help you gain deeper understanding, keep you from being stuck, and bring all the common sense you need to deal with life’s challenges and pr

If at any point you are reading along and find yourself overtaken by an experience of expansiveness, interconnectedness, or deep stillness, then just stop reading and turn your attention directly to that experience. Relax into that experience. Give the experience permission to be the only thing there is. The words on the page aren’t going anywhere.