The No Self, No Problem Workbook

Imagine what fun life would be if you didn’t have those neurotic, personal thoughts going on within you. You could enjoy things, and you could actually get to know people instead of needing them. You could just live and experience your life, instead of trying to use life to fix what’s wrong inside of you. You are capable of achieving that state. It

One of the most important things to learn is how to separate awareness from thinking, and then we can see that thoughts and emotions are not the center of who we are. We then discover that awareness is the source of mind that brings the peace that passes understanding. One student said, “This is what it feels like to be open-minded.” It is our natu

As the final act in this little exercise, circle the two words repeated three times—I am—and consider them. What if the deeper sense of self we seek is closer to these two words alone? In crafting the story of our lives, we lose sight of this powerful alternative: just being.

Beyond thinking, when you give away thinking – there You are. Don’t think; be. Now you may say, “If I am that, why do I need a practice? Why do I need anything at all?” Because believing you are thought is such an ingrained habit (and a subtle one at that), having a practice, a tool to help let go and bring you back to the experience makes your com