The Direct Path: A User Guide

by Greg Goode

Overview

Have you ever done non-dual inquiry and said to yourself, “I understand it intellectually, but I don’t feel it. It’s not my experience!” If so, The Direct Path, inspired by Sri Atmananda (Krishna Menon), could be for you. This book is the “missing manual” to the Direct Path. For the first time in print, Direct-Path inquiry is presented from beginning to end and beyond, in a user-friendly way. The core of the book is a set of forty experiments designed to help dissolve the most common non-dual sticking points, from simple to subtle. The experiments cover the world, the body, the mind, abstract objects, and witnessing awareness. You are taken step-by-step from the simple perception of a physical object all the way to the collapse of the witness into pure consciousness. Your takeaway is that there’s no experiential doubt that you and all things are awareness, openness, and love. Also included are three tables of contents, illustrations, an index, a section on teaching, and the notion of a “post-nondual realization.” This book can be utilized on its own or as a companion volume to the author’s Standing as Awareness.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781626257757
Publisher:	New Harbinger Publications
Publication date:	02/16/2012
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	250
File size:	720 KB

About the Author

Greg Goode is known for a unique combination of penetrating insight, comfort with both Eastern and Western sources, and a down-to-earth sense of humor. He is author of Standing as Awareness, Nondualism in Western Philosophy, and many popular articles. Goode studied psychology at California State University, and philosophy at the University of Rochester and the Universität zu Köln. He became drawn to self-inquiry initially through the work of Brand Blanshard, George Berkeley, the Chinmaya Mission, and Arsha Vidya Gurukulam. His spiritual search came to its sweet conclusion through the Direct-Path influences of Francis Lucille and Sri Atmananda. Goode is a member of the American Philosophical Practitioners Association, and serves as the technical consultant for their peer-reviewed journal Philosophical Practice.
Greg Goode is known for a unique combination of penetrating insight, comfort with both Eastern and Western sources, and a down-to-earth sense of humor. He is author of Standing as Awareness, The Direct Path, and After Awareness, and coauthor of Emptiness and Joyful Freedom. He became drawn to self-inquiry through the work of Brand Blanshard, George Berkeley, the Chinmaya Mission, and the Arsha Vidya Gurukulam. Goode is a member of the American Philosophical Practitioners Association (APPA). He lives in New York City.

Interviews

Goode resides in New York, NY.

Editorial Reviews

...I envision myself pointing people to this book quite often because of its depth and breadth. Quite literally, it has to be read to be fully appreciated. It's nice knowing that this book is out there for people!”
—Scott Kiloby, author of Love's Quiet Revolution: The End of the Spiritual Search, Natural Rest for Addiciton: A Revolutionary Way to Recover Through Presence, and Living Presence: A Simple, Plain-English Guide to Non-Duality

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