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RE: An Overview of The Way of Liberation - Part 1: The Five Foundations
Lately I've been getting more value out of Spira's book, but there was a while when I listened to adyashanti everyday. I think he's really easy to listen to and doesn't give any concrete answers which makes me look for things myself. This book is really solid because it's so simple and straightforward. Whose teachings did you get guidance from before Matt Kahn
Well, my spiritual life before Matt Kahn was very multi-faceted. 😀
In 1996 I met Papaji and in '97 during a 2 week silent retreat with Isaac Shapiro (Papaji "died" during this time) there was the first dropping into the vast void beyond the I thought. After that followed some months, where there was no world at all. I was very young back then and there were many unresolved vasanas. Not integrated, as Matt would say. What followed was a search to get back to this peace and into the state of samadhi. Master after master, course after course and going for old paradigm teachings, that couldn't explain, what was happening to me. I sat with nearly every teacher there was available at that time, read all the books, watched every video - from Rupert to Mooji... One teacher who was very important to me - because I could sense. that he was talking out of direct experience, was Stephen Wolinsky (a direct disciple of Nisargadatta). I did his Quantum Psychology courses in the early 2000 and he formed my understanding of integrating enlightenment with a western psychology. I still value him very highly and can recommend also his latest videos he did on YouTube after his retirement. Well... a long story... and then there is the life after Matt! 😀
Thanks for sharing a bit of your story, atmosblack. It's great to know a little of your spiritual lineage.
Oh, I really did that, right? 😀I guess, I should have done an introductory post about my spiritual background on my blog - although I never talk about that, unless I'm asked. Thanks for reading! Much Love! ❤️
Oh interesting, you're quite experienced with different teachers too I see! I actually haven't gone to a retreat or anything like that, but would really like to. Not much going on as far as non-dual circles in MT, but might be going to either Colorado or California this year. I'll look into Wolinksy and more into Matt's work. Thanks :)