Most of our lives are spent lost in the thought stream. But the senses can be our gateway to unfiltered reality right here and now.

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Topics & Timecodes:

0:00 Intro

1:49 Awakening as a process beyond conceptual knowing

4:00 What to do when thought intervenes on unfiltered reality

7:01 The paradox of the personal and impersonal

8:50 The paradox of practice vs. non-practice

11:12 Investigating the sense gates: sound and hearing

21:10 The non-dual experience of hearing (JUST hearing)

26:10 The prerequisite role of Self-inquiry in awakening

27:52 Investigating the sight gate: gazing into infinity

33:40 Attuning to subtlety and refining perception

36:52 The importance of “just stopping”

40:11 The end of suffering and living truth investigating itself

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