Is There a State That You're Teaching People to Get Into?

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I accept that where they're coming from is the same as where I'm coming from, because that's where we're all coming from. It's a non-verbal, pre-verbal, direct experience. How we talk about it is so conditioned by our experiences and what's been valuable to us. A state to me has got content. It comes and goes. But I'm talking about the space in which states of mind come and go. Now that is the same in us all. So I sing my own song and hopefully it's a value to people. That's just true.

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What is The Headless Way? What are we like before we accept the names, roles, and narratives given to us by other people? What does it mean for consciousness to be "boundless" or "infinite"? What are the benefits of adopting a "headless" perspective? How can we visit (and feel relatively confident that we've visited) this perspective? Where is this perspective situated relative to the larger constellation of meditation and mindfulness concepts from other traditions?

Richard Lang has been teaching The Headless Way for over fifty years having met Douglas Harding, the author of On Having No Head, in 1970. Richard also worked for many years as a psychotherapist as well as teaching tai chi and dance. The Headless Way is a method of waking up to your True Self which is spacious, still, and free. Being conscious of your True Self enables you as an individual to be more creative, loving and effective in the world. Contact Richard at headexchange@gn.apc.org or learn more at his website, headless.org.

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