The Basic Experience of Who You Really Are

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When you wake up to who you really are, you realize when you think about it that everybody is the same at center. This has radical implications from how you relate to so-called others. They are not just other. They are also yourself. How can you respect anyone more than recognizing who they really are as well as who they appear to be? Well, their appearance is an appearance of the one. And so I think that this is something that hopefully we live long and healthy lives. So we have time to relax into and take it, take seriously this awakening to not only who you are, but who everyone is.

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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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