Do You Have a Headless Way?

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The headless way is becoming aware that you're not what you look like. From a distance of several feet, I appear as Richard - but if you came up to me, you'd lose me. Instead of my head, I see the world. And it's as if you've got two sides to yourself: One is what you are for others in the mirror,. and the other is anything where you're boundless and space for the whole world, including the stars.

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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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