Are You Aware of Who You Really Are?

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Richard Dawkins: Being aware of your true nature appeals to some people and not to others. He says it is a way of awakening to who you really are. It settles a basic question of who you are, he adds. And what comes from this is a sort of inner confidence - an ah -- like coming home. The joy that knows no variation and casts no shadow can be found in waking up to your true nature.

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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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