The Third Person Language

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I think we need a new language for this. The third person language is that we grow up using which acknowledges who you are for others. We're putting ourselves in everyone else's shoes and seeing ourselves through their eyes, forgetting about our own point of view. When I speak about being rich and I can't see rich at you, what I'm doing is I'm placing myself in your shoes and speaking for the one that you see. This is just freedom really and freedom, love, lack of separation without denying the reality of yourself as a person.

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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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