Nonduality: The Wholeness of Experience Part 21 - Peter Brown - An Introduction to The Yoga of Radiant Presence (2015) | Nonduality
Nov 15, 2022
In this insightful conversation, Peter Brown, a teacher of the Yoga of Radiant Presence until his passing in 2022, shares profound wisdom on experiencing the present moment. He discusses the transition to effortless being and highlights the importance of relinquishing mental burdens like anxiety. Brown emphasizes the enduring nature of experience and encourages listeners to engage with reality intuitively. He challenges notions of perception, inviting a reconsideration of how we interact with life’s spontaneity and richness in everyday moments.
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Experience Is The Sole Constant
- Peter Brown says your experiential field is the only undeniable fact and is always present.
- He emphasizes its slippery, ever-changing nature that resists conceptual pinning down.
Experience Transcends Categories
- Brown points out that analysis and categories fail because experience transcends subject/object and action/substance distinctions.
- He suggests realization arises by reorienting to experience instead of conceptual frameworks.
Let Presence Gently Dismantle Habits
- Do not forcefully dismantle old habits; let them remain while you sample contact with presence.
- Repeat light, spontaneous noticings of presence and they will gradually deconstruct old orientations.