Greg Goode came to nondual teaching through the Direct Path lineage that descends from Atmananda Krishna Menon, transmitted to him via Jean Klein and Francis Lucille. He holds a PhD in philosophy and works as a philosophical counsellor, which gives his teaching a precision and a willingness to engage the difficult cognitive questions that the more poetic Advaita teachers sometimes skirt.
His written work is twofold. The Direct Path books (Standing as Awareness, The Direct Path: A User Guide) lay out a graduated set of inquiries into the body, the senses, and the mind that progressively dissolve the apparent boundary between subject and object. The Madhyamaka books (Emptiness and Joyful Freedom, written with Tomas Sander) bring the Buddhist analysis of inherent existence into dialogue with the Direct Path. After Awareness gathers his later thinking on what comes once the recognition is no longer in question.
Where to start
- The Direct Path: A User Guide — the most accessible introduction, structured as a sequence of contemplative experiments.
- Standing as Awareness — short and concentrated, the heart of the Direct Path teaching.
- After Awareness: The End of the Path — for readers already familiar with nondual recognition.
- The official site — books, articles, contact details, and Greg’s writing on philosophical counselling.
