Themes
The traditions name it in different vocabularies. Six contemplative threads that run through the whole library, gathered here as cross-cutting entry points.
Self-Inquiry
The investigation of the I-thought back to its source. Common to Ramana, Nisargadatta, Robert Adams, and the Direct Path.
Enter →Presence
The recognition that what is sought is already and immediately here. Common to Brother Lawrence, John Butler, the Cloud author, and most modern nondual teachers.
Enter →Silence
The apophatic current. The recognition reached not by adding words but by setting them down. Common to the Cloud author, Eckhart, the Theologia Germanica, and the silent satsangs of Ramana.
Enter →Love
The contemplative recognition that what underlies the universe is itself a movement of love. From Bernard's Sermons on the Song of Songs through Julian of Norwich and the Sufi poets to the modern Advaita teachers.
Enter →The Witness
The pointing to that in which all experience arises but which is itself never an object of experience. The Atma Bodha, the Ashtavakra Gita, the Direct Path investigations.
Enter →Death and the Deathless
The contemplative encounter with mortality and what does not die. From the Katha Upanishad through the Cloud author, Bede Griffiths, and Robert Adams.
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