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by A H Almaas


  of time, caught in the

  freedom

  future

  now without

  past, presence, and

  future thinking, and experience

  gnosis

  God

  guilt. See judgment; superego

  “hands off” (of our inner experience). See under True Nature

  harmony

  discovering a seamless

  as interrelatedness

  hatred. See also self-hatred

  aim

  becoming aware of

  causes

  discerning what it is

  recognizing

  reflects a duality

  stages in discovering

  heart attitude toward realness. See being real: love of

  hope

  “I am That”

  identification. See also disidentification

  as active process

  as an addiction

  all ego experience is

  attempts to keep things the same

  with body

  defined

  with emotions

  inquiry and

  is not your nemesis

  is present-time activity

  is the obstacle

  mental processes involved in

  with present moment

  principles of

  recognizing it in your experience

  with a representation/image

  supports false identity

  traps us into a particular form

  trying to push away an

  identity

  ego

  identification supports false

  preserving our

  ignorance. See also not knowing; True Nature

  vs. enlightenment

  innate

  learned

  recognizing

  of True Nature

  True Nature and

  immediacy. See also presence

  of awareness

  of experience

  exposing the lack of

  exposing what enhances or limits

  immediate knowingness

  inner activity. See also meddling (mind); obsessive activity

  absence of self-centered

  outer activity and

  the trap of

  inquiry

  deepening

  and discrimination

  elements of self-inquiry

  identification and

  nature of

  practice of

  process of

  as revelation of implicit value

  interference. See also meddling (mind); past: veils of the; True Nature

  categories of

  as division

  True Nature and

  interrelatedness, harmony as

  interrelating through contrasting and comparing

  jealousy

  judgment. See also comparative judgment; superego; True Nature: has no preferences

  moving from comparative to moral

  kindness. See also compassion

  balanced with strength/boldness

  knowing. See also not knowing

  moving beyond (see also mind: beyond the discerning)

  recognizing direct

  knowingness. See also enlightenment

  immediate

  knowledge

  ignorance and

  reified

  labeling

  lifeline

  considering your own

  dimensions of

  light

  and the eternal now

  humans as beings of

  and the passage of time

  speed of, and theory of relativity

  of True Nature

  love

  of being real

  manipulation. See also meddling (mind); True Nature

  meaning

  of life

  personal thread of

  meaninglessness

  meddling (mind). See also inner activity; obsessive activity; superego

  recognizing your

  True Nature even responds to our

  meditation

  mind

  beyond the discerning (see also discrimination; knowing: moving beyond)

  freedom from

  moral judgment. See also superego

  moving from comparative judgment to

  nondoing/nonaction. See also under being where we are; reification(s); True Nature

  nonduality. See duality; harmony; True Nature

  not knowing. See also knowing: moving beyond

  vs. no knowing

  types of

  nothingness. See also “black hole” of our experience; emptiness

  now. See also present moment

  light and the eternal

  living in the

  without future

  now-ness

  experiencing

  in the present, missing the

  obsessive activity. See also inner activity; meddling (mind)

  identifying the power behind

  oneness of experience. See also division; True Nature

  opening. See being yourself; defense(s); vulnerability

  past

  future, presence, and

  veils of the

  peace

  personal thread

  presence. See also under past

  awareness and

  immediacy and (see also immediacy)

  integrating it into the rest of our lives

  is being

  is indivisible

  journey toward

  journeying in vs. with

  nonconceptual (see also awareness: nonconceptual)

  present and

  present moment. See also now

  being vs. identifying with

  discovering how you value

  identification with

  missing the now-ness in the

  True Nature and

  types of tendencies to hold on to

  value of

  preserving. See also defense(s); self-protection

  the attempt to preserve (see also solidity)

  our concept of time

  our identity

  projection

  psychoanalysis. See superego

  quantum changes

  reality (and realness). See also being real; True Nature

  suchness of

  value of

  realization. See also enlightenment; specific topics

  reification(s)

  of concepts

  defined

  of doing and nondoing

  of experience

  identification and

  labeling and

  of nondoing and nonduality

  reified knowledge

  rejection. See also acceptance

  divides the soul

  relatedness. See inter-relatedness

  relativity, Einstein’s theory of

  remembering. See also presence

  resistance. See also allowing; defense(s)

  to change (see also attachment; preserving)

  explicit vs. implicit

  nature of

  start by allowing

  working with, in practice

  saints

  self

  efforts to preserve (see also preserving)

  inherent value of the

  sense of (see ego-self; identity)

  self-centered activity, inner. See also inner activity

  absence of

  self-existence, need for validation of

  self-hatred. See also hatred; judgment; superego

  identifying

  self-inquiry. See inquiry

  self-protection. See also defense(s)

  need for

  self-remembering. See also presence

  self-resistance. See also resistance

  shame. See judgment; superego

  solidity

  and fluidity of experience, exploring

  looking for something solid

>   there is no ground

  spiritual journey. See also under presence

  changing components (of experience) in the

  dangers on the

  stages in

  spiritual practice

  disidentification as part of

  trap/paradox of

  spiritual search. See spiritual journey

  splits. See division

  spontaneity. See also past: veils of the

  strength. See also courage

  balanced with kindness

  need for

  Sufism

  superego

  stages in working with

  using awareness and understanding

  using recognition

  using the strength of aggression

  surrender and True Nature

  terror. See also fear

  thickness

  time. See also future; now; present moment

  caught in the flow of

  passage of

  preserving our concept of

  True Nature. See also being real; being yourself; specific topics

  as a dynamic presence

  even responds to our meddling mind

  has no preferences

  ignorance and understanding our

  ignorance of

  is all that exists

  is aware and attuned

  is indivisible

  is undivided but allows division

  the light of

  meaning and

  means nondoing and surrender

  moving through ignorance to

  noninterference and

  and the present moment

  as a pure research scientist

  recognizing what it is

  relationship to the rest of manifestation

  resisting (see also resistance)

  says “hands off!”

  as source of all value

  as Supreme Teacher

  understanding our

  understanding yourself as

  the unfolding journey to

  where you are and your

  True Self. See also True Nature

  truth

  seeking

  value

  difficulty of experiencing

  inquiry as a revelation of implicit

  of present moment

  source of all

  without cause

  violence, emotional

  vulnerability

  defensiveness and

  as the door to True Nature

  exploring, in the present

  wu wei (nonaction/nondoing)

  yoga

  BOOKS BY A. H. ALMAAS

  Essence with The Elixir of Enlightenment: The Diamond Approach to Inner Realization

  Facets of Unity: The Enneagram of Holy Ideas

  The Inner Journey Home: Soul’s Realization of the Unity of Reality

  Luminous Night’s Journey: An Autobiographical Fragment

  DIAMOND MIND SERIES

  VOLUME 1. The Void: Inner Spaciousness and Ego Structure

  VOLUME 2. The Pearl Beyond Price: Integration of Personality into Being: An Object Relations Approach

  VOLUME 3. The Point of Existence: Transformations of Narcissism in Self-Realization

  DIAMOND HEART SERIES

  BOOK ONE. Elements of the Real in Man

  BOOK TWO. The Freedom to Be

  BOOK THREE. Being and the Meaning of Life

  BOOK FOUR. Indestructible Innocence

  BOOK FIVE. Inexhaustible Mystery

  DIAMOND BODY SERIES

  Spacecruiser Inquiry: True Guidance for the Inner Journey

  Brilliancy: The Essence of Intelligence

  The Unfolding Now: Realizing Your True Nature through the Practice of Presence

  For more information on A. H. Almaas and all of his publications, please go to www.ahalmaas.com.

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