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Discover how you are not your thoughts and beliefs & wake up!
Welcome friend,
Humanity has created religious, political, tribal and nation based stories for thousands of years. Is it possible that our clinging to these stories is actually the main cause of the endless division and conflict occuring in the world every day? Throughout the ages various people have spoken about this, while also pointing to the wholeness and flow of Life which is always present now, no matter what you happen to think or believe. This website is about that “in-love-ness with Life” and openness that remains as your “nature” when you let go of all your conclusions and beliefs, including those about yourself…
“In the course of the 21st century more and more people will realize that our beliefs and the duality, division and conflict we experience are self-created realities. Freedom and happiness have nothing to do with clinging to beliefs. To realize you are not your thoughts or beliefs, is the beginning of awakening…”
(from the Awareness now! website)
ARTICLES & INTERVIEWS
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The end of getting
We humans use words to communicate. Words reveal how we think. We seem to constantly forget that words are just labels, which only suggest they point to something "real".
Take "success" or "happiness" or "acknowledgement",...
Division is endless!
Non-duality is just a word. It tries to point to the wholeness of everything, all that already is, before our thinking starts to introduce difference and division.
Our mind (whatever that is) and our language...
Am I my thoughts?
Who or what are we? Isn’t it so that we tend to assume that our thoughts are essential to what we are or we consider them to be our innermost and precious “core”? The...
The stories in our head
We humans are very good at creating “stories” about "things that happen". The history of mankind is full of stories and describes the consequences and impact of what happened when people acted according to...
What is a belief?
Our world seems to be built on beliefs and assumptions. You may for instance believe something about yourself; that you are a good person, or that you have negative qualities. You may believe that...
Video: interview with Willem Fonteijn
Willem Fonteijn is a well known Dutch clinical psychologist. Besides his work at university and various clinics, he has been actively involved in eduction, workshops and trainings regarding Mindfulness meditation for many years. In...
The limits of “knowing”
After the renaissance in Europe (14th-17th century) a revolution in science and rational thinking began, which ultimately led to the amazing technology we now use and depend on every day. Seeking more knowledge and...
Life as “me”
Somehow at a young age, we humans begin to feel that we are separate, that we are individual entities, different from others, separate from life. Whether this psychological process of individuation is useful or...
Beliefs & Reality
A man once said: "Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away!". (Philip K. Dick) The truth is that whatever you think or believe, reality will stay as it...
The end of Duality
One of the core activities of the human mind is labeling of and distinguishing between "things". Thought creates the apparent duality or difference between “here” and “there”, “this object” and “that object”, “mine” and...
Awareness “explained”
Have you ever noticed how experiences and thoughts arise, how they appear and then disappear?
Have you ever wondered who or what is aware of that?
Have you ever noticed that in between thoughts, what you...
The Illusion of seeking
As long as we believe we are on the way to something; something better, nicer, more exciting and so on, we are overlooking or denying what’s here right now! Seeking is based on the...
Interview with Amoda – our true nature is beyond beliefs
Amoda Maa is a contemporary spiritual teacher and author born in the UK and currently living in the USA. The interview took place in the Omega Institute, Rhinebeck NY.
In this interview we speak about...
Can we drop the GOD beliefs?
Religious beliefs systems are still very much dominating our world...
According to current data (2018) almost 6 of the 7.2 billion people adhere to one or another religion, where each religion offers alternative and often...
