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Advaita Vedanta

Hindu nondual lineage. Ramana, Nisargadatta. Atmavichara — self-inquiry — is the spine.

channel profile
  • somatic
    1
  • cognitive
    3
  • affective
    2
  • sonic
    0
  • natural
    0
  • relational
    1
tier 1
entry
2

  • Notice the witness

    adv-1

    Become aware that there is something that is aware. The first move of inquiry.

    cognitive3affective1

  • The gap between thoughts

    adv-2

    Notice the brief silence between one thought and the next. Rest your attention there.

    somatic1cognitive3
tier 2
deepening
4

  • Ask who am I

    adv-3

    Pose Ramana's central question and feel where it lands in the body. Don't answer with concepts.

    cognitive3affective1
    after: Notice the witness

  • I as a thought

    adv-4

    Notice that 'I' is itself an arising — see if you can catch its emergence.

    cognitive3
    after: Notice the witness · Ask who am I

  • Awareness vs content

    adv-5

    Distinguish that which knows from what is known. Stay with the knower.

    cognitive3affective1
    after: Notice the witness

  • Reading Ramana

    adv-6

    Slow reading of 'Talks with Ramana Maharshi' or 'I Am That'. Let a sentence interrupt you.

    cognitive3affective2relational1
tier 3
engaged
4

  • Sustained self-inquiry

    adv-7

    Atmavichara as a continuous practice — the question becomes a background hum.

    somatic1cognitive3affective1
    after: Ask who am I · I as a thought

  • Neti neti

    adv-8

    'Not this, not this' — systematically negate every object of identification.

    somatic1cognitive3
    after: Awareness vs content

  • Trace the I to its source

    adv-9

    Follow the I-thought back to wherever it arises from. Stay at the edge.

    somatic2cognitive3affective1
    after: I as a thought · Sustained self-inquiry

  • Resting as awareness

    adv-10

    No longer inquiring, no longer doing — simply abiding as that which is aware.

    somatic2cognitive2affective2
    after: Awareness vs content · Sustained self-inquiry
tier 4
mastery
5

  • Tat tvam asi

    adv-11

    'That thou art' — recognition that the witness and the witnessed are one.

    somatic1cognitive3affective3relational1
    after: Trace the I to its source · Resting as awareness

  • Inquiry in daily life

    adv-12

    Bring the question to the dishes, the meeting, the walk. Inquiry off the cushion.

    somatic1cognitive3affective1relational1
    after: Sustained self-inquiry

  • Surrender of the seeker

    adv-13

    Let go of the one who is seeking. Bhakti as the other wing of Advaita.

    somatic1cognitive2affective3
    after: Resting as awareness

  • Sahaja samadhi

    adv-14

    The natural state. Recognition stabilized through daily life without effort.

    somatic2cognitive2affective2natural1
    after: Resting as awareness · Tat tvam asi

  • Pointing-out from a teacher

    adv-15

    Sat with a qualified teacher who can directly point to what you are.

    cognitive2affective2relational3
    after: Trace the I to its source