Pointers

To read this book is to encounter the essence of our lives and our everyday concerns. Toni Packer shines her gentle light on fear, compassion, impermanence, attraction, prejudice, enlightenment, and much more as she invites us into our own light of discovery. As she says, "In truth we are not separate from each other, or from the world, from the whole earth, the sun or moon or billions of stars, not separate from the entire universe. Listening silently in silent wonderment, without knowing anything, there is just one mysteriously palpitating aliveness."

In this compelling collection of talks, essays, interviews, and letters, Toni Packer presents a radically simple and original approach to spiritual growth free from religious authority, doctrine, symbolism, and ceremony. A former Zen teacher and student of Krishnamurti's work, Toni Packer goes beyond traditional religion and explores with the reader the root of human attachments and the source of suffering, opening the way to compassion.

In The Silent Question, Packer provides fresh insights on using the experiences of life that are raw, messy, painful, and sometimes full of laughter, to open a way to compassion. She urges us to let go of our thoughts and to sit "in the stillness of not knowing" in order to reflect upon the essential question of who we are. Packer encourages us to discover that life, energy, and insight come from the questioning, the looking, the listening.

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A documentary about the art of living outside of conventions, in deep integrity with one's essence.

How we transfer energy from perception and feeling to action without awaring.

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No we don't recommend we create a world like this... rather, may be we are already at something like this... seems to show how deeply we are conditioned (physically, environmentally, socially)! Those Deltas and Epsilons at least!

Shows how our conditioned automatic responses identify others

One may see the impact of putting aside ones emotions/feelings from beliefs/self without seeing them arising.

A well-edited book with short articles covering various topics

“Awareness cannot be taught, and when it is present it has no context. All contexts are created by thought and are therefore corruptible by thought. Awareness simply throws light on […]

Excellent one on how our conditioning impacts our perceptions & decisions

Zen, Non-duality, Buddhism, Advaita, Meditation, Presence, Awareness

A small booklet that might be useful to read cover-to-cover

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