by Oliver | Oct 19, 2023 | After Awakening, Essential Awakening, Uncategorized
—————————– For those thinking ‘I haven’t yet had an Awakening or Essential Awakening’ let’s examine if that is true. Essential Awakening can be surmised simply as; ‘I recognise I...
by Oliver | Oct 11, 2023 | Essential Awakening, Media
For those interested in the topic of Awakening, Essential Awakening, the essence of our true Self. This documentary may be of great...
by Oliver | Oct 10, 2023 | Updates
———————– The famous macrobiotic restaurant and holistic village ‘Casa De Luz’ is a family favourite here in Austin. Off Barton Springs Road it’s also close to Zilker Park and the ACL festival which was on last weekend. My wife and I stopped by to...
by Oliver | Sep 27, 2023 | After Awakening, The Book
———————– I feel like this is a good moment to ponder this question. I will share more than the Non Dual answers – ‘because that is what happened’. ‘I didn’t write it’. ‘Life...
by Oliver | Sep 26, 2023 | After Awakening, The Book, Updates
———————– I have just launched the book with a public post on Facebook and a Group Email to my nearest and dearest. Finally the Book is ready to sprout wings out in the world. (I had originally published in on July 23rd...
by Oliver | Jul 18, 2023 | Updates
It’s been a while since my last post. In recent weeks I have been helping the book layout designer and cover illustrator. I’ve been more particular than I thought I’d be but I want it to feel right before it finally goes to print. Austin has been...
by Oliver | Jun 1, 2023 | After Awakening, Contemplations, Liberation, Teachers and Teachings
In 2016 I had the good fortune to visit the Ramanashram on Arunachala by Tiruvannamalai. I walked up the holy mountain/hill and visited the cave sites where Ramana stayed and meditated. I did indeed feel the fantastic transmission and pull of the Self. Ramana believed...
by Oliver | May 31, 2023 | After Awakening, Liberation, Teachers and Teachings
Most people after awakening recognise their primary essence, Consciousness. They also recognise that they have an egoic mind or mind made self which creates unwanted thinking. This thinking could be imaginative or drawing on past memories and emotional pain. They can...
by Oliver | May 30, 2023 | Teachers and Teachings
A Quote from Joseph Campbell (Book: Reflections on the Art of Living); “Nietzsche was the one who did the job for me. At a certain moment in his life,the idea came to him of what he called ‘the love of your fate.’ Whatever your fate is, whatever the hell...
by Oliver | May 29, 2023 | Teachers and Teachings
Shiva Rudra Balayogi has an extremely interesting Batgap interview from many years ago, well worth listening to. His Sadhana was to meditate for 20 hours a day for 5 years until his enitre mind tendency was absorbed into the Self and he became a ‘Self realised...
