“Out beyond ideas of wrongdoing and rightdoing,
there is a field. I'll meet you there.” — Rumi
For millenia, humans across traditions have awakened to the reality that rather than being separate, they are fundamentally one with everything, that the true nature of reality is nondual.
From this realization, our inner contraction relaxes, the ego ceases center stage, and life unfolds as effortless, integrated, simple, and beautiful.
And it is not, like some will have us believe, the result of esoteric practices or fleeting peak experiences. It is accessible to each and every one of us right now if we can only recognize it.
There are many practices to help us achieve this recognition. The one that I have found most effective is Effortless Mindfulness which is grounded in a thousand years of transmission of ancient practices from the Mahamudra and Dzogchen traditions.
Effortless Mindfulness focuses on the direct recognition of our true, nondual nature through what Loch Kelly calls glimpses - brief and instant insights that can then be stabilized over time. A glimpse may be a question as simple as “What is here now, when there is no problem to solve?” contemplated from openness and curiosity.
Our confusion about the nature of reality is at the core of many of the problems we face today, as individuals and as a society. The goal of Nondual Ground is simple: to help as many people as possible break through this confusion.
Standing on the shoulders of the generous beings who have dedicated their lives to this transmission, I am dedicated to honoring their wisdom and remaining true to the profound clarity of this practice.
I look forward to meeting you in the field beyond ideas of wrongdoing and rightdoing.
My introduction to Buddhism and meditation began at age 16 when my grandfather gifted me Hermann Hesse’s Siddharta. Though my initial curiosity was purely intellectual, the book’s exploration of spiritual experience struck a profound chord.
I soon started meditating. Following my graduate studies at Cambridge University, I committed to the next step in my journey: In 2013, I spent three months at the Japanese Zen monastery Antaiji, practicing under Muho Noelke. While I devoted many hours to intensive meditation, the most significant insight arrived not on the cushion, but during the strenuous and monotonous rice harvest: “There is no escaping this mind through more thoughts. The only way to greater fulfillment is through acceptance of the present moment.”
I continued to deepen my practice, yet I sensed a limitation: observing thoughts from the vantage point of the mindful witness, while offering relief, was insufficient for true realization. A shift occurred during a retreat with Peter Ralston. His rigorous approach, centered on the Ramana Maharshi inquiry “What am I?”, led me to the recognition of our true, nondual nature.
While this was a breakthrough, I soon realized it didn’t preclude me from falling back into confusion during sufficiently challenging moments life threw at me.
It wasn’t until I came across Loch Kelly’s teachings of Effortless Mindfulness that I was able to have further breakthroughs in stabilizing my recognition of the nature of consciousness. Loch’s work is simple, compassionate and powerful. Having completed his Teacher training and having joined him through numerous retreats, I am now committed to sharing this love for the practice with others, both in person and online.
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