On Beyond Zen

The 'discovery' of Non-Duality: an exploration beyond the dream of separation

Three Kinds of Meditation, and Self Realization (How to Meditate, Version 2)

By meestereric | April 25, 2026 |

(Note: the following notes were composed for a friend – someone new to meditation and to spirituality – as a simple, practical set of tips for doing meditation). There are…

How to Meditate, Plus Some Tips (Version 1)

By meestereric | April 24, 2026 |

(composed originally for a friend that asked) There are as many ways to meditate as there are people…. and that’s a lot! I am just back from a nice evening…

Is Non-Duality the Same as Oneness (or Monism)?

By meestereric | April 20, 2026 |

You are what you are looking for. (This article is in response to a question). Introduction Non-duality—which roughly means “not two”—is a practical way to point students toward an experience,…

Non-Dual Awakening and Language

By meestereric | December 27, 2025 |

Language is a time-based processing, a squeezing down and reduction of inherent wholeness to a tiny object. It can feel quite limiting at times. For instance, you’ve just has a…

What is Our Responsibility to The World as “Spiritual” People?

By meestereric | September 28, 2025 |

What is Our Responsibility to the world as “spiritual” human beings? Should we be helping to improve the world? Does Consciousness Evolve?  Yesterday a friend asked an interesting question (via…

A Question Concerning Pain and Acceptance

By meestereric | July 4, 2025 |

A friend from India asked: Q: How does the unconditioned awareness look at this pain from an objective point of view? A: It is indeed a good “yoga”, so to…

Dialogue: Two Ways to Dissolve Anxiety

By meestereric | November 28, 2024 |

Q: How can I get rid of anxiety? A: There are two fundamental ways to treat anxiety, as I see it, and both are rooted in recognizing the illusory nature…

Time to Talk About Time

By meestereric | November 13, 2024 |

  Open Time … Like an opening out, like the shape of a delta but in 3D, and seeing it from the outside. Open, limitless, freedom, choice, adventure; there is…

The Three Mysteries: A Dialogue

By meestereric | September 16, 2024 |

Or it could be titled, “Is the world a dangerous place – do you really know that?” T = Teacher S = Student S: You said something the other day…

Is Your Robot Conscious? A Dialogue

By meestereric | September 15, 2024 |

A dialogue on a contemporary issue concerning wetware and wireware.   T = Teacher S = Student S: I have a question. T: OK. S: In one of our earlier…

Is The World Real? A Dialogue

By meestereric | September 6, 2024 |

A common notion is examined. ~ * ~ T = Teacher S = Student S: I have a question. T: OK. S: I often hear this from spiritual teachers or…

Is Consciousness Local? A Dialogue

By Eric Platt | July 31, 2024 |

Is Awareness Local? A dialogue with “Zephinanda” (a pseudonym I made up, for cognitive distance and for fun).   ~~~ * ~~~ Z = Zephinanda S = Student S: Hi,…

Pondering the Universality of Truth

By meestereric | July 24, 2024 |

Let’s look at the hierarchy – the true hierarchy, not the ones derived from social structures: religion derives from the spiritual, in its historical genesis, and its core of “mystical” truth;…

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