Seeing is better than believing

Sam Blight

The Experiments of the Headless Way are a perfect compliment to the wonderful words of all the great non-dualist teachers on this site. They provide a marvelous way to encounter the Awake Emptiness often invoked as the basis and source of all true spirituality.

Actually doing the Experiments (at least a couple of them) is crucial though. Just reading or hearing about them and imagining what they'de be like to perform is like going to the beach and reading a book about surfing without waxing up and getting wet. It also risks giving the thinking mind an opportunity to erect subtle barriers to really Seeing. The invitation is to use the Experiments to do a "perceptual end run" around the mind, not to provide it with more food for thought.

This site provides a dazzling array of wise teachers and Seers, but as the Buddha said: "Be a light unto yourself". In other words, become a Seer and verify for yourself what is being pointed to here.

The Experiments of the Headless Way provide a profoundly direct and simple way to do just that: http://www.headless.org/experiments.htm