Direct Approach: "You Are the Truth" -- Jean Klein

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"There are basically two known approaches to truth, the gradual and

the direct. In the direct approach the premise is that you are the

truth, there is nothing to achieve. Every step to achieve something

is going away from it. The 'path,' which strictly speaking is not a

path from somewhere to somewhere, is only to welcome, to be open to

the truth, the I am. When you have once glimpsed your real nature it

solicits you. There is therefore nothing to do, only be attuned to it

as often as invited. There is not a single element of volition in this

attuning. It is not the mind which attunes to the I am but the I am

which absorbs the mind.

"In the gradual approach you are bound to the mind. The mind is under

the illusion that if it changes, alters states, stops, etc., it will

be absorbed in what is beyond it. This misconception leads to the

most tragic state in which a truth-seeker can find himself: he has

bound himself in his own web, a web of the most subtle duality." --

Jean Klein Inspired by the late Jean Klein, teacher of Advaita

Vedanta (nonduality), this forum aims to bring together those who

have been touched by the teachings of Jean Klein, Sri Atmananda

(Krishna Menon) and other expressions of the direct approach to

truth. Please share your questions, your stories, your pointers to

the Ultimate.

The list home page is DirectApproach/

Mark