The Flame and the Mirror — A Short Book on Meditation (Ebook)

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Meditation has been buried under long books — techniques stacked on techniques, promises stacked on promises — until the simplest human act, sitting quietly and being what you are, came to seem like something you must earn. It was never that. You may begin tonight.

This is a short book, and deliberately so. It walks a single path in five steps — stopping, the breath, warmth, witnessing, and the direct question of self-inquiry at the heart of Advaita Vedanta — then sits with four teachers who differ in their words and agree completely in their pointing: the Buddha, Osho, Ramana Maharshi and Nisargadatta Maharaj. It closes with a simple daily sit you can begin the same evening, and honest company for the days when practice is flat, restless or dry.

Art and words by Parmita Shunyam, it carries twelve original artworks — sacred art made from silence — across fifty-seven pages meant to be read slowly, one chapter and one sit at a time.

Nothing here needs to be believed. You can see for yourself tonight, on a cushion, in your own home.

The details: Digital PDF · 57 pages · A5 · twelve original artworks · instant download · read on any device, print if you wish.

Meditation has been buried under long books — techniques stacked on techniques, promises stacked on promises — until the simplest human act, sitting quietly and being what you are, came to seem like something you must earn. It was never that. You may begin tonight.

This is a short book, and deliberately so. It walks a single path in five steps — stopping, the breath, warmth, witnessing, and the direct question of self-inquiry at the heart of Advaita Vedanta — then sits with four teachers who differ in their words and agree completely in their pointing: the Buddha, Osho, Ramana Maharshi and Nisargadatta Maharaj. It closes with a simple daily sit you can begin the same evening, and honest company for the days when practice is flat, restless or dry.

Art and words by Parmita Shunyam, it carries twelve original artworks — sacred art made from silence — across fifty-seven pages meant to be read slowly, one chapter and one sit at a time.

Nothing here needs to be believed. You can see for yourself tonight, on a cushion, in your own home.

The details: Digital PDF · 57 pages · A5 · twelve original artworks · instant download · read on any device, print if you wish.