9 min
Talk
The Moment You Realize Nothing Exists and Everything Is You
Lisa Cairns describes awakening as two inseparable sides: the emptiness in which no separate self is found, and the merging with everything that shows up as love.
About the teacher
Lisa Cairns
Lisa Cairns describes a sudden, unsought shift in understanding in 2011 in Bali that she frames as a direct, non-intellectual recognition of nondual philosophy. Since then she has spoken in a wide range of settings, including bookshops, cafés, yoga centres, universities, schools, NHS facilities, conferences and theatres, presenting nondual ideas without claiming a formal lineage or teacher of her own.
She currently teaches mainly online, hosting a weekly live stream and the Sages Book Club, a small discussion group working through texts from nonduality teachers such as Nisargadatta Maharaj, alongside occasional residential retreats in Europe.
“Suffering is believing you're a separate self that can do or create life, and needs to get pleasure and avoid pain.”Lisa Cairns
Upcoming events
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Talks, day programmes and retreats currently listed in the Paths Are Many calendar.
Talks & videos
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5 min
Talk
Is Eckhart Tolle Spiritually Bypassing?
Lisa Cairns argues that "be present and there is no problem" is not a way to skip grief or pain, but to feel it fully without getting lost in the thinking around it.
Path
The wider context.
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Inquiry into awareness
Non-duality
Direct contemplation of awareness, identity and the experience of separation.
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