How to Awaken From the Matrix Using Self-Enquiry
Most of our suffering and confusion stems from a fundamental misunderstanding of the way our experience is actually happening. Caitlin Johnstone ( CJ Opinion) — I talk about the power of self-enquiry a fair bit in my musings about enlightenment and human consciousness, so I thought it might be good to tap out a simple how-to on the subject in case anyone finds it useful. Self-enquiry, or self-inquiry, is a practice popularized in the west by the circulation of nondualist teachings from the renowned Indian sages Ramana Maharshi and Nisargadatta Maharaj . It requires no faith in any teacher, teaching or tradition, nor even in the practice itself. Self-enquiry is a method for inquiring for yourself into your own nature and discovering in your own firsthand experience what lies at the end of that investigation. Most of our suffering and confusion (which is what the propagandists I write about rely upon to manipulate us into believing establishment narratives) stem