171: Clarifying the Natural State: Direct Recognition & Embodied Living

About this episode

This episode explores the concept of clarifying the natural state and the capacity for direct recognition of awareness.

In this episode I explore what it means to clarify the natural state — not as something to attain or construct, but as something already here, quietly present beneath the noise, the striving, and the constant movement of mind. This is a conversation around direct recognition — the simple, often overlooked capacity to notice what is aware, rather than getting endlessly caught in what we are aware of. We explore how easily the system gets pulled into patterns of seeking, fixing, improving… and ...

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Hosts: Stuart, Jo

Topics covered

• natural state
• direct recognition
• embodied living
• awareness
• mindfulness
• spirituality

Keywords

• natural state
• direct recognition
• awareness
• mindfulness
• spirituality
• embodied living
• seeking

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