Essential Teachings
A selection of essential discourses
These videos are taken from discourses offered at online meetings and retreats and offer an introduction to Amoda Maa’s essential teachings. Her teachings can also be enjoyed by reading a selection of Interviews & Articles and Writings.
Freedom from the Me-Identity
True liberation comes from touching our experiences lightly, without trying to change or resist them, allowing the ego to gradually dissolve. This approach fosters a deeper connection with reality and brings about a natural stillness and freedom.
Dissolving the Ego
True freedom arises by recognizing that the space inside you and outside you are the same. This shift occurs energetically and viscerally through the soft gaze of awareness, a light, non-resistant presence with whatever arises—no matter how difficult or uncomfortable. This gentle surrender undoes the knots of ego identity, allowing awareness to free itself and reveal the infinity of being.
Undoing the Veils of the Self
An invitation to gently stop, meet experiences without resistance, and recognize your "sky nature"—the unchanging awareness that allows all phenomena to arise and dissolve. Gradual undoing of the veils of perception reveals the infinite openness of being.
Ending the Argument with Reality
An invitation to resolve inner conflict created by resistance—often rooted in the belief that "this shouldn't be happening." Can we meet discomfort itself with tender softness, and thereby allow a spacious awareness to reveal itself?
The Simplicity of Direct Experience
Direct experience is pure and simple, it is beyond mental constructs, narratives, and personhood. This is an invitation to divest from personhood, surrender safety nets, and free-fall into the unknown, where true freedom and peace are revealed.
The Body is a Focal Point for the Divine
An invitation to understand that we are not separate beings encased in matter, but rather focal points of divine perception and experience. Ultimately, we are not trapped in the body but experiencing our divinity through it, as the body reflects our internal state.
Recognize the ‘I Am’ in All Experiences
By shifting our attention from the fluctuating nature of experiences ("I am this" or "I am that") to the simple, ever-present sense of "I am", we recognize the foundational being-ness that underlies them. As this recognition deepens, being-ness imbues all experiences, revealing a ground of peace that transcends understanding.