Yoga in the Kashmir Tradition: the art of listening presents the teachings of Jean Klein as I experienced them as a student of his over many years. Jean Klein was a master of advaita (non-duality) and yoga. The approach to yoga was grounded in the non-dualistic perspective. In this book I focus on his teaching regarding yoga, but as all aspects of his teaching were totally integrated, these different facets are interwoven through the book.
In the book there are a series of guided meditations and exercises on such subjects as relaxation, the body as sensation, the opening of the senses, feeling our verticality, breathing, pranayama, the expansion of the body in space, movement and yoga asanas. The purpose of these is to free ourselves from all patterns and restrictions and to bring us to openness, to transparency. It is only then that we are open to our real nature – that which is beyond the mind.
When we live moment-to-moment in the sensation, without thought, each time we do the posture it is fresh, it feels as if we are doing it for the first time. We are not living in memory, in repetition, but in the timeless.
Published by Gonda Press and it is also available in Spanish, Japanese and Dutch
To read more about this approach go to The Teaching of Jean Klein an article published by InZicht.
a vigil for the Self
long into the night
waiting without expectation
what might I be
no answer was forthcoming
but the question was no more
nothing was missing
the silence was home
with grasping eyes it will never be yours
you may acquire the world
but still you’ll be a beggar
what you really want is nothing
but nothingness is a precious gift
you have to be worthy of it
first your eyes have to turn inwards
in the darkness there is light
The Mirage of Separation and Ocean of Silence are pointers to our essence, that which is beyond all appearance and free of all representation. They are an invitation to silence. I’ve not sat down intentionally to write these poems, rather the lines, as it were, came to me, sometimes beginning with a feeling, a word or phrase or some point of teaching. This happened, for example, whilst walking in the park, sitting on a train, awakening from sleep.
To read samples and to order click here The Mirage of Separation and Ocean of Silence published by Gonda Press
Ocean of Silence is also published by Gonda Press in Spanish, Océano de Silencio
Invitation to Silence sayings to awaken the self.
A collection of quotations from the 10 books of Jean Klein
compiled by Billy and available through Amazon