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![]() Eric Putkonen - ArticlesA modern-day mystic and yogi, Eric Putkonen focuses on the "Direct Path" traditions (a.k.a. Pathless Path): Jnana Yoga, Advaita Vedanta, Zen Buddhism, etc. After searching for thirteen years and awakening in 2005, he has devoted himself to spreading the concepts and insights of these traditions.
Effortless MeditationEffortless Meditation was originally published in January 2008 on Edge Life Magazine Online. This is a simple, yet powerful meditation. Not so much doing anything, as ceasing to do everything. Letting the "Natural State" return. Understanding Vs. Knowledge"Understanding is very different than knowledge. We could learn about something in great detail, accumulate many facts about it, and yet not really understand it." This article was printed on Edge Life Online (July 2005) & printed in Spiritual Times (in German on September 2005). Death: Teacher of LifeDeath is a teacher whose wisdom and simplicity can be awe-inspiring. Death teaches us to let go, because there is nothing to hold onto, but this teaching can be had long before we die. This article was originally posted in the Edge Life Magazine (April 2002) under pseudonym. Forgiveness: an Intermediate Exercise in Unconditional LoveForgiveness is one of the keys to peace. The message of forgiveness is prevalent in spiritual doctrines all over the world. Letting go...how do you know when you have forgivening...and who needs forgiveness.
"Forgiveness" was printed in Edge Life Magazine (August 2002). True SelfTrue Self, printed on Edge Life Online (January 2006) & printed in Spiritual Times (in German on April 2006)
"To be authentic means to be our real being. I did not use the word "self," because our normal conception of self is a false self. What many people see as themselves is not their true selves. We often try to identify ourselves by our accumulated facts and events, what we do, what we have, what we think, etc., but this is not really our true identity."
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