Tibetan

Shift into Freedom: The Science and Practice of Open-Hearted Awareness

Loch Kelly

Why it matters

Combines Tibetan Mahamudra and Dzogchen non-dual pointers with modern psychological insight for shifting out of egoic subject-object separation.

The tradition behind it

Tibetan Buddhism brings together Indian Buddhist philosophy, meditation and compassion training. Many of its teachers emphasise working directly with the mind, seeing through spiritual self-improvement as another trap of the ego.

Try it in practice

• Name the groove

  Say plainly: this is an old groove, not a fresh fact. Then notice you are the one noticing it. A groove seen is a groove no longer running you.

• Breathe for both

  Breathe in the version of this that others also carry; breathe out relief. Let the trouble stop being only yours for a few breaths.

• Open awareness, no support

  Let attention widen to include the room, the sounds, the body, and the trouble at once. Rest as that open field rather than as the one holding it.

Read alongside

• Cutting Through Spiritual Materialism · Chögyam Trungpa