Intro
Discover the science of the first-person, and try your first experiment.
Lesson
Experience the many layers of who you take yourself to be.
Preview
Contemplation
Pay close attention to what you see—and notice what you're looking out of.
Meditation
Explore the darkness of your closed eyes and notice where everything happens.
Exercise
Recognize that you are simply the empty, silent space of awareness.
Use a mirror or your phone camera to look for your self—and see what happens.
Examine the process in which you come to identify with the face in the mirror.
Contemplate the four main stages of life and how attention changes throughout.
Observe the thoughts and feelings you have about your appearance.
Discover if you move through the world, or if the world moves through you.
Experiment with looking at another person, and follow their gaze back.
Learn how to get into the habit of practicing the Headless Way in daily life.
Examine the experience of time, using a watch or a clock.
See if you are actually distant from everything you see, feel, and hear.
Learn the meaning and consequences of seeing who you really are.
Explore the spontaneous, ongoing act of pure creativity.
See what it feels like to drink, smell, and touch from a place of pure openness.
Use your hands to experiment with the sensations of resistance and surrender.
Listen to a chapter from Douglas Harding's "The Hierarchy of Heaven and Earth."
Listen to Richard summarize the key points of the Headless Way.
Explore the first stage of life, through the lens of the Headless Way.
Explore the second stage of life, through the lens of the Headless Way.
Explore the third stage of life, through the lens of the Headless Way.
Explore the fourth stage of life, through the lens of the Headless Way.
Discover how to work with everyday depression, anxiety, and loneliness.
Learn the life story of Douglas Harding, author of "On Having No Head".
Examine some of the main ideas from Douglas Harding's first major work.
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