Self & Other

A contemplative resource

Self & Other

This site gathers streams of personal unfoldment into three arenas, naked awareness, dyads & the Enlightenment Intensive, and the Lila-space. Each section offers its own approach—yet all point toward the same basic truths of life.

[This is a fresh revision of the old Sandoth.com website. It is not finished yet, so it is subject to change.]
Awareness

Naked Awareness

  • Naked awareness—or pure awareness—is foundational to all contemplative practices.
  • It lies at the heart of both contemplation and metacognition.
  • Approaching life from within naked awareness cuts through the tendency to be drawn into illusion and getting lost in reactivity.
  • Pure awareness becomes the stable "base" within which all experience unfolds.
  • Cultivating naked awareness is simple in form: detach awareness from what it is aware of and be directly aware of awareness itself.
  • Because it works at such a fundamental level, it deepens any other inner practice you might engage in.
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Dyads

Dyads
Enlightenment Intensives

  • The dyad is a contemplative art practiced by two people working together.
  • Dyads are used for enlightenment inquiry, clearing emotional blocks, recovering hidden abilities, and deepening relationships.
  • One partner contemplates an instruction (such as "Tell me who you are") and reports what arises from contemplation.
  • The listening partner practices "empty listening," fully receiving without evaluating, advising, competing or reacting.
  • Communicating what arises in contemplation clears mental and emotional obstacles, allowing you to go deeper rapidly.
  • Through inner reflection, honest communication, and empty listening, we discover what makes relationships work.
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Lila

Lila

  • The Lila Paradigm views reality as a vast, interconnected web of non-physical, boundless beings.
  • Lila posits that we are not isolated fragments, but unique facets of the whole through which the universe reveals itself.
  • Contemplating "Open to us" shifts our focus from the individual to our shared field of connection.
  • Lila practitioners explore how we, as conscious beings, interdependently co-create the field of connection.
  • As "Lila-consciousness" deepens, it naturally permeates daily life, bringing ease to relationships and dissolving our illusion of separation.
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