Resources

Your Cosmic Body

Advanced Resources

For when you're ready to go deeper. These resources are best suited for people with a consistent practice, experience with longer sits, and a solid foundation in concentration and awareness work. Most of what's here is geared toward developing insight into the nature of mind and reality, and working toward awakening.

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Blogs & Communities

Shargrol's Posts, Compiled

Shargrol's Posts, Compiled

Shargrol has been an active member of the Dharma Overground forum for many years, and is a very skilled practitioner with a wealth of information. Someone has compiled his posts here in one place for easy viewing. The content is deep, and there’s a lot of it, so bookmark it and come back whenever you’re stuck or looking for advice on a particular topic.

Streamentry Resources & Talks Wiki

Streamentry Resources & Talks Wiki

An extensive list of audio and video talks recommended by users of the r/streamentry subreddit.

Awakening to Reality

Awakening to Reality

Packed with articles on spiritual awakening, meditation maps and stages, and the perceptual shifts that can arise as practice deepens. They also run a Facebook group for people working with the material.

Dharma Overground

Dharma Overground

One of the most in depth practice communities online, with people from all traditions and experience levels sharing openly about the highs and lows, and technical details of what’s happening in their practice. The focus here tends to be more about the deep end of this work, people practicing on retreats, and working through various stages of the awakening process. It can get quite technical and esoteric, but there’s a huge amount of knowledge here if you’re willing to dig through past threads.

Books

Seeing That Frees cover

Seeing That Frees

Rob Burbea

Practices in the mid to later chapters of this book get quite advanced as they work with things like deconstructing the self, space, time, and more.

A Comprehensive Guide to Daoist Nei Gong cover

A Comprehensive Guide to Daoist Nei Gong

Damo Mitchell

Using a clear and pragmatic approach, Damo takes the reader through a systematic process of developing the body's energetic system. This journey moves from awakening our lower energy centre, to building and moving Qi to nourish our body and open various energetic pathways.