The Pathless Path of the One

Beginning Not from Separation, but from Reality Itself

Most spiritual traditions begin with a problem: suffering, confusion, separation. From there, they offer a solution – a path to follow, a practice to undertake, a truth to realise. But what if reality is not waiting at the end of a journey? What if it has never been absent?

This essay is an exploration of the Pathless Path – the recognition that reality is already whole, already complete, already one. This understanding lies at the heart of all traditions, but because it is difficult to grasp from the perspective of separation, the traditions make varying degrees of concession. They accommodate the sense of being a separate self by offering practices and disciplines intended to gradually dissolve it.

These concessions take the form of the Progressive Path, which seeks to purify the mind and body through action, and the Direct Path, which investigates the nature of the apparently separate self. Both are valid and compassionate responses to the imagined problem of separation. But the Pathless Path points to a deeper truth: that no journey is necessary, because you are already whole, perfect, complete, as you are.

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The Pathless Path of the One