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Spiritual Emergencies & Dark Nights of the Soul
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Spiritual Emergency: When Personal Transformation Becomes a Crisis - Stanislov & Christina Grof

​In Case of Spiritual Emergency - Catherine G. Lucas

​Dark Night of the Soul - A Journey from Absence to Presence - Fiona Robertson

The Spiritual Awakening Guide - Kundalini, Psychic Abilities, and the Conditioned Layers of Reality - Mary Mueller Shutan

Meditation Sickness - Buddhism's Biggest Open Secret-  Wendy Agsar
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​​The Dangerous Art of Depersonalization - What psychedelics, psychosis, and mindfulness can teach us about no-self, and why set and setting play such an important role in ego deconstruction - Alex Tzelnic

No Ground for the Groundless (How a Neo-Advaita Teacher Responded to a Spiritual Crisis) 



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​Spiritual Bypassing
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​Spiritual Bypassing: When Spirituality Disconnects us from What Really Matters​ - Robert Augustus Masters
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Nothing is Hidden: The Psychology of Zen Koans - Barry Magid

Desire & Attachment - Online chapter excerpt from Nothing is Hidden - The Psychology of Zen Koans - Barry Magid

Psychological Work in the Service of Spiritual Transformation - John Welwood

Spiritual Bypassing, Relationship and Dharma -  John Welwood


​Relationship as a Spiritual Crucible -  John Welwood

Intimate Relationship as a Transformative Path -  John Welwood
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Growing Up and Waking Up - ​ John Welwood

"To Love the House That Ego Built" - Jessica Eve

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​After Bypassing, Healing & Befriending
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​Self-Compassion: The Proven Power of Being Kind to Yourself - Kristin Neff PhD

​Complex PTSD: From Surviving to Thriving - Pete Walker

The Tao of Fully Feeling: Harvesting Forgiveness Out of Blame - Pete Walker

The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body In the Healing of Trauma - Bessel Van Der Kolk, M.D.

The Polyvagal Theory - The Transformative Power of Feeling Safe - Stephen W. Porges

Re-Association As A Spiritual Practice - Brent Morton

Waking the Tiger - Healing Trauma - Peter A. Levine

​A Healing Space: Befriending Ourselves in Troubled Times - Matt Licata PhD

The Wild Edge of Grief: Rituals, Renewals and the Sacred Work of Grief - Francis Weller

Bringing Your Shadow Out of The Dark: Breaking Free From the Hidden Forces That Drive You - Robert Augustus Masters

​No Bad Parts: Healing Trauma and Restoring Wholeness with the Internal Family Systems Model - Richard Schwartz Ph.D

It Didn't Start With You - How Inherited Family Trauma Shapes Who We Are And How to End the Cycle - Mark Wolyn

Holding Our Struggle in High Regard - Jessica Eve

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Unpacking Neo-Advaita & Either/or Non-duality
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​​Neo-Advaita or Pseudo Advaita vs. Traditional Advaita - Timothy Conway

10 Less-than-wholesome Aspects of Neo (Pseudo) Advaita - Timothy Conway

​Oneness, Enlightenment and the Mystical Experience - Chapter from The Guru Papers: Masks of Authoritarian Powers

What Makes Neo-Advaita Cult-Like? - Timothy Conway

When Non-dual Teachings Are Not Non-dual - Full Chapter from Spiritual Bypassing by Robert Augustus Masters

On Neo-Advaita - Jeff Foster

Neo-Advaita De-Mystified: A Critique - Shawn Nevins

The Numinous Narcotic that Nearly Destroyed My Life - Tom Huston

​​How Neo-Advaita Emulates Messages of Narcissistic Caregivers - Michael Lydon

​Monism and Dualism Contain Eachother - David Chapman

The Dualism of Non-Dualism: Advaita Vedanta and the Irrelevance of Nature - Lance E. Nelson

Complexities and Challenges of Nonduality -Elizabeth Stephens, California Institute of Integral Studies 

​Losing Oneself: Persistent Nonduality, Depersonalization, Dissociation, Mental Health, and Memory -Elizabeth Stephens (CIIS)

Beyond Essence: A New Path to Awakening - Essay by Jason Shulman
When Non-dual Teachings Are Not Non-dual Chapter from Spiritual Bypassing by Robert Augustus Masters

A Constructive Critique of Non-dual Spiritual Teachings Chapter from The Presence of the Infinite by Steve Mcintosh

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​The Passionate Mined Revisited - Diana Alsted and Joel Kramer (read excerpt from "Time" chapter)

Self-ishly Losing Oneself - Chapter from What's it All About? Philosophy and the Meaning of Life by Julian Baggini

The Healthy Ego is Beautiful / Patriarchal Spirituality - Jeff Brown

On Illusion of Timelessness-Only - Jason Shulman - Chapter from Beyond the Now (link goes to free chapter online)

​​Chapter on the limitations of "Be Here Now" - The Passionate Mind Revisited by Diana Alstad & Joel Kramer

Cutting the Knot of the World Problem: Sri Aurobindo’s Experiential and Philosophical Critique of Advaita Vedānta - Swami Medhananda

​Is Advaita Just Loving Nihilism? — Nonduality, Science and Meaninglessness - Anonymous, Reality Maps

​The Perennial Philosophy Re-visited - Jorge Ferrer, Essay

Changing Fast and Slow - Notes on Sam Harris, Meditation, Spiritual Impatience - Matthew Remski

Interconnection Requires Multiplicity - Jessica Eve

When Non-dual Teachings Promote Rugged Individualism- Jessica Eve

The Ground of Being - Choice or Choicelessness? - Jessica Eve

"To Love the House that Ego Built" - Jessica Eve

Does Spiritual Illumination Create its own Intrinsic Blindness? - Carter Phipps

Re-visioning the idealized view of how spiritual beings deal with painful emotions - Excerpt from a Jason Shulman gathering


Journeying to the Both/And + Evolutionary Emergence
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Oneness Without a Hole in It - Jessica Eve

"Beyond Essence" full Essay from Essays on the Heart of Enlightenment - Jason Shulman

​Soul Story - Evolution and the Purpose of Life - Tim Freke

The Mystery Experience - Tim Freke
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 Presence of the Infinite: The Spiritual Experience of Truth, Beauty, and Goodness - Steve Mcintosh

"A Constructive Critique of Non-dual Spiritual Teachings"- Chapter Excerpt from the Above

Journey of the Universe - Brian Swimme

Evolution's Purpose - Steve Mcintosh

Evolutionaries - Carter Phipps

​​The Life Divine - Sri Aurobindo

​Introducing Ken Wilber: Concepts for an Evolving World - Lew Howard (accessible intro)

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The Passionate Mined Revisited - Diana Alsted and Joel Kramer (read excerpt from "Time" chapter)

The Glorious Both/And Means... 

Being Becoming Redeems My Human Suffering - Jessica Eve

The Universe, Conscious of Being Human! - Jessica Eve​

The Blessing in Giving Up a Perfect God - Jessica Eve


How Co-Dependent Arising Feels to Me - Jessica Eve

Our Human Divinity = Gods' Humanity - Jessica Eve

Spiritual Abuse, Mind Control, Cult Dynamics, Guru-itis
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On Bullshitting and Spiritual Claims - Matthew Remski

​How Cults Trick You Into Believing - Taylor Markarian

​The Guru Papers: Masks of Authoritarian Power - Joel Kramer & Diana Alstad

The Fallacy of Turning Subjective States Into Social Hierarchies & Why Spiritual Communities Turn Into Cults - Hanzi Freinacht

How to Protect Yourself From Mind-Control Techniques & Recruitment - Wistar Murray

​On Psychological Dynamics of the Guru Phenomenon - Chapter excerpts The Guru Papers: Masks of Authoritarian Powers

​​On Psychological Dynamics of the Guru Phenomenon - Chapter excerpts The Guru Papers: Masks of Authoritarian Powers

​An Example of Channeled Writing: A Course in Miracles- Chapter from The Guru Papers on the Authoritarisanism of Renunciate Paradigms

Why A Course in Miracles is not Good For You or Those You Love- Matthew Remski

​What Makes Neo-Advaita Cult-Like? - Timothy Conway

In Defense of Judgment - Your Judgments have Value & Purpose - Karla Mclaren

Cult Dynamics in the "Sleepers Awake!" Paradigm - Jessica Eve

Is Enlightenment Compatible with Sex Scandals? - Scott Alexander

Medicine or Poison? When Buddhist Compassion Goes Too Far - Jessica Locke

​Surviving Unconscious Emotional Abuse - Dr. Marryn Thomas

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The Mental Weight of Unconscious Gaslighting

Struggling with Difficult Issues of Abuse in Tibetan Buddhism Blog

​Stripping The Gurus-Sex, Violence, Abuse and Enlightenment - Geoffrey D. Falk

Freeing Thinking From Spiritual Thought Police - Jessica Eve

We May Be More Vulnerable When...​

Byron Katie and "The Work" - Event Participant Reports -Discussion on Cult Education Forum​

​You Are in A Spiritual Cult if....

Spiritualizing Trauma Responses - Rupert Spira - Total Disembodiment - Jessica Eve​

Revealing Neo-Advaita Youtube Videos List 

​Exploring Another Side of Nisargadatta - Jessica Eve
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Re-Thinking Ultimate Truth & Spiritual Authoritarianism 
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On Spiritual Authoritarianism - John Heron excerpt

​The Perennial Philosophy Re-visited - Jorge Ferrer, Essay

​An Answer to the Question of Religious Pluralism - Chapter from Spiritual Knowing As Participatory Enaction - Jorge Ferrer

Beyond the Perennial Philosophy, Spiritual Narcissism and Religious Exclusivism - An Interview With Jorge Ferrer (Excerpts!)

​Relational Spirituality, Paradise Unbound: Spiritual Narcissism in the “One Truth” of New Age Transpersonalism -Gregg Lahood

The Totalitarian Potential of New Age Spirituality -​Hanzi Freinacht

New-Age Religion & Western Culture - Esotericism in the Mirror of Secular Thought - Wouter J. Hanegraaff

Looking Under the Hood of Direct Truth Pointers - Jessica Eve

Misc. Companions on Your Path
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Rational Mysticism: Spirituality Meets Science in the Search for Enlightenment - John Horgan

Nothing is Hidden: The Psychology of Zen Koans - Barry Magid

​The Buddha's Wife: The Path of Awakening Together -Janet Surrey and Samuel Shem​

​Seven Thousand Ways to Listen: Staying Close to What is Sacred - Mark Nepo

Be Still and Get Going-Jewish Meditation Practice for Real Life - Alan Lew

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The Jesus Mysteries - Tim Freke

Why Relationships Are the Key to Existence - Carlo Rovelli

​When Buddhas Disassociate -A Psychological Perspective on the Origins of Great Perfection Buddhism (rDzogs Chen)
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​Research (& More) on Adverse Effects of Contemplative Practices
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While a great deal of research has gone into the adverse effects of mindfulness meditation, and many communities are taking pro-active safe-guarding measures, "instant enlightenment" - non-dual ego deconstruction teachings, particularly "direct path" pointing-out methods, which are the most powerful and extreme of Eastern spiritual importations, has evaded the same thoughtful attention. The discovery of adverse effects in mindfulness meditation should make it clear how urgently we need to put the same effort towards understanding those of non-dual practices intended to abruptly shatter your sense of self/reality! While there are overlaps with meditation, given that "direct path" techniques are the most potent, advanced level Eastern practices, they represent a uniquely risky niche. Hopefully seeing the breadth of research on more mild forms of spiritual practices strengthens the urgent plea for researching this niche to help educate seekers and teachers about the risks of extreme harm, and hold non-dual teachers accountable for their role in safeguarding those under their influence.
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Inherent Dangers in Ego Dissolution Paths Recorded/ Warned About Within Their Traditions - Jessica Eve

Research by Jared R. Lindahl, Roman Palitsky , David J. Cooper, Willoughby B. Britton:
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Roles & Impact of Worldviews in Meditation-Related Challenges
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The varieties of contemplative experience: A mixed-methods study of meditation-related challenges in Western Buddhists

Progress or Pathology? Differential Diagnosis & Intervention Criteria for Meditation-Related Challenges: Perspectives From Buddhist Meditation Teachers & Practitioners

I Have this Feeling of Not Really Being Here: Buddhist Meditation and Changes in Sense of Self

Buddhist Teachers' Experience with Extreme with Extreme Mental States in Western Meditators
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Somatic Energies and Emotional Traumas: Practice-Related Challenges Reported by Vajrayāna Buddhists
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​Meditation Sickness - Buddhism's Biggest Open Secret- Wendy Agsar

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Losing Oneself: Persistent Nonduality, Depersonalization, Dissociation, Mental Health, and Memory -Elizabeth Stephens (CIIS)
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Complexities and Challenges of Nonduality -Elizabeth Stephens (CIIS)

Dangerous Side of Default Mode Network De-Activation - Jessica Eve


Time/lessness, unpacking "be here now" ideology

Time - Diana Alsted and Joel Kramer  (Free online chapter from ​The Passionate Mined Revisited)

On Illusion of Timelessness-Only - Jason Shulman  (link goes to full chapter online)

Timelessness is 14 Billions Years Old! - Jessica Eve

​The Universe's Past - A Portal To Presence! - Jessica Eve

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On Adverse Effects of Psychedelics & Ethical Protocols
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Since the identity shattering that happens through non-dual pointers is equally reality-altering, non-dual "direct path" teachings need the same consideration of set and setting,  i.e. safeguarding them with similar ethical protocols followed by facilitators of psychedelic-induced ego death (including screening, preparation and integration).  In the case of facilitating Ayahuasca ceremonies in the West, which also feature instant ego dissolution, we have a strong parallel to no-self teaching environs, seeing similar risks of taking something powerfully, and often permanently identity-altering out of its' traditional  context/set & setting, and losing the safeguards embedded within them. 

AYAHUASCA BEYOND THE AMAZON THE BENEFITS AND RISKS OF A SPREADING TRADITION - Stephen Trichter, Psy. D.

Psychedelics, Psychosis & Mindfulness Teach Us About No-self - Why Set/Setting Play Important Role in Ego Dissolution -- Alex Tzelnic

Towards Better Ayahuasca Practices - A Guide for Organizers and Participants - ICEERS Foundation

The Dark Side of Ayahuasca - Banyan Treatment Center
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Ayahuasca Is My Therapist (Or is it?)  - Sean O'Carroll
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