This post is part of a series on What is Sloww?:
- Sloww Stage Support (Lifelong Learning & Deeper Development): How do I develop by learning?
- Sloww Stage 1 (Intentional Living): How do I design a lighter life?
- Sloww Stage 2 (Life Purpose): How do I find a higher purpose?
- Sloww Stage 3 (Mental Mastery): How do I build a better mind?
- Sloww Stage 4 (Spiritual Seeing): How do I see beyond mind?
Stage 4 Contents:

Sloww Stage 4 (Spiritual Seeing): How do I see beyond mind?
Overview of Stage 4
Stage 4 Inquiring Question:
- “How do I see beyond mind?” All roads lead deeper into mind (Stage 3), and mind leads beyond mind in nonduality (Stage 4). My most recent realization on this journey was that the previous stage 3 needed to be separated into two distinct stages: the mind (stage 3) and beyond the mind (stage 4). Sloww synthesizes the timeless art of living for our modern world because we aren’t taught how to live in school or the workplace—how to be conscious and holistic humans who live fully alive.
Stage 4 Learning Focus:
- Seers focusing on the ‘me crisis’ by transcending mind and living in the unfolding flow (study subjects include: spirituality, nonduality, self-enquiry, witnessing, awareness, truth, consciousness, enlightenment, etc).
Stage 4 Developing Self:
- Self-Witnessing & Self-Transcending: Who am I? ‘I’ know ‘I’ am not ‘my’ mind since ‘I’ am now aware of and able to witness ‘my’ mind. So, who am I? I am.

Stage 4 Posts (Full List)
Posts on Spirituality
Short Stories:
- The Parable of the Farmer who Lost his Horse: Lessons on Luck, Non-Judgment, & Interconnectedness
- “Maybe”: A Simple Story about Non-Judgement
- The Parable of the Beggar: The Treasure You Seek is Within You
- A Simple Story about Surrender: The Metaphor of the Hot Air Balloon
- 10 Mind-Expanding Thoughts on “The Egg” by Andy Weir for its 10th Anniversary (Short Story Summary)
- The Misguided Pride of Achievement (Nisargadatta Maharaj Teaching Pointer)
- A Search Party for the Self: Sam Harris on Searching for what is “Missing” (Short Story)
- Religion vs Spirituality: Prayer is Fire! (Anthony de Mello Short Story)
- The Societal Drug keeping You a Sleeping Robot (Anthony de Mello Excerpt)
- The Dream Metaphor of Mary & Jane (Rupert Spira Summary)
- Tea or Coffee: Who is the Chooser of a Choice? (Rupert Spira Short Excerpt)
- The Separate Self is the Clown that takes the Bow (Jean Klein Teaching)
- On Enlightenment: 3 Meanings of the “Chop Wood, Carry Water” Zen Quote
- Zen Stages of Enlightenment: The Ten Bulls or Ten Oxherding Pictures (Short Story)
Spirituality Overview:
- Introducing “Wise Walk”: Growing Wiser while Moving More in 2024
- 25+ Bible verses on (no) Free Will
- 25+ Deep Quotes on the Differences between Religion & Spirituality
- 25+ Deep Quotes on the Open Secrets of Spirituality
- 25+ Spiritual Awakening Memes to Wake Up with a Sense of Humor
- Keeping up with the Spiritual Joneses: Spiritual Narcissism, Virtue Signalling & Moral Grandstanding
Science + Spirituality:
- “No Self, No Problem” by Chris Niebauer (Book Summary)
- “Thought as a System” by David Bohm (Book Summary)
- Science + Spirituality: Is Matter to Space what Thought is to Consciousness? (David Bohm Short Excerpt)
- “The Limits of Thought” by David Bohm & Jiddu Krishnamurti (Book Summary)
- “The Ending of Time” by David Bohm & Jiddu Krishnamurti (Book Summary)
Posts on Spiritual Teachers (A-to-Z):
Adyashanti:
A. H. Almaas:
Alan Watts:
- 25+ Alan Watts Quotes on The Doer, Free Will, & Everything Just Happening
- 50+ Alan Watts Quotes on the Meaning of Life, Knowing Yourself, Slowing Down, & More
- The Ultimate Taboo: “The Book” by Alan Watts (Book Summary)
- Individual & Interdependence: “The Art of Contemplation” by Alan Watts (Book Summary)
Anthony de Mello:
- 50+ Anthony de Mello Quotes on Programming, Awareness, Love, & More
- “Awareness” by Anthony de Mello (Book Summary)
- “The Way to Love” by Anthony de Mello (Book Summary)
Bernadette Roberts:
Brother Lawrence:
Cynthia Bourgeault:
Diane Musho Hamilton:
Dorothy Hunt:
Douglas Harding:
- 50+ Douglas Harding Quotes on Spirituality, Self-Inquiry, Headless Way, & More
- “On Having No Head” by Douglas Harding (Book Summary)
- “The Science of the 1st Person” by Douglas Harding (Book Summary)
Eckhart Tolle:
- 50+ Eckhart Tolle Quotes on Self, Presence, Awakening, & More
- “The Power of Now” by Eckhart Tolle (Book Summary)
- “A New Earth” by Eckhart Tolle (Book Summary)
Francis Lucille:
Gangaji:
Henry Shukman:
Hermann Hesse:
Ibn Arabi & Balyani:
Jac O’Keeffe:
Jean Klein:
Jed McKenna:
Jetsün Khandro Rinpoche:
Jiddu Krishnamurti:
Joan Halifax:
Jon Kabat-Zinn:
Joseph Goldstein:
Lao Tzu:
Marshall Davis:
Michael Singer:
- 50+ Michael Singer Quotes on Surrender, Witnessing, Self-Realization, & More
- “The Untethered Soul” by Michael Singer (Book Summary)
Nisargadatta Maharaj:
Pema Chödrön:
Pravrajika Divyanandaprana:
Ram Dass:
- 50+ Ram Dass Quotes on Separation, Awakening, Perfection, & More
- “Be Here Now” by Ram Dass (Book Summary)
Ramakrishna:
Ramana Maharshi:
- 15+ Ramana Maharshi Quotes on The Doer, Free Will, & God’s Will
- “Who am I? The Teachings of Bhagavan Sri Ramana Maharshi” (Book Summary)
- “Be As You Are” by Ramana Maharshi (Book Summary)
Richard Rohr:
Rupert Spira:
- “Being Aware of Being Aware” by Rupert Spira (Book Summary)
- “Being Myself” by Rupert Spira (Book Summary)
- “The Heart of Prayer” by Rupert Spira (Book Summary)
Sadhguru:
Sam Harris:
Sharon Salzberg:
Shunryu Suzuki:
Swami Sarvapriyananda:
- 50+ Swami Sarvapriyananda Quotes on Advaita Vedanta, Reality, Self, & More
- “Who Am I?” by Swami Sarvapriyananda (Book Summary)
- “What is Vedanta?” by Swami Sarvapriyananda (Book Summary)
- The Ashtavakra Gita: “Dissolve into Infinity” by Swami Sarvapriyananda (Book Summary)
Swami Vivekananda:
Tara Brach:
Tenzin Palmo:
Thich Nhat Hanh:
Thomas Merton:
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