We frequently have lots of challenges with other people, including those we know and those we hear or read about (like politicians). The differences can seem deep and irreconcilable. But if we look more deeply, we can see that there is no one else here, and in that recognition, love shows up.

Everything we experience, we experience now, including the good stuff and the bad stuff. Our experiences fascinate us and can keep us stuck in the bad stuff. Here are some of my favorite pointers from various wisdom teachers to free us from suffering now.

What is unchanging throughout our lives and shared with all people? How is it both the most intimate and the most impersonal aspect of who we are? And what happens when we lose sight of it?

Who is the doer of our deeds? Non-dualism says it’s not you. In this short video, I share my experiment with not being the doer and invite you to try it yourself.

Byron Katie has been an extremely important teacher for me for many years. I was absolutely delighted when she agreed to an interview. Over the course of an hour together, she shared about her awakening experience, compassion for others, The Work, projection in relationships, our worlds, death, and the kindness of the Universe.

In my interview with Byron Katie, she emphasized that no one else exists and then talked about others. Though a seeming contradiction, it is, I find, a great wisdom pointer inviting us to see how we form our experiences of others, usually without awareness of doing so.

Non-duality posits an underlying unity for everything, Oneness. That’s a lovely notion. How does it show up in our everyday lives where differences and separateness dominate the common sense?

The main title says it all, but feel free to replace “God” with something that works better for you: Being, Unity, Consciousness, Butterscotch 😊.

After the election, a lot of people are feeling angry, afraid, or hopeless. Freedom and intelligent action come from recognizing the true source of those moods and transcending them.

In this video, Chris looks at four core negative moods we have—fear, anger, guilt, and resignation — and how each of these separates us from connection to the whole and to experiencing the deliciousness of life. Change can begin by recognizing which is dominant in our lives and how pervasive its effects are.

Free will and non-duality hold a special relationship. (When asked whether there is destiny or free will, Ramana Maharshi answered, “Yes.”) In this video, Chris uses the recent book by Stanford neuroscientist Robert Sapolsky, Determined: A Science of Life Without Free Will, as a starting point for looking at free will and non-duality and what that means for our everyday lives.

Everyday reality holds our attention and entangles us with all kinds of challenges and negative moods. In a moment, we can shift our perspective to one of freedom and appreciation for life. In this video, Chris shares his experience with the transcendence granted by the non-dualist perspective.

I am a great admirer of Byron Katie and her practice of The Work. I have used it hundreds of times with others and myself, and I am consistently delighted with the results. In this video, I introduce it with a personal example and share some recommendations for taking full advantage of it.

Experience the deliciousness of life and become unstuck through expanding and including whatever shows up. Instead of judging what is happening or our reactions to it, we can expand and include every part of our human experience

Inspired by the title of the classic book, "Don't Sweat the Small Stuff," Chris talks about how to live peacefully by recognizing how we add meaning to make small stuff into big stuff.

This video was inspired by the recent passing of a special friend, who left some family drama behind. In reflecting on the petty ego games we get caught in, I was shown what's really important in relationships. Just love.

In this video, Chris Davis introduces a way to connect non-duality to our everyday experience by appreciating two different frames for perceiving life. Frame One is the frame of Oneness, of the non-dual. It is the frame to which wisdom traditions point. Frame Two is the everyday, commonsense world of duality. Wisdom is not about trying to live only in Frame One, but about engaging fully in Frame Two (the content of our lives), while maintaining awareness of Frame One (Oneness).

Chris Davis continues his explorations into non-duality with a short talk about the ever-present Now and the choice we have in every moment between wisdom (love) and ego.

I adopted the notion of being an explorer, not a seeker. Seeking implies something is missing. I strongly advocate everyone engage in their own exploration, looking for oneself with honesty.

I have been a lifelong explorer of philosophical and spiritual traditions with a special appreciation for Non-Dualism. Here I share a few minutes on my understanding.