In this expansive and exploratory conversation, Piers joins Dr Amy Johnson on the Changeable Podcast show for a deep dive into the lived reality of the Quality of Mind and Before Psychology understanding. Showing how through every day life relationships, desires, discomforts, and even minor eye-roll momentsâfunctions as a mirror showing us where self identity is still subtly hiding.
The episode explores how our desires and reactions are not random or personal but invitations to notice where we are still believing in a separate self.Â
Life is a Mirror: Everythingâespecially your desires, discomforts, and relationshipsâacts as a mirror showing where identity is still subtly hiding.
Desire is Not the Problem: Desire becomes a compass. Clean wants flow naturally; unclean ones reveal where the self is trying to prop itself up.
Feeling vs Thinking: Much of what we call âfeelingâ is actually conceptualisation. Real transformation begins when we stop analysing and start sensing.
Real but Never True: All experience is real but not objectively true. When seen from this lens, experience becomes less personal and more revealing.
Subtlety is the New Frontier: As our aperture widens, we become more attuned to the micro-resistances and subtle patterns where identity still hides.
There Is No Separate Self: The shift isnât in fixing yourselfâitâs in seeing that what you think you are never existed in the way it seemed.
Practical Non-Duality: These insights arenât just philosophicalâthey profoundly shift parenting, working, relating, and even cooking dinner.
The System Learns Naturally: You donât have to figure this out. When you're no longer distracted, the system shows you exactly what you need to see.
Silent Retreats: As a direct pointer to the parts of ourselves we habitually distract from
The Mirror Metaphor: A recurring themeâhow life reflects our inner landscape back to us
âCleanâ vs âUncleanâ Desires: A practical tool for checking where weâre coming from
Parenting Examples: Real-life stories about identity, validation, and subtle control
Direct Inquiry: Practices like âWhich âIâ is asking?â and âCan I find the one who is upset?â
The âIsnessâ of Experience: A term used to describe the raw, pre-conceptual nature of life
The Systemâs Learning Extravaganza: Piersâ phrase for how insight unfolds naturally
Telepathy Tapes Podcast: Referenced as an example of unfiltered sensing without self-identification
Cold Showers as Practice: A visceral pointer to raw sensation vs conceptualised feeling
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