Direct Path Experiments

This is a list of the Direct Path experiments in video form. The experiments come from Greg Goode’s book, The Direct Path: A User Guide.

They have been lightly edited and optimized for video presentation.

There are a total of 40 experiments. We will update this list with the links as the videos are published. The experiments examine the world, body, mind, and awareness itself.

We usually assume that we are somehow separate from the world, trapped inside a body, and subject to a short life of finitude. We learn to give assent to these ideas, but are they actually true?

With the experiments, we are able to examine these ideas very closely. In every case, we’re able to discover no experiential evidence for these ideas. According to our direct experience, what we really are is not finite or limited. Rather, our true nature is happiness: a borderless, luminous sweet clarity, without separation and without suffering.

In the following list of Experiment-videos we are including a few videos that we call “Notes.” These are also inspired by Greg’s book. Since the Notes are more like discussions than investigations, we are numbering them separately.

Enjoy!

Experiment Number
YouTube Video Title
YouTube Link
Page # in DP Book
DP #01
Hearing the Bell
p. 26
DP #02
Seeing the Orange
p. 31
DP #03
Smelling the Orange
p. 38
DP Note #1
Introduction to the Sense of Touch
N/A
DP #04
Touching the Table
p. 44
DP #04a
Touch, Roughness and Smoothness
p. 46
DP #04b
Touch, Wetness and Dryness
p. 46
DP #04c
Touch and Temperature
p. 47
DP #04d
Touch, Hardness and Softness
p. 47
DP #04e
Touch and Extension
p. 48
DP #05
Tasting the Orange
p. 51
DP Note #2
Do the Senses Agree with Each Other?
N/A
DP Note #3
Intro to the Body Experiments
N/A
DP #6
Seeing the Body
TBA
p. 71
DP #7
Touching the Body
TBA
p. 74
DP #8
Hearing, Smelling And Tasting The Body
TBA
p. 79
DP #9
Is The Body An Object That Senses?
TBA
p. 85
DP #10
Pain
TBA
p. 88
DP #11
Is Your Arm In A Certain Position?
TBA
p. 93
DP #12a
Is Your Body Moving With The Chair?
TBA
p. 95
DP #12b
Is Your Body Moving With The Car?
TBA
p. 97
DP #3
The Tent
TBA
p. 104
DP #14
Are you A Tent?
TBA
p. 105
DP #15
Does Awareness Arise From The Brain?
TBA
p. 110
DP #16
A Walk In The Park
TBA
p. 114
DP #17
Thinking About An Orange
p. 129
DP #18
A Purely Conceptual Thought
TBA
p. 132
DP #19
Remembering Breakfast
p. 141
DP #20
Finding The Difference Between Mental Objects
TBA
p. 144
DP #21
Fireworks
TBA
p. 152
DP #22
Finding The Subconscious
TBA
p. 159
DP #23
Finding The Choosing Function
p. 165
DP #24
Looking For The State Of An Active Mind
TBA
p. 172
DP #25
Looking For A Bad Mood
p. 174
DP #26
The Happiness Of Deep Sleep
TBA
p. 182
DP #27
Is Desire Built Into The Witness?
TBA
p. 191
DP #28a
Does Awareness Have A Cause?
TBA
p. 193
DP #28b
Does Awareness Cause Arisings?
TBA
p. 194
DP #28c
Does An Arising Cause An Arising?
TBA
p. 195
DP #29
Is There A Pattern To Arisings?
TBA
p. 197
DP #30
Is There Time In Awareness?
TBA
p. 203
DP #31
Can you Find An Arising?
TBA
p. 212
DP #32
No Presence Or Absence To Arisings
TBA
p. 214
There are 40 total DP Experiments. More coming soon!
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