In the past three weeks I published two books, one on joy and one on Turiya, a state of consciousness described across the contemplative traditions.
My hope is that they support others. My intent, fulfilled during the writing itself, was to come to know myself.
In these books my knowingness is laid bare. Not as an immodest gesture, and not as a comparison, a score, or a level. Writing them was my own opportunity to express what I know with regard to particular traditions, and to see plainly where that knowing ends. The AI-enablement mattered here: independent AI seats checked every load-bearing claim against primary sources, so what remains on the page is not what I believed I knew but what survived the checking.
And the AI-enablement delivered exactly what I designed it to deliver: a self-reflective mirror. Seeing my knowing arranged on the page, verified and bounded, let me overtly know my own consciousness.
Laid out that way, the edges of my knowing stopped being something to defend or declare and became something to explore and discover. I recognize new opportunities for learning and for spiritual growth.
Both books are at ltwilson.com. Turiya and Turiyatita is free to read through June 21. If either book helps you see what you know, and where your own looking might want to go next, it has done its work.