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The Great Nondual Teachers · Episode One

Sri Ramana Maharshi: Abide as the Self

The Illustrated Companion (Episode One)

The illustrated companion to episode one of The Great Nondual Teachers, the video series on the Afterglow Philosophy & Consciousness channel. Across 109 illustrated pages it tells his life from the accounts of those who knew him, and presents his teaching with thirty passages in his own Tamil, newly translated.

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€2.99 / $2.99PDF + EPUB · 109 pages

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Resting in Grace

A Contemplative Book for the Exhausted Seeker

By Ben Hassine

For the exhausted seeker, tired not of God but of the machinery built around God.

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1 hr 52 min · MP3

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The Shattering of Certainty

AI, Religion, and the Search for Reality

By Ben Hassine

Six essays on AI, belief and the search for reality — for readers willing to question the answers they have inherited.

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1 hr 48 min · MP3

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“A person does not need to be explained before they can be loved.”From The Shattering of Certainty
Ben Hassine

About the author

Ben Hassine

Ben Hassine is a writer, video creator, and founder of Afterglow Publishing and ClarityOne. He creates warm, illustrated books and contemplative videos for readers seeking shelter, honest reflection, and peace beyond spiritual exhaustion. He is the author of Resting in Grace and The Shattering of Certainty. Discover more at afterglow.company and clarityone.org.

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Free Illustrated Booklet · PDF & EPUB · 16 pages · 12 illustrations

The Ending of Time: Krishnamurti & Bohm

Across 16 illustrated pages and 12 warm plates, this booklet for our 78-minute documentary traces Krishnamurti and David Bohm’s dialogues on thought, fear, wholeness and stillness.

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Free Illustrated Booklet · PDF & EPUB · 16 pages · 8 illustrations

The Promise of Comfort

Walk side by side through the birth narratives of Matthew and Luke across 16 illustrated pages, opening Aramaic, Hebrew and Greek words in plain, comforting language.

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Krishnamurti and Bohm in conversation beside a sunlit window.

Philosophy & Consciousness · 78-minute video & free companion

Krishnamurti & Bohm.
A conversation to keep.

Watch the 78-minute feature documentary on The Ending of Time and read the free 16-page companion: two lives and one conversation about thought, attention and the possibility of change, with a reading guide and the primary sources. No email required.

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Three short introductions: Two Chairs in Ojai ↗ · The Observer Is the Observed ↗ · The Limits of Thought ↗

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