Nothing to Grasp

Nothing to Grasp invites readers to explore their experience in the here and now, wake up from commonplace misconceptions, and see through the imaginary separate self at the root of human suffering and confusion. This book points relentlessly to what is most obvious and impossible to avoid—the ever-present, ever-changing, nonconceptual actuality of the present moment, which is effortlessly presenting itself right now—and encourages readers to celebrate life,exactly the way it is.

Joan Tollifson writes and talks with people about the nature of reality. She has an affinity with Advaita and Zen, but belongs to no formal tradition. Her first book, Bare-Bones Meditation, was published by Bell Tower in 1996 and has been translated into German and Dutch. Some of the teachers who have touched her most deeply include Toni Packer and Nisargadatta Maharaj. Tollifson has lived in California and New York, and currently resides in Ashland, OR.