Definition: Pathless path

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Revision: 12 Apr 2026

Pathless path

A spiritual path that does not follow any defined teacher or teaching.
A spiritual path that emerges from listening deeply in each moment.
The path of discerning, following, and living in the YES.
The pathless path emerges naturally from moment-to-moment listening for rightness.
The pathless path emerges naturally from sourcing.
As the pathless path is not defined by any objective markers or cultural conditioning, one who is on the pathless path may appear to be wandering.
Rather than aimless wandering, the pathless path of sourcing is an apex path that leads all the way to apex realization.
The pathless path leads to apex enlightenment.
The pathless path ends with realizing the unwavering realization that all is THE SUPREME, that only THE SUPREME is, and that only THE SUPREME can be.