Walking the Forest Path
Jayaji’s Newest Book
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Walking the Forest Path is a companion for those ready to deepen their ceremonial study. It is a compilation of transmissions and teachings born out of the ritual space, inviting readers into a place of deep listening and contemplation. Blending wisdom with poetic, meditative inquiry, this book explores themes of presence, Non duality, impermanence, and the dissolution of identity, contextualising these concepts with the Forest Path’s sacramental use of ayahuasca. In Jayaji’s characteristic style, each page resonates with the silent transmission of realisation, carrying the reader into the spacious clarity of direct experience. Walking the Forest Path is an invitation to pause, to listen, and to remember what has been there all along.
About Jaya
Jaya is the principal spiritual teacher and Minister of the Forest Path who has dedicated his life to the realisation of the spiritual path and the study of wisdom from many of the world’s great traditions. Rooted in universal principles, he has guided and held space for hundreds of people from all walks of life—across ethnic backgrounds, genders, and beliefs—offering a steady presence in times of transition, healing, and self-discovery.
Excerpts from
‘Walking the Forest Path’
“We don’t have to sing a special mantra to say the name of God, because every sound is its name. We don't have to do a special dance to interpret our devotion, because every movement is its movement.
In this sense, the path of devotion is the path of remembrance. The falling from the Garden of Eden is our forgetfulness. The forgetfulness of our inheritance, of where we come from, of what we are, of who we are, our true essence. When we fall into forgetfulness, that is hell, that is suffering. When we awaken into remembrance, that is the promised land, the Pure Land, heaven on earth here and now and nowhere else. If the synonym for heaven is here and now, then the Kingdom of Heaven is not just within, it is all around.
And when the gates of the heart open, there is nothing that is not heaven.”
“What did the ancient sages mean when they called the world an illusion? It is as simple as believing that we know something. When you give up that belief, what happens? The world becomes vast, mysterious, and full of ineffable grace. Your sense of self-importance is humbled and diminished to an astounded awe at everything that moves. No moment is the same, no path is taken for granted, no comfort is good enough to sink into and miss the opportunity to meet the Great Mystery in the ever-new here and now that contains every moment that was and every moment that will be.”
“Do not become comfortable. Become enthralled, flawed, astonished, bewildered into rapture, awe, and wonder at the very fact that you appear to be alive, having this experience. What is that? What is this? The saddest thing is for one to become comfortable here. This place from which we experience the world is finite. It is temporary and does not last.
Sit at the edge of your seat, at the edge of yourself and wake up each day and be speechless at the beauty of the great mystery. Forget what you think you know about meditation and sit in quiet amazement at everything that moves: every sensation, every feeling, every thought. And then look at what is aware of it all, and never look away.”
“The key to transformation is to love what you fear, to envelop it in a compassionate embrace. You don’t have to accept it, and you don’t have to agree with it, but with love, you can understand it. And understanding that comes from love is a light. Without such a light, it is hard to illuminate the darkness. Without that light, what is in darkness grows. Seen in a certain light, fear is just love in disguise.”
“The spiritual path is about finding home wherever you are, not seeking it elsewhere. Could you ever be anywhere but in this present moment? Like this, home is right where you are. How could it not be? If you realised where you truly come from, you would know it is the place from which everything springs.
Imagine if this were true: you could relax right here and shed the fear of the unknown now. You could feel at home in the world, no matter where you are, who you're with, or what you have. That is our true home: presence. If we miss this presence, we miss our home, and long for something that seems distant, but has never really left us. If we realise this presence, we come home to the truth of who we are.”