Thanks for your response and advice.

Regarding meditation, I once attended for a while a group run by the Sufi teacher Irina Tweedie, who was in communication with her deceased guru — he seemed to know who I was and about me, even though he obviously had never met me. She told me that my path was Karma Yoga (i.e. which I understand to mean serving the divine) rather than meditation.

Regarding the question “Who am I?”, and getting beyond the mind, the Psychosynthesis tradition uses that question as a meditation tool. They also have a series of mantra: “I have a body but I am not my body”, “I have feelings but I am not my feelings”, “I have a mind but I am not my mind”. They then follow up with, “I am a centre of pure consciousness and of will”. That sounds something like a soul or a separate entity, which I assume you would reject.

I obviously agree with you that ultimately we have to get beyond the mind and drop all worldviews. They can nevertheless be helpful as stepping-stones on the path.