Savoring the Storm and the Stillness
April 19, 2023

Savoring the Storm and the Stillness

Saborear la tormenta y la quietud

This session explores meditation as the art of not doing anything — discovering the ever-present spaciousness beneath all experience rather than creating new states. Through guided meditation and dialogues, the teacher addresses how to carry presence into daily life, the nature of devotion and self-worth, the trap of clinging to good experiences, and the paradox of spiritual seeking. A central theme emerges around recognizing that both inner storminess and peace are freely chosen expressions of our deepest nature, to be savored rather than fought.

meditation presence awareness non-duality stillness and movement devotion spiritual seeking clinging to experience inner storm hide and seek love of life remembering
The Art of Not Doing Anything
meditation
The Art of Not Doing Anything
A gentle invitation to stop doing and start noticing the awareness that is already here, holding everything you experience.
Bringing Stillness Into Movement
dialogue
Bringing Stillness Into Movement
A question about how to carry the spaciousness discovered in seated meditation into the activity and complexity of everyday life.
Devotion, Beauty, and the Game of Hide and Seek
dialogue
Devotion, Beauty, and the Game of Hide and Seek
A student shares a profound shift in her experience of devotion and self-worth during meditation, and asks who it is that feels devotion, and to what.
When Good Experiences Become a Trap
dialogue
When Good Experiences Become a Trap
A student describes feeling an open, loving space in practice, then wondering whether she is simply clinging to a pleasant experience rather than recognizing something deeper.
Why Do People Search?
dialogue
Why Do People Search?
A question about the paradox of spiritual seeking, the fear it brings, and the storminess of being caught between the longing for peace and the pull of familiar patterns.
The Love of the Storm
dialogue
The Love of the Storm
A student describes the push and pull between seeking relief from the intensity of being a separate self and fearing the loss of experience altogether. The teacher reframes the inner storm not as a problem to fix, but as something secretly loved and freely chosen.