June 21, 2023
Finding What Is Already Here
Encontrar lo que ya está aquí
This session explores the nature of true self beyond body and mind, using guided meditation to investigate the sense of 'me' as a contraction and pointing toward the ever-present peace beneath identification. The dialogues examine how resistance, regret, and habitual narratives serve as addictive avoidance of the present moment, and how gradual disidentification from these patterns reveals one's unknowable yet recognizable nature.
meditation
Everything You Need Is Right Here
A gentle invitation to stop searching elsewhere and notice that what you truly are is already here, vast and at peace.
dialogue
Resistance as a Doorway
A student describes intense physical reactivity during meditation and a feeling of clinging to safety. The teacher responds with a nuanced discussion of gradual versus sudden approaches to awakening, and how discernment about one's personal patterns of avoidance is essential for genuine presence.
dialogue
The Addiction to Comfortable Suffering
A student shares his history of difficult meditation practice and a recent experience of disidentification during a sit, leading to a discussion about how narratives of regret disguise rejection of the present moment, and why what we truly long for can feel threatening.
dialogue
The Joy You Knew as a Child
A student describes a vivid experience during meditation of reliving a childhood state of joy and boundless freedom, and the teacher reflects on what it means to recognize one's true nature without turning it into a known object.
dialogue
The Seed of Disbelief
A student describes a strange, unfamiliar experience during meditation in which the usual sense of self seemed to dissolve, and the teacher explains how even a brief moment of disidentification from the constructed self can plant a seed that is difficult to forget.
dialogue
The Way Out Is Through
A student discovers they have been suffering more than they allowed themselves to acknowledge, and the teacher encourages them to befriend that suffering rather than push it away.