August 9, 2023
Nothing Better Than This Moment
Nada mejor que este momento
This session explores the insight that there is nothing better or other than the present moment, and how resistance to this truth generates suffering. Through guided inquiry into the sense of self, the origin of choice, and the illusion of separation, the teacher helps students directly contact their immediate sensory experience rather than abstracting it into concepts and strategies. Several dialogues address the belief in an independent agent, the trap of turning realization into a future project, and practical methods for feeling into numbness and subtle discomfort.
meditation
Nothing Better Than This Moment
A gentle inquiry into letting go of resistance so you can rest in what is actually here right now.
dialogue
The Mystery of Moving a Hand
A student raises a question about the gap between thinking about a movement and the movement actually happening, and the teacher explores what it means to not know how something occurs.
teaching
The Illusion of the One Who Chooses
A reflection on how the sense of being an independent agent making choices begins to dissolve under close examination, and why this insight is not an excuse to abandon responsibility.
dialogue
The I That Moves the Hand
A student notices that the sense of "I" that actually moves the hand feels different from the "I" that thinks about moving it, prompting an exploration of the conceptual self versus a deeper, more mysterious sense of agency.
dialogue
The Belief That There Are Two
A student begins to notice a fundamental flaw in the assumption that there is a "me" who must realize a "true self," and the teacher explores how this belief creates an imaginary distance and a project that perpetuates suffering.
dialogue
The Thick Eggshell
A student describes feeling stuck in the head and numb, unable to reach sensations directly. The teacher guides a brief exploration into the texture of present experience.