What Is Always Here and Not Here
August 23, 2023

What Is Always Here and Not Here

Lo que siempre está aquí y no está aquí

A meditation guides attention toward what is always present yet cannot be found, framed as a koan. In dialogue, a student describes a breakthrough experience of presence persisting even as thoughts arise, and the teacher reflects on how recognizing what was never lost dissolves the sense that thoughts are threatening.

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What Is Always Here
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What Is Always Here
A gentle inquiry into what never comes or goes, inviting you to sit with a question that has no answer to find.
When Thoughts Are No Longer Terrible
dialogue
When Thoughts Are No Longer Terrible
A student describes a new experience of presence remaining even as thoughts arise, and the teacher reflects on what shifts when something is recognized as always being there.