September 6, 2023
The Beauty of Choosing Illusion
La belleza de elegir la ilusión
A wide-ranging conversation about the terror that arises in deep spiritual opening, the fear of ending, and the recognition that illusion and awakening together form a dance through which love deepens. Students share experiences of fear, disrupted relationships, and unexpected compassion, while the teacher explores choice, surrender, and the inseparability of self and divinity.
dialogue
The Beauty of Choosing Illusion
A conversation about the terror that can arise in deep spiritual opening, the fear of ending, and how the dance between illusion and wakefulness is itself an expression of love.
dialogue
Love, Illusion, and the Freedom to Choose
A student shares how awakening disrupted long-standing relationships, leading to a broader exploration of why illusion and suffering are integral to the deepening of love.
dialogue
The Delicacy of Sharing Difficulties Publicly
A question about why some teachers' public accounts of awakening seem seamless and free of difficulty, and how much of the challenging side should be shared openly.
meditation
The Greater Love in a Creation That Includes Illusion
A teacher explains why love grows deeper in a world that includes illusion and awakening than in one of pure wakefulness alone.
dialogue
The Love Hidden Inside Pain
A reflection on how pain, when freed from the overlay of fear, reveals itself as love, and how recognizing our own fears allows compassion to come forward.
dialogue
The Privilege of Caring
A student reflects on the unexpected experience of feeling pain on behalf of another person, and discovering this capacity as something precious rather than burdensome.