The Door of I Am and the Moon Always Up
January 14, 2024

The Door of I Am and the Moon Always Up

La Puerta del Yo Soy y la Luna Siempre en lo Alto

This session explores the nature of 'I am' as the fundamental, ever-present ground of being that cannot be attained or lost. Through guided meditation and dialogue, the teacher uses the metaphor of a moon reflected in a lake to distinguish direct recognition of our true nature from mental representations of stillness and presence. Key discussions address why the mind cannot recreate or preserve presence, the role of interpretation in obscuring raw experience, and how the deepest satisfaction was never absent.

i am presence stillness nature of thought non-duality consciousness acceptance seeking satchitananda free will direct experience interpretation versus reality
The Door of I Am
meditation
The Door of I Am
An invitation to notice the simple, ever-present sense of being that already accepts everything and needs no achievement to find.
The Moon Is Always Up
dialogue
The Moon Is Always Up
A student asks about maintaining a sense of stillness during busy, active life, and the teacher explores why stillness cannot be recreated by the mind, using the metaphor of a moon reflected in a lake to point toward direct recognition of our true nature.
The Mystery of Choosing
dialogue
The Mystery of Choosing
A question about whether authentic choice resembles a kind of breaking away from conditioned patterns, and how free choice actually arises from intimacy with the mysterious source of all action.
The Mystery That Was Always Here
dialogue
The Mystery That Was Always Here
A student asks how to maintain awareness of a quiet, spacious presence during busy times. The teacher explores how thought obscures what is always already present, the dark nights of the spiritual path, and the discovery of a satisfaction that precedes all experience.