The Stillness That Cannot Be Lost or Achieved
March 13, 2024

The Stillness That Cannot Be Lost or Achieved

La quietud que no puede perderse ni alcanzarse

This session explores the practice of 'doing nothing' as a gateway to recognizing an unchanging awareness that is always already present, prior to all states, thoughts, and activity. Through dialogue, the teacher distinguishes between progressive meditation practices and direct recognition of what never changes, using metaphors of silence, space, optical illusions, and paper to point beyond both form and formlessness. A central thread is the unchanged sense of subjectivity we carry from childhood—identical to what we truly are—and how we habitually overlook it by identifying with body and mind.

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Doing Nothing
meditation
Doing Nothing
A gentle invitation to notice the open, effortless awareness that is already present beneath all your thinking, feeling, and doing.
The Stillness That Cannot Be Lost
dialogue
The Stillness That Cannot Be Lost
A student asks how to reconcile getting things done with staying connected to a deeper sense of self, prompting an exploration of the difference between achieving a state and recognizing what is already present.
What Was Always There
meditation
What Was Always There
An invitation to notice the unchanging awareness that has always been here, quietly present beneath everything we think we are.