Everything You've Ever Wanted Is Here
Todo lo que siempre has deseado está aquí
An invitation to listen deeply, trust what is here, and discover that this present moment already holds everything you have been looking for.
Everything You've Ever Wanted Is Here
When it comes to meeting and sharing in this way,
there are two things that are fundamental.
Listening to the calling
The most important is the mystery of sharing,
of coming together,
the intention that brings us.
There is something that is calling,
and we listen.
We've heard the calling.
The rest is less important.
There's not much else to do.
And the deeper we listen,
the more things will happen on their own:
by coming to this group,
other groups meditating,
reading,
dancing.
Trust
The second thing, very related, is trust.
We won't listen if we don't trust.
And by listening, I mean to something in us,
not to me.
The trust is in something deeper.
That trust can be placed temporarily on a teacher,
and it can be appropriate,
but ultimately it is a trust in something deeper,
what has been called faith.
There can't be a trust or a faith in something known or knowable,
since something you can sense, you can't really make much of it.
It's incomprehensible, yes.
What if this moment has everything?
So as we come together here,
I take the role of guiding,
gently.
So I can invite you:
what if this moment,
every moment,
has everything you've ever wanted?
When we look for changes in our experience,
something different and better in the future,
that's all fine and appropriate to some degree.
But ultimately,
what we're really, truly looking for
is always here.
That is all you need.
The sense of something missing
Piercing through interpretations.
Something missing,
something not okay right now.
Don't deny it.
Respect that.
You notice that sense,
that lingering sense of something always missing.
If you've noticed this, you've gone very deep.
The constant dissatisfaction; in Buddhism, dukkha.
That sense that nothing fixes it,
no matter how much we get what we want,
achieve,
experience.
It always keeps coming back.
If you notice this, you've gone very deep.
To truly resolve this,
we need to get very close,
and trust that it can be resolved,
ultimately,
completely,
permanently.
Coming to presence
How do we get close?
Coming to presence,
into the colloquial here and now.
Sensing the breath,
observing thoughts.
There are sounds, sensations, thoughts.
We keep noticing mind wandering, distractions.
It's not the mind that distracts, it's us,
choosing thought to avoid sensations.
Going into the discomfort
Notice the discomfort,
all forms of something not okay with this.
Something missing,
something that could or should be different.
Subtle forms of restlessness, anxiety,
irritation,
tension,
boredom,
disconnection.
Going right into it.
Exquisite attention.
Openness.
This can happen right now.
With patience, something might open,
a form of falling in love with what is,
no matter what it is.
What is always here
What is here, what always is, is I,
the deepest.
This beingness is beauty,
aliveness.
The heart opens to this moment.
It's just love for what is,
for no reason.
It's already here.
We discover it in the depth,
and it's always there for no reason.
It's always here,
so close,
so intimate,
in the same place we call I.
It can be subtle, like a flickering candle.
Slowly it can be seen to be everything.
This I-ness, this mystery, this beauty,
is the sounds, is the sensation,
is the discomfort,
is the worry.
Nothing remains to battle with.
Freedom and love
When we know the deepest beauty and love,
and the deepest fear and pain,
all our internal battles will end.
This is the understanding:
freedom and love are the same thing.