July 31, 2024
What You Are Looking For Is Already Here
Lo que estás buscando ya está aquí
This session opens with a meditation on the pointer that what we seek is already present, veiled only by the belief that it is not. Extended dialogues explore the relationship between physical pain, psychological resistance, and the discovery that raw sensation stripped of interpretation can reveal aliveness and love. Later conversations examine the difference between creative desire and resistance to what is, and the fear barrier encountered when investigating the nature of thought and awareness.
meditation
What You Are Looking For Is Already Here
A gentle invitation to notice that what you are searching for is not missing but simply overlooked, already present in this moment.
dialogue
Chronic Pain and the End of Resistance
A question about chronic pain, whether it can be "seen through," and the mysterious connection between mental suffering and physical sensation.
dialogue
The Veil Over Pain
A conversation about the relationship between physical pain, psychological resistance, and the discovery that raw sensation, stripped of interpretation, can reveal something entirely unexpected.
dialogue
The Difference Between Creative Desire and Resistance
A question about the recurring feeling that life isn't quite what it could be, and whether the desire for something more vibrant points to something healthy or to an unresolved resistance.
dialogue
What Do You Truly Want?
A question about how to work with the feeling that something is missing in one's life, and how to navigate the tension between acceptance and creative aspiration.
dialogue
The Fear Barrier and What Lies Prior
A student describes the disorienting experience of thoughts about fear and death feeling intensely real, and questions whether the awareness that seems to observe these thoughts is itself just another thought. The teacher addresses the fear barrier that arises in this work and points toward what is prior to all experience.