October 3, 2024
Beauty, Boredom, and the Image of the Knower
Belleza, aburrimiento y la imagen del conocedor
This session explores the idea that beauty and love are always present in every moment, not confined to particular experiences. A student discusses how deep peace in meditation feels boring, revealing hidden fear and resistance during a transformative transition. Another student investigates the constructed sense of being a 'someone' who knows, discovering how images and sensations combine to create an illusory knower.
meditation
The Beauty That Is Already Here
An invitation to notice that beauty and love are already present in every moment, even in discomfort, without needing to change anything.
dialogue
The Peace That Feels Boring
A student describes a transition period in which deep peace arises during meditation but feels dull and uninteresting, prompting the teacher to explore what lies beneath the label of boredom and how the sense of self transforms during such thresholds.
dialogue
The Image of the Knower
A student who has learned to disidentify from thoughts asks what it means to say "there is no one," and the teacher explores how the sense of being a someone is constructed from images and sensations, much like the image of a hand overlaid onto raw feeling.
dialogue
Dizziness and Shifts in Self-Image
A question about sudden physical dizziness arising during practice, and whether it is common or cause for concern.