October 16, 2024
The Knowing That Is Always Here
El Conocer Que Siempre Está Aquí
A meditation on the formless wakefulness that knows all experience, followed by dialogues exploring how what overwhelms us in others is a mirror of our own pain. The teacher also addresses how spiritual pointers can harden into beliefs, and warns against measuring progress through energetic experiences rather than genuine well-being.
meditation
The Knowing That Is Always Here
Resting attention on the simple awareness that quietly knows every sight, sound, and thought, recognizing it as already at ease.
dialogue
Already Here
*Welcoming what is*
dialogue
Everything Is Awake
A student shares a moment of resonance from the meditation, and the teacher reflects on why beauty and truth often arise together.
dialogue
The Mirror in What Overwhelms You
A student shares the beauty of experiencing everything as awake and inside awareness, but struggles with feeling overwhelmed by other people's suffering, leading to a pattern of isolation. The teacher explores how what overwhelms us is always our own, and how that recognition is itself the doorway.
dialogue
Watching Without Falling Asleep
A question about the role of interpretation in perceiving others, followed by a question about growing capacity to stay present with intense physical sensations during meditation.
dialogue
The Ghost Under the Bed
A student asks whether energetic expansions experienced during practice are confirmation of genuine spiritual progress, and the teacher explores the difference between real insight and the addictive cycle of expansion and contraction.