October 30, 2024
What We Are Looking For Is Already Here
Lo que buscamos ya está aquí
This session explores the recognition that fulfillment is already present and does not depend on circumstances, followed by dialogues on how believed thoughts create suffering around pain, the non-separation of observer and observed, and the nature of surrender and effortless seeking. The teacher addresses practical struggles with physical discomfort, addiction, intellectual understanding versus direct experience, and the relationship between pain and suffering. Throughout, the emphasis is on seeing thoughts as thoughts, dissolving the belief in a separate self, and arriving at a love for what is.
meditation
What We Are Looking For Is Already Here
A gentle invitation to notice that what you are searching for is already present, and to welcome whatever arises without resistance.
dialogue
Pain, Suffering, and the Belief That Makes It Worse
A student describes the struggle with uncomfortable physical sensations amplified by anxious thinking, and the teacher explores how recognizing thoughts as thoughts can dissolve the suffering that surrounds pain.
dialogue
The Observer Is the Observed
A question about Krishnamurti's teaching that "the observer is the observed," and whether the dream analogy can help bridge the intellectual understanding of non-duality with direct experience.
dialogue
The Dream, the Dreamer, and the Surrender of Will
A wide-ranging dialogue that begins with the Hindu dream analogy of God dreaming all of existence, moves through the nature of seeking and enlightenment, addresses a student's struggle with intellectual understanding and effortful practice, and culminates in a teaching on radical trust, surrender, and following one's deepest wanting.
teaching
The Stages of Disidentification
A general overview of how awakening unfolds through stages, beginning with the dissolution of belief in a fixed personal identity and moving into the collapse of psychological defenses.
dialogue
Let the Lightness Be Your Practice
A student describes brief glimpses of spacious awareness and asks whether the joy and happiness now arising in their life might be pulling them away from serious practice.