November 13, 2024
What Is Real Now: Safety, Longing, and Letting Go
Lo que es real ahora: seguridad, anhelo y soltar
This session begins with a meditation on direct experience prior to memory and conceptual interpretation, exploring the constant motion of all phenomena and the illusion of a fixed self. Dialogues address the disorientation when familiar identity dissolves, the energetic process of that dissolution, and a deep inquiry into spiritual longing revealed to be rooted in a need for safety entangled with inherited religious conditioning. The teacher emphasizes that what we seek is already present and cannot be attained in time, only recognized.
meditation
What Is Real Now
A gentle invitation to set aside what you think you know and look directly at what is actually here right now.
dialogue
The Whirlpool Slowing Down
A student describes a sudden energetic experience that left them feeling as though a large piece of self had dropped away, bringing anxiety, fear, and a sense that "nothing is here." The teacher addresses what remains when familiar identity dissolves, and how to relate to the fear that accompanies the process.
dialogue
The Longing to Be Free and Safe
A question about an intense longing for spiritual shift, and the discovery that it is rooted in a deep need for safety, tangled with inherited religious conditioning.
dialogue
The Cage of Self-Doubt
A musician describes a growing creative flow and joy in their work, yet struggles with self-doubt and limiting beliefs about what is possible. The teacher points to the contradiction between wanting expansion while clinging to contraction.
dialogue
Busyness and Ease
A student shares that increasing demands on their time may keep them away for a while, yet notes that despite physical stress, they feel mentally at ease.