May 30, 2025
The Freedom Already Here
La libertad que ya está aquí
A meditation and dialogue session exploring the recognition that true freedom is prior to any experience and already present as our nature. The conversations focus on meeting raw, untamed emotions and the terrifying void that arises as identification dissolves, with trust, curiosity, and intimate contact with core sensations as the path through.
meditation
The Freedom Already Here
An invitation to recognize the freedom and presence already here, beyond thought and experience, by trusting what you taste in this moment.
dialogue
When Everything Wants to Run
A question about how to approach the raw, overwhelming emotions that surface as familiar patterns of identification begin to dissolve, and whether it is possible to live daily life in the midst of such intensity.
dialogue
The Void That Feels Like Absence
A student describes encountering a disturbing sense of emptiness and nothingness, and asks how to distinguish between a deep psychological wound around absence and the existential void that arises through awakening.
dialogue
The Importance of Loving Presence
A brief exchange about the role of loving presence in deep inner work, and what it takes for a therapist or teacher to hold that space.
dialogue
Planning for Miracles
A student reflects on the role of intense personal thresholds and trauma in the process of transformation, and the teacher responds about the relationship between supportive conditions and the possibility of unexpected breakthroughs.
dialogue
Trusting as Being Born Again
A reflection on how the word "trusting" evokes a childlike openness, and why we so often retreat from it into the safety of what we already know.
dialogue
The Crack in the Belief
A student describes how, during meditation, the sense that "something is wrong" began to shift when they entertained the possibility that beauty might be hidden within a difficult experience. The teacher explores how deep-seated beliefs of wrongness act as veils, and how even a small opening of curiosity can begin to dissolve them.
dialogue
The External Is Already Imagined
A student shares a growing sense of trust and detachment from future outcomes, and the teacher offers a subtle reframe: what we call "external" exists only in imagination.
dialogue
One Field of Experience
A student describes the stark contrast between being caught in mental drama and dropping into present-moment awareness, and the teacher explores how thought, sensation, and perception are all part of one undivided field.