June 11, 2025
The Whirlpool and the Infinite Field
El Remolino y el Campo Infinito
A meditation on recognizing that what we seek is already here, followed by dialogues exploring how identification with thought creates a 'whirlpool' self that feels overwhelmed by experience. The teacher works with students on seeing through the illusion of something missing, the preference for certain meditative states, and the longing for life direction.
meditation
The Infinite Field
A gentle reminder that what you seek is already here, found by relaxing into the full field of experience.
dialogue
The Whirlpool and the Space It Moves In
A student describes their strong preference for meditating with eyes closed, which opens into an exploration of how we split experience, maintain identity through habitual sensations, and mistake the whirlpool of thought for what we are.
dialogue
The Feeling Is Just a Feeling
A student describes a deepening ease in the body and a growing inability to turn difficult emotions into something tragic.
dialogue
The River and the Whirlpool
A student describes the overwhelming nature of sensory experience and how the suggestion that everything is "coming from me" rather than "at me" shifted her meditation. The teacher uses the metaphor of a river and a whirlpool to explore who is actually overwhelmed.
dialogue
The Love You Are Looking For
*Finding beauty now*
dialogue
The Longing for Direction and the Illusion of Something Missing
A student shares a deep sense of not knowing what to do with her life, questioning whether spiritual seeking has become another strategy for avoiding the present moment.
dialogue
Losing the Body
A student describes the unfamiliar experience of no longer feeling the body in the usual way, and asks whether the teacher has encountered something similar.