March 18, 2026
The Shape of a Problem and Letting Go
La forma de un problema y el soltar
This session explores the felt sense of something missing or not okay, inviting practitioners to examine it closely and question its reality. The dialogues address the fear of letting go of control, the relationship between ethics and surrender, and how teachings on self and no-self serve as contextual pointers rather than absolute truths. Themes of the middle way, contemplating death, and the inseparability of waking up and growing up are woven throughout.
meditation
The Sense of Something Missing
A gentle invitation to look closely at the persistent feeling that something is missing and to consider that it may not be true.
dialogue
The Fear of Letting Go
A question about the fear that arises when sensing emptiness, and whether letting go of control might lead to losing one's ethical compass.
dialogue
The Middle Way and the Doctrine of Not-Self
A wide-ranging dialogue about the mind's compulsion to land on conclusions, the relationship between "waking up" and "growing up," and how Buddhist and Advaitic teachings on self both point to the same inexpressible reality.
dialogue
The Middle Way Between Extremes
A student describes a lifelong pattern of swinging between extremes of activity and collapse, and questions whether spiritual seeking itself is just another form of that same ping-ponging.
dialogue
Peace in the Middle of Fear
A student shares that fear has diminished and a profound peace has been surfacing more often. The teacher describes a subtle but important shift: discovering that peace and pain are not opposites, and that peace was never conditioned by the absence of fear.