May 7, 2026
Everything as Wakefulness: The Stone Already Perfect
Todo como Vigilia: La Piedra Ya Perfecta
A meditation and dialogue exploring how the sense of dissatisfaction or 'something missing' is rooted in beliefs rather than facts, particularly beliefs about self and circumstances. Using the metaphor of Michelangelo seeing beauty in a discarded stone, the teacher points to the choice in each moment between judging reality as wrong and recognizing it as already complete, even while engaged in creative response.
meditation
Everything as Wakefulness
An invitation to meet discomfort, thoughts, and difficult circumstances directly, and to notice the quiet freedom in how we interpret them.
dialogue
The Stone in the Marketplace
A student asks about the tendency to grab onto familiar phrases and pointers as crutches for reaching a state of not-knowing, and whether it's possible to simply rest there without any aid.
dialogue
The Stone Is Already Perfect
A student describes oscillating between spaciousness and old patterns of fear, anxiety, and shame, particularly around feeling "asleep" in social situations. The teacher works with the metaphor of Michelangelo and the discarded stone to point out how the belief that "this moment isn't right yet" perpetuates the very struggle.
dialogue
Interpretations, Memories, and Meeting the Family Again
A student reflects on how thoughts and memories are interpretations rather than reality, then brings up the prospect of seeing her parents in China after fifteen years, and the difficult memories that have begun to surface.