In 2018, reading a single sentence by Ramana Maharshi — “Liberation (moksha) is to know you were never born” — ten years of searching collapsed into a single moment. The continuity of personhood was suspended and finally the meaning of the word “awakening” was understood. I engaged in many forms of meditation, yoga and spiritual practice within a variety of traditions. Most of my training and study was within the Dhammakaya tradition of Theravada Buddhism, Dzogchen, Vedanta and Zen. Later the subjective realities which comprised my existence were rendered unreal & illusory. A natural state apart from beliefs, free from a true sense of change, process or progress became manifest. I emerged from the dream of my life, the life of a dharma practitioner. A natural state apart from beliefs, free from a true sense of change, process or progress became manifest.
Schedule TBD · With Ryan Burton & Ricardo Ruan
As a mother would risk her life to protect her child, her only child, even so should one cultivate a limitless heart with regard to all beings.
Metta Sutta, trans. Thanissaro Bhikkhu
Loving-kindness for beginners and experienced meditators alike. The Heart practices are essential for handling the difficulties of life and awakening. They help give rise to the enlightenment factors like tranquility, mindfulness and equanimity, which are the wholesome qualities every meditator needs. Difficult emotions, ups and downs, and the sense of having no idea what one is doing or what is going on are common signs that the Heart and mind are in need of strength. Metta can provide exactly this.
Saturdays · 9 – 11AM PDT
The mind is devoid of mind,
From the Eight Thousand Verse Prajnaparamita
For the nature of mind is clear light.
This teaching cycle is fully experiential. We employ dream yoga methods to extend lucidity into hypnagogia, dreams and dreamless sleep, with the aim of realizing that all states are transitional, empty and none other than the display of one's own Mind.
Sundays · 9 – 11AM PDT
This class explores the deeper states of meditative absorption as direct gateways into awakening. At the pinnacle of samadhi, perception and feeling dissolve. We explore practices and teachings which act as pathways into the Heart of Awakening where various dimensions of enlightenment emerge.
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Join the CommunityAwakening is possible not just as a temporary experience, but as a permanent and radical transformation in one's life and reality.
Instructions and guidance can save meditators years even decades of difficulties in practice. In 1:1 meditation instruction we emphasize the natural unfolding of the phases and stages of awakening.
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