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Dialogue: 0,0:00:09.92,0:00:13.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The self-inquiry intensives at\Nthe samadhi center
Dialogue: 0,0:00:13.38,0:00:16.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are a rigorous form of Sadhana
Dialogue: 0,0:00:16.08,0:00:17.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or spiritual practice
Dialogue: 0,0:00:17.12,0:00:20.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,designed to create conditions \Nof ‘no escape’
Dialogue: 0,0:00:20.22,0:00:23.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for the egoic mind to bring about
Dialogue: 0,0:00:23.10,0:00:26.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the possibility of Samadhi and Awakening
Dialogue: 0,0:00:26.28,0:00:27.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to your true nature.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:35.90,0:00:38.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Self-inquiry can be done individually
Dialogue: 0,0:00:38.28,0:00:41.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and when it's done on your own
Dialogue: 0,0:00:41.40,0:00:42.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's meditation
Dialogue: 0,0:00:43.76,0:00:46.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,self-inquiry can be done with a partner
Dialogue: 0,0:00:46.14,0:00:49.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in what we call dyads
Dialogue: 0,0:00:49.20,0:00:51.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or it can be done with a group where
Dialogue: 0,0:00:51.90,0:00:54.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the entire group is focused on one person
Dialogue: 0,0:00:54.36,0:00:57.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who is doing the inquiry.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:57.18,0:00:59.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The main technique used during the
Dialogue: 0,0:00:59.40,0:01:02.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,self-inquiry retreat is the dyad.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:02.94,0:01:05.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Retreat format involves working from
Dialogue: 0,0:01:05.64,0:01:10.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,early morning 6 a.m until 11 pm at night.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:10.68,0:01:13.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The participants are encouraged to enter
Dialogue: 0,0:01:13.44,0:01:16.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,into a period of continuous practice,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:16.28,0:01:20.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,continuously inquiring into Who We Are.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:20.34,0:01:23.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For this period of time all distractions
Dialogue: 0,0:01:23.58,0:01:25.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are set aside.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:25.26,0:01:28.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There are no devices, phones, books
Dialogue: 0,0:01:28.68,0:01:31.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or anything to engage the conditioned mind.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:31.74,0:01:34.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,During the break periods, or while eating,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:34.56,0:01:37.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,one continues to inquire.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:37.26,0:01:40.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This continuous practice creates a
Dialogue: 0,0:01:40.14,0:01:43.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,strong inner pressure or inner energy.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:43.20,0:01:45.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Energy is diverted from the old condition
Dialogue: 0,0:01:45.80,0:01:50.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,patterns and starts to build.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:50.64,0:01:53.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A sort of alchemy starts to happen.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:53.54,0:01:57.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Awakening is an energetic event.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:57.12,0:01:59.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There is a flip from the conditioned ‘I’,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:59.82,0:02:02.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the sense that you are this character,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:02.64,0:02:06.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to the true self, to the unlimited ‘I’.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:06.60,0:02:09.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The self-inquiry Intensive is the most
Dialogue: 0,0:02:09.36,0:02:11.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,direct way to bring about Awakening
Dialogue: 0,0:02:11.64,0:02:14.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that I know of.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:14.40,0:02:17.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,By Awakening, I mean realizing
Dialogue: 0,0:02:17.58,0:02:20.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the true Self beyond name and form.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:20.70,0:02:23.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's called 'Kensho' in Zen. The word kensho
Dialogue: 0,0:02:23.82,0:02:27.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,means 'seeing essence',
Dialogue: 0,0:02:27.90,0:02:31.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in Mahayana Buddhism it is \N'Prajna Paramita',
Dialogue: 0,0:02:31.08,0:02:33.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the highest wisdom, the absolute
Dialogue: 0,0:02:33.90,0:02:35.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,wisdom of our true nature.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:35.76,0:02:39.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In Western Traditions, the terms 'Gnosis'
Dialogue: 0,0:02:39.18,0:02:42.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or 'Apophaticism' refer to the realization
Dialogue: 0,0:02:42.30,0:02:45.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of our true or divine nature.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:45.96,0:02:48.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For this period of time, we turn
Dialogue: 0,0:02:48.30,0:02:50.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,attention away from thoughts and
Dialogue: 0,0:02:50.34,0:02:51.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,sensations away from the
Dialogue: 0,0:02:51.84,0:02:54.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,outer world of form,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:54.44,0:02:58.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,towards the self, continuously.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:58.62,0:03:01.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If we do this practice continuously,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:01.28,0:03:03.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,eventually we will awaken from
Dialogue: 0,0:03:03.96,0:03:06.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,identification with the false self,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:06.60,0:03:09.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to our true nature.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:09.12,0:03:12.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's extremely simple but it's not easy,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:12.42,0:03:16.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because the ego construct which is made
Dialogue: 0,0:03:16.08,0:03:18.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,up of samskaras or condition patterns,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:18.78,0:03:22.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,will generate hindrances, just
Dialogue: 0,0:03:22.32,0:03:25.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as it does in meditation. The whirlpool
Dialogue: 0,0:03:25.32,0:03:27.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of the mind may generate thoughts,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:27.54,0:03:30.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we may experience egoic preferences,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:30.90,0:03:33.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the mind may focus on comfort
Dialogue: 0,0:03:33.54,0:03:35.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or discomfort,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:35.10,0:03:37.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it may become tired,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:37.26,0:03:40.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it may get confused or disoriented.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:40.86,0:03:42.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It may find the whole process intolerable
Dialogue: 0,0:03:42.98,0:03:46.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and want to give up.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:46.44,0:03:48.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It HAS to give up.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:48.90,0:03:51.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The conditioned ‘I’ may think it is
Dialogue: 0,0:03:51.90,0:03:54.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,already awake, we have to humble the
Dialogue: 0,0:03:54.78,0:03:56.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,conditioned mind.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:56.52,0:03:59.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is said that one must want to awaken,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:59.22,0:04:01.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like a person with their hair on fire
Dialogue: 0,0:04:01.68,0:04:04.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,wants a pond to jump into.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:04.86,0:04:08.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We must proceed with a beginner's mind,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:08.22,0:04:11.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a not knowing mind, a humble mind,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:11.88,0:04:15.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a mind that is open,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:15.84,0:04:18.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,mirror-like, alive.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:18.18,0:04:20.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For this process we enter into the cloud
Dialogue: 0,0:04:20.88,0:04:24.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of unknowing, we let go of control and
Dialogue: 0,0:04:24.60,0:04:27.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,connect to a sense of curiosity
Dialogue: 0,0:04:27.48,0:04:29.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and investigation.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:29.88,0:04:32.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,During this process, one remains
Dialogue: 0,0:04:32.64,0:04:36.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,equanimous with whatever comes up within
Dialogue: 0,0:04:36.12,0:04:38.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the mind and senses, having a complete
Dialogue: 0,0:04:38.76,0:04:41.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,experience of everything arising in the
Dialogue: 0,0:04:41.70,0:04:43.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,present moment.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:43.40,0:04:46.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We observe everything that is arising,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:46.62,0:04:50.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not pushing anything away and yet not
Dialogue: 0,0:04:50.04,0:04:52.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,getting identified with anything.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:52.34,0:04:55.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We come to the true self by realizing
Dialogue: 0,0:04:55.74,0:04:58.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,all that we are not.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:58.26,0:05:00.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We make the unconscious patterns that
Dialogue: 0,0:05:00.78,0:05:02.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are in play within the self-structure,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:02.76,0:05:04.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,conscious.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:04.62,0:05:07.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When we inquire into who we are, first,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:07.98,0:05:10.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,everything that is the false self will
Dialogue: 0,0:05:10.68,0:05:13.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,come to the forefront.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:13.02,0:05:16.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,All of our thoughts and blocks, repressed
Dialogue: 0,0:05:16.68,0:05:20.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,emotions, imprints, and samskaras that are
Dialogue: 0,0:05:20.16,0:05:22.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,part of the self-structure, will start to
Dialogue: 0,0:05:22.62,0:05:25.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,come to the surface.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:25.62,0:05:28.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,By not reacting,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:28.20,0:05:31.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by having a complete experience,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:31.14,0:05:33.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a purification starts to happen within the
Dialogue: 0,0:05:33.84,0:05:35.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,self-structure.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:35.58,0:05:39.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This practice that leads to samadhi,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:39.00,0:05:42.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is cultivating single pointed focus.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:42.24,0:05:45.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You become continuously present,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:45.08,0:05:47.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,observing what is,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:47.42,0:05:51.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,allowing what is, always becoming aware
Dialogue: 0,0:05:51.30,0:05:54.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of subtler and subtler aspects of what is.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:54.12,0:05:57.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Gaining sensory clarity,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:57.90,0:06:00.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,allowing the mind to be open,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:00.62,0:06:05.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,responsive, without analyzing.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:05.58,0:06:08.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When self-inquiry is done with a partner
Dialogue: 0,0:06:08.04,0:06:11.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it can be particularly potent.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:11.28,0:06:14.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One can't drift off into the mind,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:14.82,0:06:18.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you're accountable, it's like meditating with
Dialogue: 0,0:06:18.12,0:06:20.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a partner. You have to be present because
Dialogue: 0,0:06:20.64,0:06:23.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you're being witnessed, you're staring
Dialogue: 0,0:06:23.52,0:06:26.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,into someone else's eyes,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:27.00,0:06:29.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you can’t wander away.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:29.52,0:06:31.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,At these retreats we begin the
Dialogue: 0,0:06:31.86,0:06:33.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,self-inquiry when we're in the waking state,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:35.40,0:06:37.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but the practice can carry over into
Dialogue: 0,0:06:37.38,0:06:40.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,dreaming and even deep sleep States.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:44.04,0:06:46.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Here I'm going to describe the dyad technique.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:47.76,0:06:51.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In this practice, one person is witness,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:51.06,0:06:54.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the other engages in deep
Dialogue: 0,0:06:54.30,0:06:55.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,inner investigation,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:55.92,0:06:59.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,inquiring into their true nature.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:59.10,0:07:02.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,First, decide who will be the witness
Dialogue: 0,0:07:02.22,0:07:05.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and who will start doing inquiry.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:05.82,0:07:08.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You will switch roles back and forth
Dialogue: 0,0:07:08.88,0:07:11.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,all day long.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:11.04,0:07:12.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you're doing this with a large group,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:12.84,0:07:15.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you will switch partners,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:15.90,0:07:18.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,roughly every 40 minutes.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:18.30,0:07:20.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Sit across from your partner
Dialogue: 0,0:07:20.70,0:07:22.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,looking into their eyes.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:22.56,0:07:27.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Maintain eye contact in silence.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:27.56,0:07:31.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As an introductory exercise, just look
Dialogue: 0,0:07:31.38,0:07:33.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,into each other's eyes for about
Dialogue: 0,0:07:33.54,0:07:36.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,three or four minutes.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:36.54,0:07:39.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Allow yourself to see this being
Dialogue: 0,0:07:39.96,0:07:41.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,across from you.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:41.22,0:07:44.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Allow yourself to be seen.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:44.88,0:07:46.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The witness will connect to their
Dialogue: 0,0:07:46.98,0:07:50.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,intention, to know who this being is,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:50.76,0:07:53.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that is in front of them.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:53.40,0:07:56.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The witness will say to their partner
Dialogue: 0,0:07:56.70,0:07:59.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,‘tell me who you are’.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:59.76,0:08:02.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The imperative should come from a place
Dialogue: 0,0:08:02.70,0:08:06.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of sincere wanting to know.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:06.24,0:08:09.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For the one doing the inquiry,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:09.24,0:08:12.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,simply allow yourself to be open,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:12.18,0:08:14.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to receive the imperative.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:14.70,0:08:17.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Inquire into who you are,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:19.44,0:08:23.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,earnestly, sincerely, penetratingly.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:23.28,0:08:26.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Notice how the imperative lands within
Dialogue: 0,0:08:26.34,0:08:28.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the self-structure.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:28.56,0:08:31.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There may be an impulse to close the eyes,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:31.08,0:08:34.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or the eyes may remain open, simply let
Dialogue: 0,0:08:34.92,0:08:37.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it land in the deepest \Npart of your being.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:38.82,0:08:42.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Take a moment or several moments to
Dialogue: 0,0:08:42.12,0:08:45.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,observe the mind, body, the energy,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:45.42,0:08:48.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,any phenomena that arises
Dialogue: 0,0:08:48.96,0:08:51.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,within the self-structure.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:51.72,0:08:55.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Then simply convey to your partner what
Dialogue: 0,0:08:55.62,0:08:58.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,has arisen as a result of
Dialogue: 0,0:08:58.14,0:09:00.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,doing this inquiry.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:00.90,0:09:05.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What's coming up in the present moment,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:05.16,0:09:08.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what's the most REAL thing
Dialogue: 0,0:09:08.16,0:09:10.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,happening in this moment.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:11.52,0:09:14.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If there are thoughts or doubts
Dialogue: 0,0:09:14.10,0:09:16.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or if there's a feeling that nothing is
Dialogue: 0,0:09:16.26,0:09:19.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,happening, just observe the most real
Dialogue: 0,0:09:19.02,0:09:21.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,thing about this moment.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:21.78,0:09:24.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Connect with your I AM-NESS.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:25.38,0:09:28.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Inquire into who you are by being aware
Dialogue: 0,0:09:28.38,0:09:32.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of this I am-ness, the \Nsense of existence.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:32.70,0:09:35.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Don't think that there is a right
Dialogue: 0,0:09:35.10,0:09:37.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or wrong answer,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:37.02,0:09:39.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we're not looking for an answer on the
Dialogue: 0,0:09:39.54,0:09:42.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,level of the mind. Don't think that you
Dialogue: 0,0:09:42.24,0:09:45.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,have to please someone with your answer,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:45.18,0:09:48.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,be free, playful.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:48.24,0:09:51.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You don't have to search for an answer,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:51.24,0:09:54.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,be free in the not knowing.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:54.96,0:09:58.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A Bible passage comes to mind unless, you
Dialogue: 0,0:09:58.50,0:10:01.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,become like little children you will
Dialogue: 0,0:10:01.02,0:10:04.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,never enter the Kingdom of Heaven,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:04.02,0:10:05.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Jesus said.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:05.16,0:10:08.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There was a sense of ‘I’ that you had when
Dialogue: 0,0:10:08.04,0:10:11.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you were a little kid, the sense of YOU,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:11.70,0:10:13.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the unconditioned you,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:13.98,0:10:16.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it was there when you were a teenager,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:16.86,0:10:20.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's there at every point in one's life.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:20.88,0:10:24.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Feel that sense of ‘I’ right now,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:24.30,0:10:27.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that sense of I am.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:28.68,0:10:32.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What is that sense of I am?
Dialogue: 0,0:10:32.16,0:10:34.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I t has no quality, it doesn't change.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:36.60,0:10:40.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The body changes, the mind changes,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:40.20,0:10:43.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the phenomena of life changes.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:43.92,0:10:47.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Sensations change, but that sense of ‘I am’
Dialogue: 0,0:10:47.52,0:10:49.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,does not change, it has no location.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:52.86,0:10:55.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,‘Tell me who you are’
Dialogue: 0,0:10:55.32,0:11:00.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it is not a question, it is an imperative.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:00.38,0:11:03.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One trap people fall into is that they
Dialogue: 0,0:11:03.78,0:11:06.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,mistake it for a question.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:06.96,0:11:09.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is not about getting the right answer
Dialogue: 0,0:11:09.54,0:11:11.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with words, it's about
Dialogue: 0,0:11:11.88,0:11:15.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,knowing who is answering.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:15.84,0:11:18.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,WHO is responding.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:18.42,0:11:21.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The practice is to report any phenomena
Dialogue: 0,0:11:21.12,0:11:23.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that arises within the self-structure
Dialogue: 0,0:11:23.94,0:11:25.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to your partner. Explaining as clearly
Dialogue: 0,0:11:25.80,0:11:28.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and as truthfully as you can.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:32.28,0:11:34.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There are some rules to this game:
Dialogue: 0,0:11:36.00,0:11:39.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Don't refer to your partner as ‘you’ and
Dialogue: 0,0:11:39.54,0:11:41.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,don't refer to anything that your
Dialogue: 0,0:11:41.22,0:11:44.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,partner may have said in a previous dyad.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:44.04,0:11:47.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is not a conversation.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:47.58,0:11:50.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In this practice, we also eliminate words
Dialogue: 0,0:11:50.60,0:11:54.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like ‘I’, ‘mine’ or ‘myself’.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:54.24,0:11:57.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When we use the word ‘I’ we habitually
Dialogue: 0,0:11:57.66,0:12:00.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,refer to the ‘false I’, the condition self
Dialogue: 0,0:12:00.48,0:12:03.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so we want to communicate
Dialogue: 0,0:12:03.18,0:12:06.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,whatever comes up without
Dialogue: 0,0:12:06.12,0:12:09.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,using this dualistic language.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:09.36,0:12:11.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you know that you are referring to
Dialogue: 0,0:12:11.94,0:12:15.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the ‘false I’ then don't use the word ‘I’
Dialogue: 0,0:12:15.08,0:12:18.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,instead of saying I am feeling tired
Dialogue: 0,0:12:18.84,0:12:21.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or I am feeling angry, say there is a
Dialogue: 0,0:12:21.48,0:12:24.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,feeling of tiredness arising,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:24.24,0:12:27.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or there is a sense of anger within the
Dialogue: 0,0:12:27.36,0:12:29.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,self-structure.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:29.64,0:12:34.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Is it true that I am tired?
Dialogue: 0,0:12:34.02,0:12:37.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Is it the body that is tired?
Dialogue: 0,0:12:37.68,0:12:43.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Am I the body, or am I aware of the body?
Dialogue: 0,0:12:45.72,0:12:48.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You can start with what is obvious,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:48.24,0:12:50.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but don't miss the subtle.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:50.22,0:12:52.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Go into the feeling,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:52.44,0:12:56.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the sensory layer, the somatic field.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:56.40,0:12:58.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If a feeling comes up, where does it live
Dialogue: 0,0:12:58.98,0:13:02.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the body? How does it move? How does it
Dialogue: 0,0:13:02.46,0:13:05.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,change through time?
Dialogue: 0,0:13:05.34,0:13:08.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If there's sadness or anger, what
Dialogue: 0,0:13:08.46,0:13:11.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,do those feel like? Notice any energetic
Dialogue: 0,0:13:11.46,0:13:14.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,contraction, any holding or resistance
Dialogue: 0,0:13:14.94,0:13:17.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,within the body, having a complete experience
Dialogue: 0,0:13:17.58,0:13:20.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of everything arising in the
Dialogue: 0,0:13:20.52,0:13:22.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,present moment.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:22.20,0:13:25.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,During this process, the witness holds
Dialogue: 0,0:13:25.86,0:13:28.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the container of Silence.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:28.40,0:13:31.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Witnessing without reaction,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:31.08,0:13:33.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,without encouragement, the witness
Dialogue: 0,0:13:33.60,0:13:36.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,maintains a neutral face and lets go of
Dialogue: 0,0:13:36.90,0:13:39.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,any body language.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:39.42,0:13:43.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When witnessing, you disappear,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:43.02,0:13:45.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there's only your partner.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:45.36,0:13:47.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Make sure that you're understanding
Dialogue: 0,0:13:47.82,0:13:48.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,your partner,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:48.72,0:13:51.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,following what is being said.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:51.30,0:13:54.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Don't zone out or stare
Dialogue: 0,0:13:54.06,0:13:55.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,through your partner.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:55.80,0:13:57.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If something is said that you don't
Dialogue: 0,0:13:57.48,0:14:01.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,understand, you can say ‘clarify that’.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:01.80,0:14:04.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is the only thing the \Nwitness can say.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:05.22,0:14:07.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As a witness you may be feeling what
Dialogue: 0,0:14:07.86,0:14:10.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the other person is feeling,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:11.64,0:14:16.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you may even synch breaths and movements.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:16.92,0:14:19.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This happens spontaneously, you don't
Dialogue: 0,0:14:19.68,0:14:22.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,have to try to do anything.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:22.80,0:14:25.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It’s possible for the witness to enter a
Dialogue: 0,0:14:25.08,0:14:27.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,samadhi state where there's no
Dialogue: 0,0:14:27.18,0:14:30.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,separation from the one being witnessed.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:30.48,0:14:33.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Don't sympathize with the partner.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:33.48,0:14:36.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Don't play into their drama. \NBe totally neutral.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:36.90,0:14:40.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This neutrality allows the freedom of
Dialogue: 0,0:14:40.74,0:14:44.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,expression to unfold. You are a mirror.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:44.94,0:14:47.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A mirror has no opinion,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:47.76,0:14:50.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,judgment or preference.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:50.46,0:14:53.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,At the retreat, the facilitators will
Dialogue: 0,0:14:53.52,0:14:56.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,come around and use various tools and
Dialogue: 0,0:14:56.70,0:14:58.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,their own intuition, to point
Dialogue: 0,0:14:58.92,0:15:01.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,participants beyond their conditioned
Dialogue: 0,0:15:01.14,0:15:04.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,minds, towards a direct experience
Dialogue: 0,0:15:04.20,0:15:07.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of their true nature.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:07.14,0:15:09.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The dyad facilitator may come and
Dialogue: 0,0:15:09.36,0:15:12.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,observe, and may ask you questions.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:12.90,0:15:15.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If this happens, stay connected with
Dialogue: 0,0:15:15.36,0:15:16.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,your partner's eyes,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:16.92,0:15:20.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,don't turn and look at the facilitator,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:20.40,0:15:23.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,simply answer the question but stay
Dialogue: 0,0:15:23.52,0:15:26.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,connected to your partner.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:29.16,0:15:32.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Stay awake in the ‘not knowing’.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:32.30,0:15:35.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Primordial Awareness is inseparable from
Dialogue: 0,0:15:35.82,0:15:39.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Stillness and Presence.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:39.48,0:15:42.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is a stillness and presence beyond
Dialogue: 0,0:15:42.60,0:15:44.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the movement and stillness of
Dialogue: 0,0:15:44.76,0:15:46.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the limited mind.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:46.74,0:15:49.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is closer than the you that
Dialogue: 0,0:15:49.32,0:15:51.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you think you are.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:54.84,0:15:58.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is neither near nor far,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:58.02,0:16:01.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because these are mere concepts.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:04.86,0:16:07.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Don't try to manufacture some answer
Dialogue: 0,0:16:07.44,0:16:10.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with the mind or philosophize about
Dialogue: 0,0:16:10.62,0:16:13.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who you are. Let the thoughts
Dialogue: 0,0:16:13.26,0:16:17.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and experiences come up, observe them and
Dialogue: 0,0:16:17.10,0:16:20.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,report them, but don't get caught in their
Dialogue: 0,0:16:20.76,0:16:23.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,content. We want to objectively report
Dialogue: 0,0:16:23.34,0:16:27.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what is coming up within the self-structure.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:27.90,0:16:30.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We want to express freely in an
Dialogue: 0,0:16:30.84,0:16:34.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,inhibited spontaneous way.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:34.14,0:16:37.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Don't overthink it.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:38.16,0:16:42.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This process is incredibly simple,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:43.74,0:16:46.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you don't have to do anything other than
Dialogue: 0,0:16:46.32,0:16:49.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,observe and report.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:49.80,0:16:52.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is the condition mind responding,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:52.64,0:16:55.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,trying to answer.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:55.86,0:16:58.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But who are you?
Dialogue: 0,0:16:58.26,0:17:01.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There is nothing to attain, there is only
Dialogue: 0,0:17:01.50,0:17:04.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the dropping of the false identification
Dialogue: 0,0:17:04.44,0:17:09.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and realizing the truth of the ‘true I’
Dialogue: 0,0:17:10.70,0:17:14.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Primordial Awareness is so simple and
Dialogue: 0,0:17:14.46,0:17:18.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,obvious, that the mind misses it.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:18.78,0:17:21.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is always the conditioned mind
Dialogue: 0,0:17:21.54,0:17:22.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that looks, that moves.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:24.84,0:17:27.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The conditioned mind is nothing but
Dialogue: 0,0:17:27.18,0:17:31.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,movement, looking here and there.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:31.62,0:17:34.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you give up that movement, then
Dialogue: 0,0:17:34.56,0:17:36.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what remains, who is aware,
Dialogue: 0,0:17:36.42,0:17:41.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,ever present in the seeing.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:44.34,0:17:48.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Zen master Dogen said: ‘To realize your
Dialogue: 0,0:17:48.00,0:17:52.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,true nature, is to realize the self.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:52.02,0:17:55.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,To realize the self is to \Nforget the self.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:56.34,0:17:59.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,To forget the self is to be actualized
Dialogue: 0,0:17:59.40,0:18:02.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by myriad things.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:02.58,0:18:05.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,To be actualized by myriad things,
Dialogue: 0,0:18:05.76,0:18:08.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,your mind and body as well as the mind
Dialogue: 0,0:18:08.70,0:18:12.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and body of others drops off.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:13.02,0:18:16.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When mind and body drop off,
Dialogue: 0,0:18:16.14,0:18:20.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there is only direct experience of what is.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:20.58,0:18:23.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Samadhi is the dissolving of the illusion
Dialogue: 0,0:18:23.16,0:18:27.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,between observer and observed
Dialogue: 0,0:18:27.02,0:18:31.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,experience and experiencer.