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The self-inquiry intensives at
the samadhi center

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are a rigorous form of Sadhana

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or spiritual practice

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designed to create conditions 
of ‘no escape’

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for the egoic mind to bring about

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the possibility of Samadhi and Awakening

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to your true nature.

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Self-inquiry can be done individually

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and when it's done on your own

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it's meditation

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self-inquiry can be done with a partner

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in what we call dyads

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or it can be done with a group where

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the entire group is focused on one person

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who is doing the inquiry.

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The main technique used during the

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self-inquiry retreat is the dyad.

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The Retreat format involves working from

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early morning 6 a.m until 11 pm at night.

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The participants are encouraged to enter

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into a period of continuous practice,

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continuously inquiring into Who We Are.

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For this period of time all distractions

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are set aside.

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There are no devices, phones, books

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or anything to engage the conditioned mind.

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During the break periods, or while eating,

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one continues to inquire.

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This continuous practice creates a

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strong inner pressure or inner energy.

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Energy is diverted from the old condition

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patterns and starts to build.

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A sort of alchemy starts to happen.

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Awakening is an energetic event.

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There is a flip from the conditioned ‘I’,

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the sense that you are this character,

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to the true self, to the unlimited ‘I’.

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The self-inquiry Intensive is the most

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direct way to bring about Awakening

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that I know of.

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By Awakening, I mean realizing

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the true Self beyond name and form.

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It's called 'Kensho' in Zen. The word kensho

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means 'seeing essence',

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in Mahayana Buddhism it is 
'Prajna Paramita',

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the highest wisdom, the absolute

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wisdom of our true nature.

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In Western Traditions, the terms 'Gnosis'

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or 'Apophaticism' refer to the realization

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of our true or divine nature.

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For this period of time, we turn

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attention away from thoughts and

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sensations away from the

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outer world of form,

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towards the self, continuously.

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If we do this practice continuously,

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eventually we will awaken from

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identification with the false self,

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to our true nature.

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It's extremely simple but it's not easy,

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because the ego construct which is made

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up of samskaras or condition patterns,

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will generate hindrances, just

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as it does in meditation. The whirlpool

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of the mind may generate thoughts,

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we may experience egoic preferences,

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the mind may focus on comfort

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or discomfort,

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it may become tired,

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it may get confused or disoriented.

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It may find the whole process intolerable

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and want to give up.

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It HAS to give up.

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The conditioned ‘I’ may think it is

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already awake, we have to humble the

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conditioned mind.

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It is said that one must want to awaken,

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like a person with their hair on fire

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wants a pond to jump into.

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We must proceed with a beginner's mind,

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a not knowing mind, a humble mind,

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a mind that is open,

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mirror-like, alive.

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For this process we enter into the cloud

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of unknowing, we let go of control and

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connect to a sense of curiosity

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and investigation.

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During this process, one remains

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equanimous with whatever comes up within

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the mind and senses, having a complete

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experience of everything arising in the

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present moment.

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we observe everything that is arising

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not pushing anything away and yet not

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getting identified with anything

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we come to the true self by realizing

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all that we are not

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we make the unconscious patterns that

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are in play Within the self-structure

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conscious

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when we inquire into who we are first

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everything that is the false self will

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come to the Forefront

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all of our thoughts and blocks repressed

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emotions imprints and samskaras that are

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part of the self-structure will start to

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come to the surface

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by not reacting

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by having a complete experience of

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purification starts to happen within the

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self-structure

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this practice that leads to samadhi is

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cultivating single pointed Focus

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you become continuously present

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observing what is

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allowing what is always becoming aware

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of subtler and subtler aspects of what

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is gaining sensory clarity

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allowing the mind to be open

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responsive without analyzing

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when self-inquiry is done with a partner

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it can be particularly potent

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one can't drift off into the mind you're

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accountable it's like meditating with a

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partner you have to be present because

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you're being witnessed you're staring

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into someone else's eyes

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wander away

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at these Retreats We Begin the

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self-inquiry when we're in the waking

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state

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the practice can carry over into

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dreaming and even deep sleep States

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[Music]

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here I'm going to describe the dyad

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technique

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in this practice one person is witness

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and the other engages in deep inner

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investigation

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acquiring into their true nature

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first decide who will be the witness and

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who will start doing inquiry

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you will switch roles back and forth all

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day long

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if you're doing this with a large group

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you will switch Partners roughly every

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40 minutes

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sit across from your partner looking

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into their eyes

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maintain eye contact and silence

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as an introductory exercise just look

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into each other's eyes for about three

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or four minutes

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allow yourself to see this being across

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from you

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allow yourself to be seen

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the witness will connect to their

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intention to know who this being is

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that is in front of them

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the witness will say to their partner

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tell me who you are

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the imperative should come from a place

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of sincere wanting to know

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for the one doing the inquiry simply

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allow yourself to be open

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to receive the imperative

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inquire into Who You Are

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earnestly

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sincerely penetratingly

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notice how the imperative lands within

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the self-structure

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there may be an Impulse to close the

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eyes or the eyes may remain open

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simply let it land in the deepest part

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of your being

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take a moment or several moments to

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observe the Mind Body

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the energy any phenomena that arises

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within the self-structure

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then simply convey to your partner what

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has arisen as a result of doing this

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inquiry

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what's coming up in the present moment

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what's the most real thing happening in

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this moment

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[Music]

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there are thoughts or doubts

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or if there's a feeling that nothing is

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happening just observe the most real

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thing about this moment

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connect with your I am-ness

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[Music]

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inquire into Who You Are by being aware

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of this I am-ness the sense of existence

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don't think that there is a right or

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wrong answer

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we're not looking for an answer on the

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level of the mind don't think that you

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have to please someone with your answer

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be free playful

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you don't have to search for an answer

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be free in the not knowing

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a Bible passage comes to mind unless you

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become like little children you will

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never enter the Kingdom of Heaven Jesus

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said

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there was a sense of I that you had when

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you were a little kid the sense of you

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the unconditioned you

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it was there when you were a teenager

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it's there at every point in one's life

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feel that sense of eye right now

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that sense of I am

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what is that sense of I am

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it has no quality

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it doesn't change

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the body changes the Mind changes

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the phenomena of Life Changes

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Sensations change but that sense of I am

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does not change

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it has no location

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tell me who you are

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it is not a question it is an imperative

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one trap people fall into is that they

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mistake it for a question

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it is not about getting the right answer

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with words

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it's about knowing who is answering

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who is responding

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the practice is to report any phenomena

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that arises within the self-structure to

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your partner

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explaining as clearly and as truthfully

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as you can

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there are some rules to this game

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[Music]

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don't refer to your partner as you and

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don't refer to anything that your

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partner may have said in a previous diet

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this is not a conversation in this

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practice we also eliminate words like I

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mine or myself

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when we use the word I we habitually

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refer to the false eye the condition

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itself so we want to communicate

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whatever comes up without using this

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dualistic language

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if you know that you are referring to

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the false eye then don't use the word i

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instead of saying I am feeling tired or

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I am feeling angry say there is a

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feeling of tiredness arising

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or there is a sense of anger within the

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self-structure

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is it true that I am tired

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is it the body that is tired

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am I the body or am I aware of the body

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I can start with what is obvious but

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don't miss the subtle

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go into the feeling

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sensory layer the somatic field

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if a feeling comes up where does it live

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in the body how does it move how does it

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change Through Time

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if there's sadness or anger what do

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those feel like notice any energetic

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contraction any holding or resistance

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within the body having a complete

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experience of everything arising in the

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present moment

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during this process the witness holds

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the container of Silence

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witnessing without reaction

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without encouragement the witness

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maintains a neutral face and lets go of

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any body language

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when witnessing you disappear

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there's only your partner

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make sure that you're understanding your

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partner

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following what is being said

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don't zone out or stare through your

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partner

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something is said that you don't

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understand you can say clarify that

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this is the only thing the witness can

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say

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as a witness you may be feeling what the

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other person is feeling

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you may even sink breaths and movements

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this happens spontaneously you don't

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have to try to do anything

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possible for the witness to enter a

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samadhi state where there's no

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separation from the one being witnessed

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don't sympathize with the partner don't

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play into their drama be totally neutral

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this neutrality allows the freedom of

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expression to unfold you are a mirror a

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mirror has no opinion judgment or

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preference

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at The Retreat the facilitators will

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come around and use various tools and

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their own intuition to point

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participants beyond their conditioned

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Minds towards a direct experience of

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their true nature

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the dyad facilitator may come and

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observe and may ask you questions if

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this happens stay connected with your

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partner's eyes

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don't turn and look at the facilitator

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simply answer the question but stay

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connected to your partner

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[Music]

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stay awake in the not knowing

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primordial awareness is inseparable from

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Stillness and presence

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it is a Stillness and presence beyond

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the movement and Stillness of The

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Limited mind

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it is closer than the you that you think

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you are

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[Music]

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it is neither near nor far

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these are mere Concepts

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don't try to manufacture some answer

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with the mind or philosophize about who

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you are let the thoughts and experiences

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come up observe them and report them but

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don't get caught in their content

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we want to objectively report what is

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coming up within the self-structure

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we want to express freely in an

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inhibited spontaneous way

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don't overthink it

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this process is incredibly simple

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you don't have to do anything other than

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Observe and Report

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it is the condition mine responding

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trying to answer

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who are you

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there is nothing to attain there is only

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the dropping of the false identification

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and realizing the truth of the true eye

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primordial awareness is so simple and

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obvious that the Mind misses it

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it is always the conditioned mind that

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looks

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that moves

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the conditioned mind is nothing but

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movement looking here and there

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if you give up that movement then what

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remains

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who is aware ever present in the seeing

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the Zen master dogen said to realize

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your true nature is to realize the self

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to realize the self is to forget the

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self

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to forget the self is to be actualized

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by Myriad things

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to be actualized by Myriad things

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your mind and body as well as the mind

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and body of others drops off

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when mind and body drop off there is

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only direct experience of what is

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samadhi is the dissolving of the

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illusion between Observer and observed

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experience and experiencer