Clear Water Sangha

“We are literally the force of nature. Just be this presence, this aliveness, and see how the world is incredibly transformed.” Recorded 4/30/2012 in San Francisco.

“When you’ve really entered this realm, there’s no going back. It’s right now — it’s right here. There’s an immediacy of awakened being, awakened presence.” Recorded 4/23/2012 in Santa Cruz.

When you taste your true nature, you realize that it’s infinite. You can’t contain it; you can’t control it; you can’t hold on to it. Its very nature is letting go, opening, expanding — illuminating.” Recorded 4/16/2012 in San Francisco.

“Contentment is when all the energies are lined up; when they’re all integrated, all flowing together, a perfectly balanced ecosystem. That’s equanimity, harmony — your true nature.” Recorded 3/26/2012 in San Francisco.

“Freedom isn’t about not being human. It’s actually the opposite — it’s about being fully actualized as a human. Isn’t that really the purpose of life? To live fully each moment…” Recorded 3/12/2012 in San Francisco.

“How do you let go into the disorientation of no personal self? I think as the realization becomes more fully integrated, more foreground, then it’s just obvious. I like how in Buddhism they refer to it as a refuge, because it really is a sanctuary. A sanctuary without walls; a sanctuary without beliefs. Your true…

“You can’t personally surrender — letting go happens by itself. But if we deny or avoid the struggle, or resist it or try to manipulate it, we feed it. Surrendering means being awake in the struggle — in the center of it.” Recorded 2/27/2012 in San Francisco.

“Notice what’s in the way, realizing nothing needs to be done, nothing needs to be fixed, figured out, gotten rid of; but just simply perceived, fully. When that occurs, awareness opens into itself.” Recorded 2/11/2012 in Santa Cruz.

“Everytime you look, you can notice if there’s projection going on, or if there’s just this vulnerability, this intimacy of seeing… The truth is unknowable, it’s a mystery. And we are that mystery. As soon as you realize that, a lot of the burden will drop away, because then you’ll know it’s within, that you…

“Ironically, with no self, life becomes completely intentional. There’s a clarity, an exactness in each moment, because nothing is in the way. There’s no filter in the way of experience.” Recorded 1/23/2012 in San Francisco.