Clear Water Sangha

Jon addresses the confusion created by the common teaching that “there is no self”; points out that where our attention goes, energy goes also, and describes the healing and harmonizing process this can facilitate; and poses the question, “how often are we really available?” Recorded 9/20/2010 in San Francisco. We are happy to offer these…

This week Jon traces the backstory of our conditioning — our genetic histories, our cultural, religious and familial upbringings — and the momentum of that inheritance; suggests that transmission is the passing on of a deeper and more profound inheritance; and invites us to allow ourselves to become available to that truest kind of guidance.…

This week Jon poses the question, “when is stopping being, rather than just waiting?” and invites us to find out how to be available to the movement in stillness. Recorded 8/30/2010 in San Francisco. We are happy to offer these podcasts for free, and are grateful when you donate to support our organization. Thank you!

This week Jon points out that while reality can’t ultimately be “figured out”, it’s nevertheless fun to try — our minds enjoy a good puzzle! But if we find that words and mental activity are getting in the way, Jon invites us to relax and allow meaning to dissolve, as we allow ourselves to open…

This week Jon invites us to take the radical step of simply being here, and points out that expressing the truth of our experience is the surest way to facilitate true letting go. Recorded 7/26/2010 in San Francisco. We are happy to offer these podcasts for free, and are grateful when you donate to support…

How much of our energy is not here? This week Jon points out that even asking the question recovers some of that energy, and brings us back into present moment; and suggests that waking up really happens only when the mind truly realizes it has never been in control. Recorded 7/19/2010 in San Francisco. We…

This week Jon emphasizes the importance of flexibility and openness in the face of changing conditions; discusses aligning intention with action while moving from a higher level; and points out that while we may instinctively avoid unsettledness and disturbance, in fact it is the gift of adversity that propels us beyond the comfort zone of…

When we’ve had enough of thinking about spirituality, what’s left? Jon recommends we take the opportunity stillness offers to really tune into our experience beyond simply thinking about it; encourages us to discover life directly through feeling and sensing; and suggests that wisdom is truly revealed when we stop perceiving through our heads and instead…

How often are we in the way of what’s happening? This week Jon suggests we notice where we’re pushing and pulling our experience, and instead encourages us simply to relax and allow life to unfold, and allow ourselves to be guided; and emphasizes that the more we give to awareness, the more it gives to…

This week Jon discusses the infinite pattern of influences to which we’re all subject, and invites us to drop in, surrender, and allow ourselves to be fully overwhelmed — and fully alive. Recorded 6/21/2010 in San Francisco. We are happy to offer these podcasts for free, and are grateful when you donate to support our…