Clear Water Sangha

Jon invites us to distinguish carefully between clarity and knowing; to question not only our beliefs, but also our intuitions; and to find out how to let our experience be, yet simultaneously become completely intimate with it. Recorded 6/12/2010 in Santa Cruz. We are happy to offer these podcasts for free, and are grateful when…

Jon discusses the ways our personal cycles can sometimes make it feel like we’re losing ground in our practice; points out that what feels like backsliding can actually often be progress; and encourages us to shift our attention to what’s outside the realm of cycles, and allow clarity to facilitate itself. Recorded 6/14/2010 in San…

This week Jon explores the ways beliefs can prevent learning; invites us to distinguish carefully between movement and holding; and points to allowing the movement of the heart as the prerequisite for true learning. Recorded 6/7/2010 in San Francisco. We are happy to offer these podcasts for free, and are grateful when you donate to…

Jon points out that non-self is simply our natural condition when we fully engage with our experience; suggests that “learning” in the spiritual sense is really more a kind of un-learning; and inquires into the nature of the identity’s gradual unwinding. Recorded 5/17/2010 in San Francisco. We are happy to offer these podcasts for free,…

This week Jon compares spiritual practice to stage magic, pointing out the conscious redirection of attention that is key to both; suggests that real transformation is not something we do, but is truly the natural order of life itself; and challenges us to take the risk of stepping into the unknown. Recorded 5/10/2010 in San…

This week Jon discusses the endless rediscovery that begins as we learn to allow aliveness to emerge; finding balance beyond the personal identity; and navigating the ongoing adjustment process as we let go of old ways of being. Recorded 4/26/2010 in San Francisco. We are happy to offer these podcasts for free, and are grateful…

Jon points out that in satsang, silence is happening regardless of whether or not we’re speaking, and invites us to listen into that silence; challenges us to look for the cutting edge of our own process of discovery; and suggests that as we recover the deep consciousness of our senses, we inevitably begin to notice…

Jon points to the difference between being caught in one’s story and expressing oneself in the space of true listening; how conscious dialogue can facilitate release from one’s limiting condition; and the fire of transformation we enter when speaking and listening become imbued with energy. Recorded 4/19/2010 in San Francisco.

Jon discusses the nature of learning and growth; how consciousness evolves as we deepen in the spiritual process; and how true learning leads us to gradually allow ourselves to become fully available to awakening. Recorded 4/10/2010 in Santa Cruz.

How is it possible to not do ? How is it possible to allow the self to fall away? This week Jon recommends resting in awareness, rather than trying to be aware; describes resting as “awareness in action”; and suggests that every moment of awareness is a moment of no-self. Recorded 4/12/2010 in San Francisco.