The Empty Cup and Walking the Earth
December 28, 2022

The Empty Cup and Walking the Earth

La Taza Vacía y Caminar por la Tierra

A meditation session pointing to the ever-present being that exists before thought, using metaphors of the empty cup and the ocean to describe an emptiness that is really fullness. The dialogues explore why the mind falls asleep near stillness, what meditation actually is, and how presence must ultimately be carried into daily life, relationships, and ethical living rather than staying confined to isolated practice.

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The Empty Cup
meditation
The Empty Cup
An invitation to rest in simple presence, letting go of your self-image to discover the timeless awareness already within you.
Empty and Asleep
dialogue
Empty and Asleep
A question about the mind shutting off during meditation, and how the pull toward sleep marks the edge of an unfamiliar stillness.
Silence and the Question of Meditation
dialogue
Silence and the Question of Meditation
A conversation about what meditation actually is, why definitions fall short, and what has proven genuinely useful: curiosity, a living teacher, and the friction of relationship.
The Point Is to Walk the Earth
dialogue
The Point Is to Walk the Earth
A conversation about how meditation serves daily life, why the essential presence is always available even when it seems absent, and how the same tasks that once felt like drudgery become a source of joy.