Alle afleveringen
18 afleveringen, van nieuw naar oud
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Do It My Way, or Give Up
1 november 2026 · 4 min
The two strategies of the wounded will: stubborn insistence, or giving up so as not to feel the failure. Recorded live at a retreat in Mandali. More at essenceofself.net
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The Stopped Child
25 oktober 2026 · 4 min
When the will is stopped, the belly goes offline and reality feels overwhelming. Where the hole of will begins. Recorded live at a retreat in Mandali. More at essenceofself.net
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Freedom Isn't Saying No
18 oktober 2026 · 4 min
Why real will doesn't need to refuse — and how the false will keeps us from being fully who we are. Recorded live at a retreat in Mandali. More at essenceofself.net
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The No-Person and the Yes-Person
11 oktober 2026 · 3 min
Two ways the wounded will copes: the one who says no to everything, and the one who never says what they want. Recorded live at a retreat in Mandali. More at essenceofself.net
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How the Will Gets Discouraged
4 oktober 2026 · 5 min
'Every time I want, I fail.' How parents pass their own history to the child, and we grow our own software. Recorded live at a retreat in Mandali. More at essenceofself.net
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The Runaway and the Mice
27 september 2026 · 3 min
A small boy runs away from home to keep his mice — how the will gets discouraged, in one vivid childhood story. Recorded live at a retreat in Mandali. More at essenceofself.net
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Breaking the Will
20 september 2026 · 3 min
How 'no' after 'no' and the pressure to be tamed disconnect us from our natural will. Recorded live at a retreat in Mandali. More at essenceofself.net
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It Needs Support, Not Discouragement
13 september 2026 · 4 min
The awakening will is a miracle that needs holding, not breaking. The role of the caretakers. Recorded live at a retreat in Mandali. More at essenceofself.net
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Meditation — Finding the Hara
6 september 2026 · 25 min
A guided sitting into the belly center, the ground from which will and presence arise. Recorded live at a retreat in Mandali. More at essenceofself.net
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The Will Awakens
30 augustus 2026 · 3 min
Around age two the individual will emerges — the child begins to become a person. Recorded live at a retreat in Mandali. More at essenceofself.net
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The Sacred Newborn
23 augustus 2026 · 5 min
The White Latifa is will. The newborn as pure being, the cosmos incarnated — before any ego structure forms. Recorded live at a retreat in Mandali. More at essenceofself.net
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Bring the Spirit to the Marketplace
16 augustus 2026 · 4 min
Not retreating to the monastery but bringing the spirit into ordinary life — with your own spiritual wings. Recorded live at a retreat in Mandali. More at essenceofself.net
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It's Already Here
9 augustus 2026 · 2 min
Children live in it naturally; we forget it as we grow. What we are seeking was never actually lost. Recorded live at a retreat in Mandali. More at essenceofself.net
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The Perfume of the Beloved
2 augustus 2026 · 5 min
Each quality has its own flavor and its own place in the body. Essence as the fragrance of the divine we already are. Recorded live at a retreat in Mandali. More at essenceofself.net
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Invisible, Yet We Can Perceive It
26 juli 2026 · 4 min
Essence can't be grasped by the ordinary senses, yet it is directly experienced — perceived by the inner senses we all share. Recorded live at a retreat in Mandali. More at essenceofself.net
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What We Are Looking For
19 juli 2026 · 6 min
What essence is, the names every tradition gives it, and the five subtle qualities — the Lataif — this journey explores. The doorway into the whole path. Recorded live at a retreat in Mandali. More at essenceofself.net
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Mystery — You Are What You're Looking For
15 juli 2026 · 14 min
What are you really looking for — and what if you already are it? A teaching recorded live at a retreat, on the invisible: why the person you have become is not a problem to fix but a cover over something that was never lost, and how the mystery makes itself felt in ordinary moments. More at essenceofself.net Lees meer
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The Self-Image — The Person You Have Become
12 juli 2026 · 23 min
The person you take yourself to be is a collection of old photographs — ideas, moods, habits mistaken for who you are. How the self-image lives in the body, heart and mind, why we would rather be a failure than be nobody, and what happens when it is fully seen and dissolves. From the Living Essence course. More at essenceofself.net Lees meer