Essay Edition
This essay is a near-verbatim adaptation of the live spoken teaching, edited only for continuity and readability.
I begin by settling into the space, lighting some candles and incense, and bringing attention to the body. I notice my thoughts and begin to slow down. Namaste, Sangha. Welcome. It is so good to see everyone here. The way these sessions work is that we begin with a talk—a sermon on a special spiritual topic for about twenty or thirty minutes. Afterward, we do an energetic meditation that focuses on qi or kundalini, usually a very heart-centered meditation. Together, we develop a wave of energy, and we often have quite deep mystical experiences. Some of us have visions, some experience chakras opening, and some simply begin to clear the space, become quieter, and heal in that way as well.
This is a donation-based gathering. I have been doing that to make sure it is accessible to people from all over the world, from all walks of life. We have amazing people here who, if it cost too much, would not be able to make it. So we are building the community together, and I have made that a variable price for you. Just do what you can. The recommended amount is three to thirty-three dollars.
I am really excited for today's talk. It is on relationship. I will be approaching relationship in a particular way. Relationship is such a diverse topic, but within a spiritual context, it becomes a bit more specific. I will be focusing on a few particular aspects: independence, interdependence, intradependence, and also servant leadership. These are a few things that I think are very relevant to Sangha.
So, relationship. There is independence, which is our personal life—the things that we do on our own. There is interdependence. These are transactional relationships. You go to the store, you give them money, they give you food. It is not really based in much more than a fair exchange. We share a society, but for the most part, we do not have a mutual vested interest in an interpersonal relationship. So those are exchange-based relationships. Independence can also be described as personal. Interdependence can be interpersonal. And then we have intradependence, or intrapersonal.
Interdependence is really where the magic happens. In interdependence, we experience a kind of relationship that is of a different quality than going to Whole Foods, giving them money, and getting food back, or similar exchanges. Interdependence means that we live for something greater than ourselves. We live for something together. We are part of something greater, and therefore we are related.
You could think of SpaceX, for example. SpaceX is a very inspiring company—perhaps the greatest company I feel is out there right now. They are making humanity multi-planetary. To be a part of SpaceX, to go there—you are not just there for the paycheck; you are there to be part of something that you stand for, something greater than yourself. Working at SpaceX means we have this shared vision, this shared aspiration. There is something we are doing at SpaceX for something greater than our own survival, greater than our own desires.
When you desire alone, there is only so much energy to bring that desire into fruition. But when you align your desires with the desires of the whole, with the desires of the world, there are innumerable wills that come together to manifest the fulfillment and creation of that desire. One of my favorite enlightened teachers spoke about this in one of his books. I am paraphrasing, but it is something along those lines. So, when we align our desires with something greater than ourselves, we can wield that power into something bigger.
Steve Jobs is a good example of this. He said, "We want sleek, intuitive technology that is as easy as plugging in a toaster." And we want it to be like Star Trek—futuristic, clean, artistic, beautiful technology. A lot of people said, "Yes, we like that." So the desires of all these individuals came together to create what we now know as Apple Computer. Apple. Apple phone. Apple, many things.
So, can you see that? We are aligning with something greater than ourselves. When two people come together—just think of two people who love something. It could be piano, classical music, martial arts, intuitive computers, or space travel. When two people come together, their relationship is about more than mutual exploitation or completing each other because of some perceived lack. They live for something greater than themselves, and there is a romance in this. It may not be romantic in the traditional sense—whether that is man-woman, man-man, or whatever someone’s orientation may be—but not necessarily romantic in that way. But it is a beautiful quality of relationship.
What does it feel like? There is more heart in it. It is a feeling—you have to try to find it. It is a dimension of inner possibility. To feel, within your connection with another, that we live for something greater than ourselves, and together we work for its perpetuation, its expansion, its evolution—there is a beautiful connection. Can you feel that when I point to it? I am trying to point to it.
So that is relationship. Then there is a relational quality that is just a transaction, and then independence or personal—well, it is less about relationship, but it is a foundation for it, because you have to be yourself. And then you have to relate. Right, so there are these three qualities. The key is, there has to be a shared vision, or inspiration, or something that is greater than ourselves.
In spirituality, this is quite potent, because there is enlightenment. There is the light, there is freedom, there is kindness, gentleness, love, devotion, the practice. And perhaps in our case, there are things like, "Let us re-enthrone mathematics. Let us make it something directly perceivable, more like the ancient philosophers experienced it. Let us return it to its rightful place as a cosmic inquiry, a discovery of the universe, an inward cultivation—not just some utility." So there is vision in that.
We come together—I think the reason anybody follows me on Instagram is because they themselves have the same desires. They want to see something similar in the world, and we all know that mathematics is... I think a lot of us simply turned away from it. And those who did not turn from it perhaps know that it can be done better.
Then there is the spiritual side, the bhakti side, where a kind world, a loving world, a world that centers on harmony, freedom, and accepting each other, is possible. In a world that is abundant, with all this wealth and technology, but also that inward orientation. So there is relationship in that. I think we have relationship here. We share some of these common things, and that forges a relationship. For relationship to be really meaningful, there is this sense of, "Okay, well, what are we working on together? What matters to us?"
When we are relating to ourselves, there is an interesting dichotomy that is being created, right? It is as if, who is relating to whom? If I relate to myself, what am I? If I am relating to myself, then the self in that situation must be a creation, an idea—the self-image. I am one part of myself, perhaps the witness, and then I am looking at the idea of myself, the constructed self, perhaps. And how do I relate to it? Well, I may really accept myself as I am. That is a form of loving myself. I may know myself well, or not know myself very well, right? So maybe it is not just an ideation, but a formation of self.
So perhaps there are a few ways to interpret the question. In a way, there is the formless self, and then there is the formed self. I might ask, how am I relating to what I am in form? Perhaps I do not know myself completely. What are my values? What are my neurotic behaviors? What are my dreams? What are my fears? What are my aspirations? Self-knowledge, I think, is a good way to have a good relationship with yourself. And that comes from observation and acceptance. Meditation is perhaps the most profound thing you can do, because in meditation you get quiet enough to hear the subtle intimations of self. It is hard to know yourself if you cannot get quiet enough to notice yourself.
When we have an expanded circumference of self, we treat ourselves based on what we think is reasonable and helpful, right? It is interesting—I think this dichotomy of treating yourself is not the most aligned spiritual perspective. There should be no self as an ideation—just action, just being. You know yourself, but there is no… The self acts based on its vested interests and on what it believes to be the correct, most evolved course of action.
When the self is expanded to include the other, then the self acts on behalf of the other—and the self, which is really just one. "Love thy neighbor as thyself" means to see that your actions are on behalf of something greater than your individual body. You recognize that the happiness of another is also your happiness, and they are not separate. To make another happy is to be happy by making happy. Our joy, our smiles, cannot truly shine in isolation. They must be shared. So, it is about expanding.
The circumference of self is important, but relating to yourself… it is almost difficult for me to even speak on that, because I do not really feel… relating to yourself. Perhaps there is a lesson in how challenging it is for me to wrap my mind around that. I mean, you can know yourself, but to traverse any terrain, you must know the terrain, right? So, actions and knowledge go together. They are almost, in a way, one.
Ultimately, you should accept yourself as you are, and be completely true to who you are. But one way to do that, I think, is to stop viewing yourself as outside of yourself. You just go. You just act, you just dance. There is no mirror in front of you when you are dancing. You are simply dancing. And you may look ridiculous, Sam. Ariella may be awake. Jacob might have his camera on. So… yes. Hopefully that answers the question. I suppose that is… perhaps I will have more insights into that later on.
And then there is servant leadership. This is a book I should probably reread. I think it is a really special book—servant leadership. I would just like to share the central premise of the entire book, which is that a leader is a servant first. They take the responsibility to lead as a form of service. It is not self-serving. It is surveying—an interdependent relationship. So… there is sacrifice. Taking responsibility is a form of sacrifice. But what happens is, the self merges into something greater, and we find union. It is something greater, and there is a beautiful experience there. Here, there is a sense of separateness and all the ailments that come with that.
Servant leadership. Robert Greenleaf. He worked on boards. He was a board of director type of business person. And he would approach this with a lot of sincerity and a real understanding of leadership, participating on boards, in companies—just a really interesting person. So, this is an older book. A well-known book.
Think of your close friends. Do you have a close friend? For example, Mom, you have your school, you have very much—interdependent relationships in the ballet community, in the education community. Those relationships are meaningful because you are part of something greater than yourself. Does that make sense? And you know that, but it is helpful to bring a little structure to this, you know?
Arielle is creating her new project. I helped her create a website recently, where she is sharing some really interesting insights into pre-birth communication. And you, in a sense, are creating something greater than yourself. You want to share this wave of conscious incarnations coming through that she became aware of—psychically. You can see her website, prebirthmessage.com. Great new website that we made.
I am sharing this so that there is also some context for our Sangha, and understanding the way I look at it, and also the way you may relate to it. To create a Sangha—you know, I have not really been promoting it that much, but I think something centered on love and light—a community centered on love and light. I mean, what could be more important than love and light, everyone? I think a lot of people do not really know what those things are in terms of a deep, visceral feeling. But when you have a community… you know that song I was playing at the beginning? That was really to share some of the feeling of the love and the light at the start. That song had a lot of the warmth that I know Sangha can be. So, I like to build that—friends who are interdependent and centered on love and light.
The discussion is valuable, but meditation is like jumping into the water. We can talk about swimming, and then we actually jump in and swim. Let us bring our attention to the heart center. In today's session, let us really try to melt into love. Feel your heart. You can let go. Allow your mind to expand. There are stars out there, a swirling atmosphere… and the moment is both now and eternal.
A very helpful practice is to bring your attention to your heart. One of the key things you can do to help your heart expand is to have faith that everything is working out exactly as planned. Here. Blessed by the unfolding. Destiny. It is all happening for us, exactly as planned. And then we can feel gratitude in the heart.
There is such a thing as a warm heart, a pure heart, a big heart. These are all dimensions of the energetics cultivated in the heart space. In the forest, you have birds chirping. In Los Angeles, you have sirens and loud motorcycles. The sounds of my concrete jungle—I apologize.
Let us become absorbed in the unknown, to surrender. Allow the heart to expand. Allow yourself to be swallowed up by the eternal now. Allow that inner radiance to wash away any thought of self or other. Wash me—foundations of time and space—so that one is completely absorbed in the unknowable. Awareness. That cognition, that ancient state, connects us to all those spiritual beings who have entered.
Let the universe carry you away. It is good if you keep your head up. It would be good if you felt sensitive. Let those waves wash over you. Perhaps you have reached a part of the meditation where you can feel a little more jubilance on your face. It is good to feel a radiant gratitude sometimes. It does not always feel right for the energy, but sometimes it does, especially once the heart opens. Active. Happiness. It is your heart—expand it.
Think of your heart as an attention field that can expand well beyond the body. Make your heart very big. Focus. Expand it a little bit more than it is right now. I am using the light to permeate your body with light. Your hands—feel the aura of qi, and possibly the light there. Your chest, your head, your solar plexus area and back, your lower abdomen, pelvis, thighs, knees, calves, feet, spine. All the space around you—in front of you, above you, behind you, left and right, below. Radiance. And back to the heart center, just feeling gratitude. This is our center, our assemblage point, the center of the self.
Namaste. When you are ready, you can come out of the meditation. Stay dead.
I am grateful for everyone being here, for showing up regularly and bringing your energy. That is a donation of its own kind, too. Namaste. I will see you all soon. Happy Hanukkah—it is the third night of Hanukkah right now, so Happy Hanukkah to anyone who celebrates. I think that is a metaphor for the light, as well. The eight days are also exactly a quarter moon. Well, seven and a fraction, so eight makes it a full quarter moon, rounded up. So it is like, if you were to just meditate for eight days, I feel like that is Hanukkah—meditate in the light for eight days. That is my interpretation here. If I have a little extra time next year, maybe I will do an eight-day meditation.
I love the idea of a 30-day meditation as well—one time a day, hold a meditation for twenty minutes, that sort of thing. I welcome ideas, and I am open to connecting and creating together.
Thank you. Have a loving, light-filled week. Namaste. Bye, everybody.
Full Transcript
Opening the Gathering and Session Format
Adam Wes So, we will just get settled in. I will wait for a few more people to join.
It is a very good space.
Lighting some candles, some incense...
Such influence.
I am sorry for all of the signs.
Oh, brother.
Amanda.
Oh.
We are missing Andrea, but that is...
Funny, she is right there.
We will just get settled in while we wait for another minute or two. Bring attention to your body. Notice your thoughts. Begin to slow down.
Namaste, Sangha. Welcome.
Hi, Mom. Hi, Sam. Hi, Adrea. Hi, Ariella. Hi, everybody. Welcome, Lauren. It is so good to see you here.
Anna, Ana, nice to see you here.
So, the way these sessions work is we begin with a talk. I give a sermon on a special spiritual topic for about 20 or 30 minutes.
Then we do an energetic meditation that focuses on qi or kundalini—usually a very heart-centered meditation. Together, we develop a wave of energy, and we often have quite deep mystical experiences.
Some of us have visions, and some of us experience chakras opening—things like that. Some of us simply begin to clear the space, become quieter, and heal in that way as well.
Also, I have put a link in the chat for donations. This is donation-based. I have been doing that to make sure it is accessible to people from all over the world, from all walks of life.
We have amazing people here who, if it cost too much, would not be able to make it. So we are trying to build the community together, and I have made that a variable price for you. Just do what you can.
The recommended amount is $3 to $33, and the link is in the chat.
Jim, what else can I tell you?
All right. I am really excited for today's talk. It is on relationship.
I will be approaching relationship in a particular way. Relationship is such a diverse topic.
Within a spiritual context, it becomes a bit more specific, and I will be focusing on a few particular aspects: independence, interdependence, intradependence, and also servant leadership.
These are a few things that I think are very relevant to Sangha. Last week, we talked about Sangha. I do not know if anybody has had a chance to read my 2,500-word written sermon on Sangha, but it is on Substack if you are interested.
It includes a little bit about mathematics, some example coding, and things like that, but it is still on topic.
Come on.
How are you, Daniel? How has your week been?
Daniel V It has been fine. I am a little bit tired. It is the last week before holiday, so...
Adam Wes Kids are...
Daniel V Very excitable, so it is tiring. But I am also excited about the holiday, so...
Adam Wes Nice. Yes, you have a break. Daniel is a math teacher in Mexico, so he gets a break from students in school. I get a similar break, in a way. I have some students that I tutor, so...
Boom. All right, well, welcome.
Relationship Models and Shared Purpose
Adam Wes So, relationship. There is independence, which is our personal life—the things that we do on our own.
There is interdependence. These are transactional relationships. You go to the store, you give them money, they give you food.
It is not really based in much more than a fair exchange. We share a society, but for the most part, we do not have a mutual vested interest in an interpersonal relationship. So those are exchange-based relationships.
Independence can also be described as personal. Interdependence can be interpersonal.
And then we have intradependence, or intrapersonal. Interdependence is really where the magic happens.
In interdependence, we experience a kind of relationship that is of a different quality than going to Whole Foods, giving them money, and getting food back, or similar exchanges. Interdependence means that we live for something greater than ourselves. We live for something together.
We are part of something greater, and therefore we are related.
You could think of SpaceX, for example. SpaceX is a very inspiring company—perhaps the greatest company I feel is out there right now. They are making humanity multi-planetary. To be a part of SpaceX, to go there—you are not just there for the paycheck; you are there to be part of something that you stand for, something greater than yourself.
Andrea, you look funny. She is, like, ghostly over here.
Andrea P My hair is too dark, so it does not... Yes, sorry.
Yes.
Adam Wes Oh, that is better, thank you. Oh, come on, Joe.
So, working at SpaceX means we have this shared vision, this shared aspiration. We have talked about inspiration and aspiration in the past. There is something we are doing at SpaceX for something greater than our own survival, greater than our own desires.
When you desire alone, there is only so much energy to bring that desire into fruition.
But when you align your desires with the desires of the whole, with the desires of the world, there are innumerable wills that come together to manifest the fulfillment and creation of that desire.
One of my favorite enlightened teachers spoke about this in one of his books. I am paraphrasing, but it is something along those lines. So, when we align our desires with something greater than ourselves, we can wield that power into something bigger.
Steve Jobs is a good example of this. He said, "We want sleek, intuitive technology that is as easy as plugging in a toaster." And we want it to be like Star Trek—futuristic, clean, artistic, beautiful technology.
A lot of people said, "Yes, we like that." So the desires of all these individuals came together to create what we now know as Apple Computer. Apple. Apple phone. Apple, many things.
So, can you see that? We are aligning with something greater than ourselves. When two people come together—just think of two people who love something. It could be piano, classical music, martial arts, intuitive computers, or space travel.
When two people come together, their relationship is about more than mutual exploitation or completing each other because of some perceived lack. They live for something greater than themselves, and there is a romance in this. It may not be romantic in the traditional sense—whether that is man-woman, man-man, or whatever someone’s orientation may be—but not necessarily romantic in that way.
But it is a beautiful quality of relationship. What does it feel like? There is more heart in it. It is a feeling—you have to try to find it. It is a dimension of inner possibility.
To feel, within your connection with another, that we live for something greater than ourselves, and together we work for its perpetuation, its expansion, its evolution—there is a beautiful connection.
Can you feel that when I point to it? I am trying to point to it. Do you feel it, Andrea? Do you know what I mean?
So that is relationship. Then there is a relational quality that is just a transaction, and then independence or personal—well, it is less about relationship, but it is a foundation for it, because you have to be yourself. And then you have to relate.
Right, so there are these three qualities. The key is, there has to be a shared vision, or inspiration, or something that is greater than ourselves.
In spirituality, this is quite potent, because there is enlightenment. There is the light, there is freedom, there is kindness, gentleness, love, devotion, the practice.
And perhaps in our case, there are things like, "Let us re-enthrone mathematics. Let us make it something directly perceivable, more like the ancient philosophers experienced it. Let us return it to its rightful place as a cosmic inquiry, a discovery of the universe, an inward cultivation—not just some utility." So there is vision in that.
We come together—I think the reason anybody follows me on Instagram is because they themselves have the same desires. They want to see something similar in the world, and we all know that mathematics is...
I think a lot of us simply turned away from it. And those who did not turn from it perhaps know that it can be done better.
Then there is the spiritual side, the bhakti side, where a kind world, a loving world, a world that centers on harmony, freedom, and accepting each other, is possible.
In a world that is abundant, with all this wealth and technology, but also that inward orientation. So there is relationship in that.
I think we have relationship here. We share some of these common things, and that forges a relationship. For relationship to be really meaningful, there is this sense of, "Okay, well, what are we working on together? What matters to us?"
Any questions? We will get started soon on the meditation. Any comments? Come on, everyone. I do not want this to be a full monologue.
Self Relationship and Servant
Leadership Colleen How would you say you have a relationship with yourself? What do you think about a relationship with oneself?
Adam Wes Well, okay, that is interesting. So...
Eslam Omar Before you answer, may I add something to it?
Colleen Please, because I did not really know how to ask.
Adam Wes Well, I would like to respond to her and the purity of her question first, and then I would love to hear what you have to share, Sam. Thank you.
So when we are relating to ourselves, there is an interesting dichotomy that is being created, right? It is as if, who is relating to whom? If I relate to myself, what am I? If I am relating to myself, then the self in that situation must be a creation, an idea—the self-image.
I am one part of myself, perhaps the witness, and then I am looking at the idea of myself, the constructed self, perhaps. And how do I relate to it? Well, I may really accept myself as I am.
That is a form of loving myself. I may know myself well, or not know myself very well, right? So maybe it is not just an ideation, but a formation of self.
So perhaps there are a few ways to interpret the question. In a way, there is the formless self, and then there is the formed self. I might ask, how am I relating to what I am in form? Perhaps I do not know myself completely.
What are my values? What are my neurotic behaviors? What are my dreams? What are my fears? What are my aspirations? Self-knowledge, I think, is a good way to have a good relationship with yourself.
And that comes from observation and acceptance. Meditation is perhaps the most profound thing you can do, because in meditation you get quiet enough to hear the subtle intimations of self. It is hard to know yourself if you cannot get quiet enough to notice yourself. I would…
Colleen Do you… is that… do you like that? But I would love to hear what Sam is going to add to that.
Adam Wes Thank you, Mark.
Colleen Thank you, Adam.
Adam Wes You are welcome. Hi, Sam.
Eslam Omar Hi. So I was not going to add to it, but more make it immersive. Because when you were talking about transactional relationships, I was thinking, what if you were to meet your parallel universe self? What would you ask them? Would you say, what are your goals? What are you trying to achieve? How can I help you do that?
Or are you going to think about how you can make use of them? You might think, "Okay, another clone of me? That is useful. How can I use you to my benefit?" So there are different ways to think about it.
I was not going to add to it, because it is already perfect as it is, and I am glad that I asked. But yes, I was just going to make it more immersive. How would you treat yourself?
Adam Wes Well… When we have an expanded circumference of self, we treat ourselves based on what we think is reasonable and helpful, right? It is interesting—I think this dichotomy of treating yourself is not the most aligned spiritual perspective.
There should be no self as an ideation—just action, just being. You know yourself, but there is no… The self acts based on its vested interests and on what it believes to be the correct, most evolved course of action.
When the self is expanded to include the other, then the self acts on behalf of the other—and the self, which is really just one. "Love thy neighbor as thyself" means to see that your actions are on behalf of something greater than your individual body. You recognize that the happiness of another is also your happiness, and they are not separate.
To make another happy is to be happy by making happy. Our joy, our smiles, cannot truly shine in isolation. They must be shared. So, it is about expanding.
The circumference of self is important, but relating to yourself… it is almost difficult for me to even speak on that, because I do not really feel… relating to yourself. Perhaps there is a lesson in how challenging it is for me to wrap my mind around that.
I mean, you can know yourself, but to traverse any terrain, you must know the terrain, right? So, actions and knowledge go together. They are almost, in a way, one.
Ultimately, you should accept yourself as you are, and be completely true to who you are. But one way to do that, I think, is to stop viewing yourself as outside of yourself. You just go. You just act, you just dance.
There is no mirror in front of you when you are dancing. You are simply dancing. And you may look ridiculous, Sam. Ariella may be awake. Jacob might have his camera on. So… yes.
Hopefully that answers the question. I suppose that is… perhaps I will have more insights into that later on.
And then there is servant leadership. This is a book I should probably reread. I think it is a really special book—servant leadership. I would just like to share the central premise of the entire book, which is that a leader is a servant first.
They take the responsibility to lead as a form of service. It is not self-serving. It is surveying—an interdependent relationship. So… there is sacrifice. Taking responsibility is a form of sacrifice.
But what happens is, the self merges into something greater, and we find union. It is something greater, and there is a beautiful experience there. Here, there is a sense of separateness and all the ailments that come with that.
So, servant leadership. Robert Greenleaf. He worked on boards. He was a board of director type of business person.
And he would approach this with a lot of sincerity and a real understanding of leadership, participating on boards, in companies—just a really interesting person.
So, this is an older book. A well-known book.
Think of your close friends. Do you have a close friend? For example, Mom, you have your school, you have very much—
Interdependent relationships in the ballet community, in the education community. Those relationships are meaningful because you are part of something greater than yourself. Does that make sense?
And you know that, but it is helpful to bring a little structure to this, you know?
And Arielle is creating her new project. I helped her create a website recently, where she is sharing some really interesting insights into pre-birth communication.
And you, in a sense, are creating something greater than yourself. You want to share this wave of conscious incarnations coming through that she became aware of—psychically.
You can see her website, prebirthmessage.com. Great new website that we made. There you go. Alright.
Any questions? Did you appreciate this talk? Did it make sense?
And with you all being so quiet like this, it is hard for me to know if you appreciated it. It is like…
Andrea P Hi, Adam. Yes, it is so interesting for me because I just came from a meeting with someone. We are creating this relationship—a business. We have a friendship, and now we are creating this business relationship, but it comes from not what we can take from each other, but what we can create together that is bigger than us.
We were talking about that, because it is an important part of it. One of the things that I do—I have a board of directors, and I want to specialize in constructing boards. So it is so interesting that you showed that book on leadership, because it is exactly the kind of thing that I am looking for.
There is a hierarchy of leadership in the Harvard Business School, and one of the most important things is humility.
Adam Wes I will look for this book. Beautiful. Yes, as soon as I mentioned it, I felt your energy shift. I felt you, like, pinged out energetically. Now that makes sense. Wow.
Andrea P Yes, yes.
Adam Wes Andrea is into business, I sensed that immediately. Yes, his book goes into great detail, discussing boards and much more than just that. But the key message is very simple:
To be a leader is to be a servant first. A real leader. So… yes.
Andrea P I will look for that, thank you.
Adam Wes You are welcome. Namaste. You are welcome.
I am sharing this so that there is also some context for our Sangha, and understanding the way I look at it, and also the way you may relate to it. To create a Sangha—you know, I have not really been promoting it that much, but I think something centered on love and light—
A community centered on love and light. I mean, what could be more important than love and light, everyone?
I think a lot of people do not really know what those things are in terms of a deep, visceral feeling. But when you have a community… you know that song I was playing at the beginning? That was really to share some of the feeling of the love and the light at the start.
That song had a lot of the warmth that I know Sangha can be. So, I like to build that—friends who are interdependent and centered on love and light. There you go. Alright.
Speaking of lights… Not bad! 29 minutes! Oh, and now exactly? 30 minutes.
Heart Centered Meditation and Group Reflections
Adam Wes We shall meditate. The discussion is valuable, but meditation is like jumping into the water. We can talk about swimming, and then we actually jump in and swim.
To marry him. Hmm. Let me see here…
Give me a moment. Can everyone hear the music clearly? Good. Let us bring our attention to the heart center. Perhaps.
In today's session, let us really try to melt into love. Feel your heart. You can let go. Allow your mind to expand.
There are stars out there, a swirling atmosphere… and the moment is both now and eternal.
Charms it up.
And a very helpful practice is to bring your attention to your heart. One of the key things you can do to help your heart expand is to have faith that everything is working out exactly as planned. Here. Blessed by the unfolding. Destiny.
It's all.
It is all happening for us, exactly as planned. And then we can feel gratitude in the heart.
Spend.
There is such a thing as a warm heart, a pure heart, a big heart. These are all dimensions of the energetics cultivated in the heart space.
In the forest, you have birds chirping. In Los Angeles, you have sirens and loud motorcycles. The sounds of my concrete jungle—I apologize.
Let us become absorbed in the unknown, to surrender. Allow the heart to expand. Allow yourself to be swallowed up by the eternal now.
Allow that inner radiance to wash away any thought of self or other. Wash me—foundations of time and space—so that one is completely absorbed in the unknowable. Awareness. That cognition, that ancient state, connects us to all those spiritual beings who have entered.
Parallax. Let the universe carry you away.
It is good if you keep your head up, Ariel. It would be good if you felt sensitive. Let those waves wash over you.
Perhaps you have reached a part of the meditation where you can feel a little more jubilance on your face. It is good to feel a radiant gratitude sometimes. It does not always feel right for the energy, but sometimes it does, especially once the heart opens.
Active. Happiness. It is your heart—expand it.
Reach out, way in front of you. Think of your heart as an attention field that can expand well beyond the body. Make your heart very big.
Focus. Expand it a little bit more than it is right now. Ciao.
I am using the light to permeate your body with light. Your hands—feel the aura of qi, and possibly the light there.
Your chest, your head, your solar plexus area and back, your lower abdomen, pelvis, thighs, knees, calves, feet, spine. All the space around you—in front of you, above you, behind you, left and right, below. Radiance.
And back to the heart center, just feeling gratitude. This is our center, our assemblage point, the center of the self.
Namaste. When you are ready, you can come out of the meditation. Stay dead.
Are you ready to come out of the meditation? Mom, would you like to share?
Colleen Sure. That was nice. I started off thinking about relationships with the meditation group.
And…
It felt warm and good, and… this is the only time I meditate, so thank you, everyone. And you are going to want to know what light I saw, so I had a red by itself, a red with a green—and I suppose that is appropriate for Christmas—and then, there was green coming out of it.
But with green coming up. Nice! Oh, nice. Beautiful.
Thanks, Ed.
Welcome, how are you feeling?
Colleen Relaxed, and comfortable, and happy, and… good. Thank you.
Good, good, good.
Colleen Thank you.
Thank you. Namaste, Mom. Hi, Sam.
Eslam Omar That was… that was transcendental. I felt things I have never felt before. It goes back to expansion, and the paradox of expansion is fragmentation. And slick things diverge and come back again. Do you see what I mean? It is like things that are lost—I am reconnecting back to them.
Integration.
Like ancient technology waiting to be awakened, and we are just putting some heat to dissolve the ice from it.
And it is like the engine is back and running.
Cool. Humility, presence, and ease. That is the theme.
Beautiful. I have been grateful for you, Sam. Thanks for being here. Namaste.
Alright, Ariella? Would you like to share for a moment? Or Andrea? Whoever can get to it first. There you go.
Andrea P I could not go into the meditation—the whole time I was in and out.
Ariella I keep…
Andrea P I am very obsessive sometimes, and I keep thinking about my meeting that I had today, but when I did go in, it helped me unlock some things that I was trying to unlock. So, yes, something that I would like to share is that this must help a lot, this whole process.
And something that happens to me, and, like, on Sunday, I have not… I think this is with someone who is also working on meditation and expanding himself.
And… On Sunday, I was asleep, and I felt like something pushed in my heart.
The sound of his tone went up, and I thought, okay, I have to work. It is something funny. It has to do with a person and work. Mmm…
The awakening of some chakras—it is really strange. Another time, I was meditating after talking to him, and to the right, I could see it. Everything was purple.
I think all of this… How's… Help.
Night, and who was this person?
Andrea P A friend…
Oh, a friend, okay. Nice. I am glad you saw the… and you saw the purple.
Andrea P I saw purple that first time, and an eye—I could clearly see the eye, like the third eye. And this Sunday, I felt that in my heart chakra, because it was green, and it was like a pump—it woke me up.
It is strange, it is strange what is happening.
Beautiful, yes, it sounds like your kundalini is moving.
Andrea P Yes.
Adam Wes Special. Namaste. Hi, Sam! Sam, you are a little late, but it is nice to see you here at all.
Samweli Muzaliwa It is a pleasure, Adam. Hi, everybody. Sorry, I had a late meeting with someone in the Philippines.
Adam Wes Okay.
Samweli Muzaliwa But yes, we are just proud of you, man. Is this every Tuesday?
Adam Wes Yes, we do this every Tuesday. I would love for you to bring your beautiful presence and join us, if you feel like it.
Samweli Muzaliwa Yes, I would love to join one of these Tuesdays. I appreciate you sending out that text earlier, and I look forward to connecting. It looks like you have a nice little group here, which is wonderful. You have an amazing soul.
Adam Wes Oh, thank you, Sam.
Samweli Muzaliwa Yes, and everyone—Adam was my neighbor about five years ago when I lived in Santa Monica, so we got to know each other then. I was meditating at the beach every sunset, and he was always meditating at the beach at sunset as well, so we connected.
Adam Wes Yes, five years ago.
Samweli Muzaliwa This is kind of like a…
Adam Wes Continuation of Light Child. Remember Lightchild?
Samweli Muzaliwa Oh, you did that in—what was it, Brentwood or something?
Adam Wes Yes, that was just one of the events, but yes.
Samweli Muzaliwa Yes.
Adam Wes So… Well, welcome, Scott.
Samweli Muzaliwa Amazing. Well, namaste, and I have to run, so namas-go! Love to everybody.
Adam Wes Ariella, how was your meditation?
Ariella It was wonderful. Yes, I have been having a very intense time, so it was wonderful to do the meditation, to feel this expansiveness and the light.
Adam Wes Ma.
Ariella It was just wonderful, and I feel really good now.
Good, good, good.
Ariella Thank you, thank you.
Adam Wes Yes, thank you, Ariella. Well… Relax, do not let life get to you too much. Make sure to turn to the spirit on a regular basis. It is alright to do that.
Namaste, everybody. If you are able to donate, the link is there, and thank you for being here, thank you for showing up regularly and bringing your energy. That is a donation of its own kind, too.
So, namaste. I will see you all soon. Oh, Happy Hanukkah—it is the second night of Hanukkah right now, so Happy Hanukkah to anyone who celebrates. Oh, third night? Oops, my mistake.
Third night—it is the third night, what am I saying? Third night of Hanukkah. I think that is a metaphor for the light, as well.
Ariella Yes, yes.
Adam Wes The eight days are also exactly a quarter moon. Well, seven and a fraction, so eight makes it a full quarter moon, rounded up. So it is like, if you were to just meditate for eight days, I feel like that is Hanukkah—meditate in the light for eight days.
That is my interpretation here. If I have a little extra time next year, maybe I will do an eight-day meditation. Andrea is thinking, oh, that is a long meditation.
Andrea P Oh, I was going to tell you—I will send you an email, but at the beginning of the year, you should do a 30-day meditation. What? Not every day for 30 days?
That is a great meditation, that would be great.
Adam Wes I love that idea.
Andrea P I will send you—because there is a woman who does that here in Mexico, and she is far… yes, she is not as good as you. And she has—I will send you an email, because I think that will be good for the Sangha, and the community, and for you.
Adam Wes I love it, the 30-day meditation, wow, I like that. Okay, great. Like, one time a day, hold a meditation for 20 minutes, that sort of thing.
Andrea P Yes! Exactly, yes.
Adam Wes Yes, send it to me.
Andrea P I will send it to you.
Adam Wes And also, I have a phone call—if you want to chat one-on-one, that would be fun, too, if you have time.
Andrea P Yes, yes, yes!
Adam Wes You can help me come up with some ideas and so on, that would be fun.
Andrea P Great. Yes, I will email you.
Adam Wes Yes, email me. No, Mr. Andrea P. Bye. Thank you. Have a loving, light-filled week. Bye, everybody.
Ariella Oh, thank you, thank you.
Adam Wes Bye, Mum.