Opening Welcome and Community Intentions

Kayla Salazar Minato: Hello! There it is! How are you?

Adam Wes: Namaste, everybody! It is here—Love Lights Sangha, welcome! Ali, it is so good to see you, oh my gosh! Kayla, wonderful. Hi, Chad.

Alright, so, for those who are ready, you can turn on your cameras—unless you are keeping them off for privacy.

Let us wait for a couple more people to arrive. Settle in. We will get started soon. Please bring your attention to your heart center.

Hmm. Song of the… I am going to try. Nights.

I think we are probably almost all here. So, welcome, everybody. Welcome to the Love Lights Sangha. This is basically ten years in the making. All he knows.

It is beautiful, because having a community centered on love and light is really a dream. People who love light, people who love love.

It is the cultivation of something in the world that is not very common, right? To focus on these esoteric and beautiful things as a central practice.

So, with this Sangha, I am also emphasizing practice. Sangha requires group meetings, but also practice, right? Each of us, if we practice, brings something to the field.

If each of us experiences a deep quality of light, that brings a beautiful gravity to what we are creating together. If we do not really practice, it does not bring that same level of significance for anybody, right?

So, if we all reach, you know, Babaji level, Prophet level, it is going to be an epic experience together. Another part is interpersonal connection, so I would really like to find a way to encourage people to connect with each other.

Usually, this happens easily in person, because you mingle after, you exchange phone numbers.

I have a few ideas for how to do that, but these three things, I think, make a really strong community. Also, if you are a solo practitioner, it is a little more difficult to go very far. You can, but often it takes a lot of isolation.

If you are not isolated, you really get pulled into the currents of society and mundane life, and having a community of people who are oriented around love and light can be very helpful.

Oh, I see a couple more people joining. Wonderful.

What a nice group we have here, this is excellent. Hi Sally, I do not know if we have talked—make sure to sign up on the site.

This is not donation-based, and part of that is because the contributions help me to really bring a lot to this. I would love to work hard on this program to make an incredible support system and teaching program for everybody, and also become, you know, my best self with a lot of peace of mind and equanimity, and many hours of practice myself. So, make sure to check the website for the prices and everything.

I want to actually take a moment and share the… the website… well, how about this? I am really feeling we should just go around quickly, and I mean 30 seconds each. If anybody goes on for two minutes, I am going to cut you off.

Try to keep it to no more than 30 seconds—just your name, where you are from, and maybe something else. Like, what brings you here, or a funny word, or whatever. You can do a handstand for us. It could be anything. So, Rachna, how are you? Namaste, welcome.

Participant Introductions and Shared Commitments

Rachna S: Yes. Namaste, everyone. I am Rachna, I am from Toronto.

As I said in the earlier session, I have been practicing meditation, but have not been that regular. Being in this group, I actually want to get back to that practice, try to, you know, as Adam, you say, try to practice mindfulness.

That was one of my aims for this year. So, luckily, I actually found this group, so I am happy. Thank you.

Adam Wes: We are lucky to have you.

Rachna S: Yes, thank you.

Adam Wes: How about you, Harrison? Oh, Harrison and Ali are both in Australia. I wonder if you are in the same city. Tell us your cities.

Harrison M: Yes, hello, everyone. My name is Harrison, and I am from Melbourne.

I have been practicing a bit of meditation, even before I came across Adam, and lots of serendipitous events unfolded, and I believe that is why I am here. My pillars of life are love, trust, and respect, so it feels very aligned with my purpose on this planet.

I appreciate Adam's work, and for those who are not a part of the meditation group that Adam has been putting on, that is initially what we have been doing. I can see a lot of familiar faces here, but yes, it is pretty special, this group, and Adam's work is excellent.

So, I am just feeling grateful to be here, really. Thank you.

Adam Wes: Thank you, Harrison. Wonderful. We are so happy that you are a part of it.

Kayla! Hi!

Kayla Salazar Minato: Hello! Hi, everyone! I am Kayla. I am currently in LA, had been in LA, that is where I know Adam from, but I live in Salem, Oregon now with my daughter, Yuna.

I am a partner. Yes, I do bodywork, and that is how Adam and I connected. It has been a few years now, and this year is about refinement.

I am just bringing that mindfulness even further into my practice of massage, bodywork, and energy work. Lately, I have not been doing the 5pm, but more like 6:45 and watching the next day, so I also see familiar faces, even though mine is not that familiar.

Adam Wes: Just so everybody understands what she means—she is in the meditation resolution too, but she watches the recordings.

So, Kira and Kayla, you know each other. Well, Kayla knows you. It is like that, so…

Kayla Salazar Minato: That is about it.

Adam Wes: Healer.

Kayla Salazar Minato: Thank you. Blessed to be here.

Adam Wes: I am happy you are participating. Hi, Jen!

Jenna West, my sister!

Jenna Wes: Hi, everybody. Nice to be here. Hi, Adam. Yes, I am grateful and honored to be your sister. I am Jenna, and I am calling from Seattle, or outside of Seattle.

I am here to support the mission, to support your mission, to support the mission of love, bringing more love to the planet.

Jenna Wes: To embody some stillness in my mind, and an opening of my heart. I also really appreciate Harrison's Pillars of Life—what were they? Love, trust, and respect. That, and so much more. I am just grateful to be here.

Adam Wes: Speaking of people connecting, you should connect. I feel like the two of you would really—

Jenna Wes: Like—

Adam Wes: Talk for an hour. Wonderful. Thank you, Jen. It is lovely having you here, truly. How about Ali? Ali is my old friend. It is so great to see him here.

Ali Tariq: Hello. Hey, Adam. Hi, everyone. Yes, I met Adam about twelve years ago, meditating in—

Adam Wes: You cut out.

Ali Tariq: I was meditating on the beach in Santa Monica. He just walked over and said, "Hey, you like to meditate? So do I." And we have been good friends ever since.

I am originally from Los Angeles, but I have moved to Australia. I have lived in Fremantle, Western Australia, for about five years now, so it is really nice to reconnect with you, Adam, and see you again.

I am looking forward to seeing what happens.

Adam Wes: It is so great to have you here. One thing you should know is that there are a lot of incredible people here. You are all incredible people. Ali is amazing—I think you could call him a PhD acupuncturist, a true mystic, Sufi master, just an incredible person. An amazing mystic.

Kayla is one of the most remarkable massage therapists I have ever encountered. She is like a psychic massage master. It is really something. And those are just two examples. My sister is literally a PhD, lifelong—

Six-year-old vegetarian, this incredible, magical, sensitive human being. For anyone I have left out, there are many— I do not want to go through everyone, because that would get out of hand, but there are so many amazing people here: Ariella, Akira, Irina. I mean, Irena is an architect who is bringing futuristic consciousness into her work. It is a really interesting group, just so you know.

Alright, next. Welcome, Ali. How about you, Praveen?

Praveen S: Hi Adam. Hi, everyone. My name is Praveen, and I am joining from Chennai, India. I think it has been a while since I last met Adam.

I am primarily here to strengthen my meditation practice, and I feel that I need to explore many other dimensions of my being. So, I am privileged and happy to be here, and I look forward to what is ahead.

Adam Wes: I love it. Thank you for your devotion to the practice. You are really serious about it, and I appreciate that. Wonderful. How about you, David?

David P: Hello, everyone. I am very happy to be here. I participated in the summer course last year on math and enlightenment, which was really key for a transformation process I went through.

I was able to establish a meditation practice in my life, and this was crucial for my transformation. Being able to connect with chakras—not just as a concept, but actually feeling them—changed a lot about how I see life.

So, I am here every Tuesday. I try to be on time, and I am so glad that you are building this sangha, which I really feel a part of. Thank you, Adam, and thank you, everyone.

Adam Wes: Welcome, and where are you from?

David P: I am from Mexico. Mexico City.

Adam Wes: Global Sangha, futuristic Sangha. Well, welcome, David, thank you so much. It is amazing to have you here. Kira! Kira, Kihira.

Kira: Hi, everyone! Shout out to Praveen. I actually got married in Chennai, or had a celebration there. We have family there. I did not realize you were in Chennai.

So yes, I am Kira, and I have been meditating with Adam for about six years, right, Adam?

Adam Wes: Yes, it has been six years.

Adam Wes: Amazing.

Kira: It has been amazing. I am originally from Los Angeles, and I am currently living in Silicon Valley, up in Northern California.

I am deeply trained in kundalini yoga and meditation, and increasingly in light meditation. I also really love tuning in to the causic field, and I am now sharing that more with the world.

Adam Wes: Welcome. Kira is a wonderful practitioner, very committed, so… Wonderful. Karen, namaste. How about you, Andrea?

Andrea P: Hi, everyone. I am Andrea, from Mexico City, and I have been practicing with Adam for a few months now, I think.

It has been a really great experience. I have meditated in other places, but the energy we create here is truly special, so I am really happy to be part of the Sangha. Thank you, Adam.

Adam Wes: Beautiful. Namaste, welcome. Yes, it is going to get even better, I feel that. Truly, it is going to get better, because we are all— I am really supporting practice more, so I think that will make a big difference, and connection, all of it, so… welcome.

Adam Wes: Ariella, another magical person! Ariella.

Ariella: Yes, I am a relative of Adam's, and I have been meditating with him for four years on Tuesday nights. He has encouraged us to meditate on other days of the week, and I just have not been able to do that.

So I am really grateful to be part of the meditation resolution, and I have been meditating for fifteen minutes this month. We did it!

Adam Wes: Good job, Ariella! Amazing.

Ariella: It is a great blessing. Thank you, thank you, Adam.

Adam Wes: You are welcome. Well done. And just so you know, Ariella—check out her website, The Pre-Birth Message. She communicates with infants, pre-incarnation, and high consciousness beings. It is truly fascinating. So, take a look at the website, theprebirthmessage.com.

Ariella: Thank you.

Adam Wes: You are welcome.

Ariella: Also, what was the other thing I wanted to mention?

Adam Wes: Right.

Ariella: It is… it is gone, sorry.

Adam Wes: Well, when you remember, we will come back to it. Thank you. Irena, so good to see you! I am glad you made it.

Irena S: I barely made it, because I have such a bad flu, and I can hardly talk.

Adam Wes: You do not have to say anything unless you want to.

Irena S: Well, we were having a family game night, and I said, let me go and see and support you. We have known each other maybe a month or so, a very short time.

But I am excited because I do practice meditation on my own, and I feel like I have been getting stronger intuitive insights. My dreams have been so synchronistic, it is unreal.

Adam Wes: Beautiful.

Irena S: Amazing. Yes… And I suppose I want to connect more deeply with my meditation practice to bring in more creative flow.

Adam Wes: Wonderful, beautiful. Oh, we lost Sally.

So the—where did you say? Yes, that is what I thought it was. All right, well, welcome, Irena. I think this will be great. Some of you already have meditation practices. The whole idea here is—

We are going to bring energy and light to your practice, whatever it may be. That can really magnify your experience and take it to the next level. It is not about abandoning your current practice—it is about elevating it. You already have a lot of momentum, which is wonderful. I just want to support the expansion of that until you are, as I like to say, meditating three feet off the ground in levitation mode.

You are not getting my jokes here. Okay, wonderful, thank you. Would anyone else like to share? Colleen?

Colleen is my mom. You do not have to turn your camera on if you prefer not to.

Colleen: Hi.

Adam Wes: Hey!

Colleen: Hello, everyone. I have been meditating with Adam for three years, I think, although Ariella said—

Adam Wes: Four.

It has been four.

Colleen: And I was going to use your words—energy, light, and love. I have experienced that, and I hope to become a better student and practitioner, and to start meditating a bit more.

Adam Wes: I love that.

Colleen: Thank you.

Adam Wes: Thanks for being here, Mom. And now, this is my dad, Colin. Dad, would you like to share anything?

Colin W: Hi, I am Colin, and I am from Johannesburg, South Africa. And I am Adam's dad. Guess where Adam was born?

Adam Wes: Go ahead, let me—

Colin W: I have been part of this program for as long as it has existed, which is about four years. My main takeaway is a great sense of peace and tranquility. I enjoy attending the group because the benefits are clear. Keep up the good work, Adam.

Adam Wes: Thanks, Dad. Wonderful. What a gift it is to have my parents in these classes with me. I think many of you would agree—how incredibly amazing is that? So thank you, thanks Mom and Dad, and thank you to everyone for sharing.

I have been doing this for four years now, but the structure has really changed. It is a little more serious now—I should not say that, it has always been serious—but there is more structure. I am essentially giving more to it. It used to be, "Let us meet on Tuesdays and do a meditation." Now I am creating something more expansive.

You can still come on Tuesdays and just be here for that, but you can also practice outside of that, be part of the circle community, connect with each other, and it is going to grow and evolve beyond just Tuesday nights. That has been a beautiful through-line, very serious and deeply meaningful—really incredible—for four years.

Ariella has been here the whole time, and a few of you have joined at different moments throughout that period as well. So, yes, wonderful.

Thank you, everyone, for introducing yourselves. How wonderful—so global. Oh, Ariella remembers!

Ariella: Yes, I just wanted to say, I now live in Los Angeles. But I was born in Zambia, lived in Zimbabwe, and my family is from South Africa. I met my husband and lived in Johannesburg. But we have been here for 40 years now.

And—

Adam Wes: In Los Angeles.

Ariella: In Los Angeles, but at this moment, I am in San Diego with my oldest daughter and her son, my grandson, because her husband is away. So I am helping her, and I am in San Diego at the moment.

Adam Wes: Well, thanks for clarifying and sharing, Ariella. And, Colin and Colleen, where are you right now? Dad, you are not in South Africa at the moment.

Colleen: We are in Seattle. Seattle, Washington.

Adam Wes: So, yes, I was born in South Africa, and I grew up in Seattle, just so everyone knows. I have been in Los Angeles for 19 years—can you believe that? Wow. All right, let us keep going. Next step is to share…

Can everyone see the screen?

Program Resources and Community Infrastructure

Adam Wes: Okay, so this is the practice hall. This is growing, so this is just the beginning. I recommend everyone take a moment to enjoy this. It is really great on desktop, and you can view it on your phone as well. Take a look—it gives you a really good understanding of the program itself.

I see there are three people in the room right now. This is actually in real time. It was quite difficult to code this, by the way, to get it to show how many people are actually looking at the website. That was a lot of fun.

A few things to announce. First, the book of the month is Autobiography of a Yogi. I highly recommend ordering it. You can click the button right here, and it will take you directly to Amazon. Everything is linked, so you can find Autobiography of a Yogi—a great book.

The principle of the month is mindfulness. Principles are ways that we live—the values that inform our actions and the way we relate to and approach things. So, mindfulness is something to consider, and I recommend practicing it. That means, when you eat, do not eat in front of the TV. When you walk, do not walk while looking at your phone. Do one thing at a time and give it your full attention. Maybe I will write a sermon on it in detail, but it is one of the most powerful things on the path to enlightenment, helping to awaken to enlightenment.

Let us see, without going through everything—here is a Zoom link. This is the room we are in. If you ever need the Zoom link, you can find it right here.

There is a Google Calendar, so I highly recommend everyone add the Google Calendar. If you click this, it will open your Google Calendar and add all of the events, giving you reminders.

We have a quote of the day, recommendations for whether you have meditated today, and suggestions for how much you should meditate. There is also a routine element of the month.

Adam Wes: Daily reading. If you were in an ashram, you would study scripture for a certain part of the day. In a way, this is our form of study—study in scripture. Fifteen minutes a day, reading about enlightenment. I highly recommend this. I have described what that means: it entrains your mind to a particular set of values and a paradigmatic orientation. I highly recommend this if you are willing to do it.

And here is a full book list as well. You can read the book of the month, or if you have already read it or want to try something else, here are another seven books—eight books in total, I think—that I have recommended for you to check out. They are all related to enlightenment in some form or another.

Also, I have the Mythic Study Room, which features three films. It is nice as a community to have some films that we can share and be familiar with. These three films are very much related to enlightenment, actually.

Groundhog Day is all about love being the answer to the universe. The Matrix is about awakening to truth and going beyond illusion. The Last Samurai is a really beautiful connection with Japan and Buddhism. You can feel the energy of it in the film score and the story—it is about the samurai.

Also, down here, this is really enjoyable—celestial events. This will automatically update with the next three celestial events, at least the ones that I think are particularly significant, according to my understanding and personal practice. These are great times for you to meditate. They are power moments. If you meditate through the full moon at 10:09 a.m. on Sunday, February 1st, or during the apogee, or the equinox, these are moments where you might be able to access light more deeply—perhaps even have a Kensho experience, which is a spontaneous revelation of nirvana and truth. These things often happen during power moments.

And, yes, so—take a look at this. I do not want to go over everything, but—

Oh, one thing you should definitely know is that here are a couple of guided meditations. You can play them on the page—just click play and they will start. The same goes for the playlist here. You can literally click play and listen to songs from the playlist.

And if you have not joined Circle yet, this is our community app. Actually, I am going to be sending you all a link for this, but you can get the basic membership here. Join the Circle app. This is our community space, where we share things, you can post, you can chat with each other. It is very significant. It is easy to do and takes two minutes.

Some of you still have not joined it after months of me recommending it. Kira. So, wonderful. And if you have not followed on Substack, this is another place where you can read some of the things that I write about enlightenment.

Alright, so let us keep going. Dun dun dun…

Today is an initial orientation day, so in the future I will not have to go over this every time. I apologize if you just want to get to the practice.

Hmm.

Any questions from anybody? Any comments or thoughts about the site? Do you like it? Do you not like it?

Kira: That's amazing. Would you briefly share what vision you would hope for the Circle community? That way, we can participate in a way that is, you know, enlivening.

Adam Wes: Yes, so the Circle Community space—the private online space—first, it has all the resources. I will be posting recordings of these sessions there. I would rather not have to email them every time.

I will just post them there, and you can go and access the catalog. I keep emailing—I think part of the reason is I know that some of you will not receive it if it is just in Circle. That is one reason.

The Circle space has a lot of features. It has all the resources. It is interactive; you can comment on things. You can listen to one of the guided meditations there, and you can comment on it or like it. It is like a small social media space for us. Hi, Harrison.

Harrison M: To follow up on Kira's point, I was wondering, with the recordings, is there any chance that we can download the transcription of sermons and things like that?

Adam Wes: You mean the live transcription?

Harrison M: Yes, potentially. There are some of the meditations, or the sermons, particularly when you are speaking—I would love to get that in writing somehow. Is that possible?

Adam Wes: Yes, actually, I am planning to do that. I hope I am not taking on too much right now, but I can actually transcribe—like, I am saying words right now—I can transcribe these words specifically, and those should be available on Circle as well.

Harrison M: That would be… yes.

Adam Wes: Yes, that is the plan, to do that. Thank goodness for ChatGPT, because it actually takes the transcript and writes it out properly. Otherwise, it is not very nice. And, yes, so… Cool. Yes. Thank you.

Anybody else have a question?

Oh, thanks, Ali. Yes, it should say 10 AM.

In fact, I would appreciate it if you could… Is it not updating?

Everything should be updated to your location, so I would appreciate it if people look through and say, "Adam, this is not…" I have not debugged it. I have not tested it, because I have to buy what is called a proxy server to view it from different locations on the planet, and that costs money. I thought I would just ask everyone to let me know if one of the times is not correct.

I am not sure I completely follow what the issue is, Ali, so maybe if you let me know exactly what is showing up, I can fix it. I think it is maybe just showing 6 PM for some reason. So, yes, it should all be updated—even the celestial events are updated. It should be in your time zone, the countdown timer should be set to the correct time, so if you see anything that is not correct, let me know.

Alright, so that is… okay, we have done about 30 minutes. That makes a lot of sense.

So, generally, these sessions will be structured as follows. Five minutes is just for arrival and settling in. Thirty minutes, we will talk about a particular topic related to enlightenment. That could be karma, humility, light, moksha—various terms, various aspects and themes that we can focus on.

Adam Wes: We will talk about it. I will spend some time contemplating and really refining the transmission, so that I can share something deeply valuable for everyone. That will take about half an hour, and then we will spend another half hour meditating in a particular way. Moving forward, the meditation will probably focus more on light and gazing than we have done in the past, but—

It will be thematic, essentially, in the way we meditate. There are many different approaches, and then we will spend about 10 minutes at the end simply sharing our experiences—our esoteric, mystical, and metaphysical experiences. It will be a brief sharing, just for about 10 minutes. Not everyone is required to share.

That brings us to an hour and 15 minutes, so we will go from 6:00 to 7:15. We are a little behind today, obviously, because I wanted to go over this page and do introductions and everything. And, yes, that is on me.

So, I am going to slow my mind for a moment and tap into the sermon for the day, because I do have a sermon prepared. Give me a second. Whew. Alright.

Teachings on Enlightenment and the Role of Light

Adam Wes: The sermon for today is none other than Enlightenment itself. I would like to talk about enlightenment. What is it? What does it really mean?

I think in Western society, there is a lot of misunderstanding about it. It is usually considered very mythical, unattainable, and it is important to understand what enlightenment is, because this whole Sangha centers on the key value proposition that it offers enlightenment—progress along your path to enlightenment. Those are the words I am using.

So, how do we progress along the path to enlightenment, and what does enlightenment even mean?

First of all, enlightenment is a possibility for regular human beings, for all human beings. Enlightenment means we awaken to ultimate truth. Now, that needs some semantic reference. What is ultimate truth? It is not that you have discovered a Wikipedia page that tells you what ultimate truth is. It is so much more than that.

Enlightenment means that we awaken to a state of awareness that is liberated from the illusions of selfhood. In yoga, there are a number of terms that help us to understand the landscape of enlightenment.

For example, there is a term called Maya. Maya means illusion, and generally, human beings—including myself—live with a degree of illusion. Illusion is simply what happens; it is a part of sentience. The way we live, the way our mind is structured, we see our own self-reflection. We do not see things exactly as they are.

So, in enlightenment, we clear ourselves of Maya and come to see reality. There are all these Sanskrit words—I have included 18 Sanskrit words on the practice page—that are very useful for understanding enlightenment better, and we will develop that understanding over time.

This is not a one-day thing. It is not even a 10-week course possibility. This is an ongoing program. I worked for years and years with my teacher, in dialogue with him repeatedly about all kinds of topics, and things would click after five years, after ten years, after fifteen years. It has been almost fifteen—after fourteen years, things would click.

So, enlightenment is—let me get some of my notes here. Enlightenment is really the heart of all religions. Jesus was talking about enlightenment. Buddha was talking about enlightenment. All of the religions—the Muslim religions, the Jewish religions—they are talking about the same things.

Usually, religion is considered to be in conflict with other religions. But religions are more ontological. They are more like physics. You would not have a Japanese physicist and an American physicist and say, "Oh, they are disagreeing, let us go to war over it." They are studying something intrinsic to life, to nature.

Physicists study matter and energy, time and space. An ontologist, or a spiritual practitioner—someone on the path to enlightenment—studies the inner and the outer: the nature of self, and the nature of the universe as one with self. These things are ontological. They pertain to the study of being and existence itself. That is what I mean by the word ontological.

These religions point to this, and usually religion accumulates a degree of sedimentation, calcification, and dogma, and it loses touch with the original teachings. These teachers were originally talking about enlightenment, so the goal is to renew that and make contact with the actual teachings of enlightenment, and practice them while living in the world—not having to renounce everything and enter a monastery, but practicing them in such a way that they improve our careers, our relationships, and help us progress along this ancient path to awakening as human beings.

It is highly relevant to every human being. Some people are simply not ready for it, because it takes a degree of courage—an immense amount of courage. You have to let go of your identity. You have to let go of a sense of security, and be what you are.

So, think about it—what are we? Fundamentally, at the very substrate, the foundation of our mind, there is something that is immutable and unassailable. We are something eternal. Is it a witness? Is it beyond the witness? There is something that we are—a substance that is real, true, everlasting, eternal.

When we become absorbed in that heart of the universe, it takes a lot of courage, but it also awakens many blessings. Many people are too scared to go on an adventure, right? In enlightenment, we have the courage to dive in and discover the blessings of the universe, the beauty of the universe, and to be awestruck—to awaken power within ourselves. But our power will no longer be self-serving.

We have to encounter many things that some people are not ready for. Another thing I should say is that it is not required to become enlightened. To be on the path to enlightenment is enough. Take the next step towards freedom, towards happiness, towards love. You do not have to become the ultimate Buddha in this lifetime.

If you are here, it does not mean, "Oh, what did I sign up for? Oh no, Adam is going to make me be a Buddha right now." You do not have to do that. You can simply be on the path, living in alignment with these beautiful teachings that are ancient and non-sectarian. We are practicing them and studying them so that we can become happy.

Adam Wes: Now, it is amazing, because enlightenment is a panacea. Perhaps you are not familiar with this word, or perhaps you are. Panacea means a universal healer. So whatever you are facing—anxiety, depression, career challenges, financial challenges, interpersonal relationship challenges—or, let us look in the other direction, some aspiration you hope to develop. You may want to be a great athlete, or a great engineer.

Enlightenment helps with these things because it awakens knowledge, love, and self-command. It is very relevant. Progressing along the path to enlightenment—and perhaps this is a new way of thinking about it for some of you—is unusual in the world. It is less about sacrifice, and more about curation and refinement, Kayla, of who you are, and bringing things to the next level.

I hope to help you access a practice that empowers what you want for your own life. That is the key. When we get into light, it is almost magical, because light will change you. I had things I was dealing with; I encountered the light, and it changed me.

For example, a simple one—I was not a good dancer. I could not dance, I could not move, I was too locked up on the dance floor. Then I encountered the light, and within a year or so, I was just letting go on the dance floor and was totally free. It is interesting how it shows up in these ways. You might have social anxiety—maybe it is hard to talk to girls or boys. Then you go into the light, and you realize, "Oh, I accept myself, I do not need anything anymore." You become honest, free, and flowing.

So light does this. This practice does this. Silence does this.

Everything we experience in life is experienced through us—through our mind, through our subjective state of consciousness. You could go to Hawaii, and it is incredibly beautiful, but you could still miss it. Or you could go and be awestruck, tearful, and so happy.

You could even go to the slums and be happy. Life is really about how we experience it ourselves. We do not see life as it is; we see life as we are. Life is filtered through our consciousness.

When you work on your own consciousness, you enhance everything. You want that new car? That new car will be more beautiful for you because of your meditation practice. You want a new relationship? It will be more beautiful for you. Everything becomes more beautiful.

Even the hard things become more beautiful, because the arc of life becomes integrated and rests upon that wholeness inside ourselves. We connect with that part of ourselves that is eternal, so there is this overflowing blissfulness and wholeness within us. This is the essential function that causes these changes. We become whole and free. No more seeking—just being.

So, the things we want will not be the result of desire and attachment. They will happen as a result of Dharma and truth. We have a body, our body will act, our choices will unfold, but they will happen in detachment and freedom. It is a complete orientation shift with enlightenment. It is just wonderful. I love it. I love enlightenment; that is why I do this.

There are many times when religions enthrone some central figure as a savior. But that central figure usually was saying, "Hey, I figured something out. Join me, and here is how you do it."

Jesus actually said something really beautiful: "And why call ye me, Lord, Lord, and do not the things which I say?" What this really means—"And why call ye me?" "Ye" means you all. It is a better word for "you all." He means everyone. It is a better word—a little funny to use in daily speech, but...

I think you should start doing that; it would be hilarious. David is at dinner with friends and says, "What shall ye want for dinner?" Alright, so...

Ariella, I am going to get you to smile by the end of the session here. Okay, so...

When he said that, he was essentially saying, "People, you are calling me your lord, but you are not practicing what I am sharing." And obviously, he is saying, "You can do it, too." That is really what is implicit here—practice, you can do it too.

The Buddha said this, the rabbis said this and still say this, the Sufi masters say this, the Taoists say this. You can become this. This is where practice comes into play.

I am sharing this because I want to inspire you to be truly dedicated practitioners. You can do something amazing with your own mind through meditation.

Now, the key thing is light. Light is what makes this powerful. Ali and I have been going into light together for—I do not know, it has been over ten years now, right? Ali practices the light, and it transmutes your consciousness. So, enlightenment is not just an epiphany.

Enlightenment is a change in the structure of your awareness field. You clear what are called samskaras. They are impressions that prevent you from seeing truth and being free.

In light, we bask in a divine shower that renews our spirit and helps us return to the essence from which we arose—that spiritual source of truth and love that is absolute bliss, ecstasy, and freedom.

One of the goals here is to create a reliable and effective path to enlightenment for everyone. So I encourage you to share with me—"Hey Adam, you said do this thing, it is not working," and then, rather than leave the community, let us work together to create this. Think of yourselves as co-creators of this Sangha. This is the seed.

Andrea said something beautiful: she said, by the end of the year, we can have one hundred people. So we are going to grow the Sangha together by practicing, by having friends, by giving feedback. So please do not just let me make a mistake—tell me, "Adam, you suggested this, but it is not working for me." Your case study of enlightenment is relevant to making this a reliable and effective path for yourself, for others, and...

Adam Wes: What could be more important in the world than finding a way for us to become genuinely loving? Not just to hold the ideal of love, but to truly feel it. To look at a stranger and recognize that they are, in essence, my very self. To enter into light and perceive divine sacredness as a visual luminosity within my own mind. What could be more important than that?

Oh, I almost ventured into politics for a moment. I will just say this: if politicians had truly entered the light and experienced that love, how might their actions differ? Our society is, in a real sense, our very self.

The way our society unfolds makes it easy to point fingers and assign blame, but ultimately, society’s development reflects the collective state of mind and consciousness. The way we study in school, the way we relate to one another—perhaps we do not engage in the same actions as others, but we are not far removed. We are deeply connected. Sometimes, we are simply advocating for an alternative perspective.

So, the central idea is to bring more love. Love first—and when we lead with love, we inspire love in others.

When we enter into light, we dissolve the barriers that create dissonance between ourselves and the world. This is absolutely essential. I feel a deep conviction in this work, and I invite you to stand with me in society as practitioners, to help create this change for humanity.

Of course, it begins with our own lives. We do not need to be overly ambitious, but we can make a difference, potentially.

I think Sadhguru is an excellent teacher today. He says that if just 1% of the world changed in this way—it does not have to be 50% or 51%, just 1%—it would be so powerful that things would shift. I believe that is true.

Doom.

Alright, I think we should stop there. I have a very long written sermon that I am skimming through here. I did not even get through it. I will post that later this week, and you can read it then. But for this spontaneous live sermon, that is all I have to share for now. Would anyone like to comment, ask a question, or contribute something?

Now, many of you are already on this path, and perhaps have been for a long time. Or maybe you—

Can we meditate? Yes, we can meditate. We should definitely begin meditating now. Thank you.

Heart-Centered Meditation and Closing Reflections

Adam Wes: So, for today’s meditation—how shall we approach it? Let us meditate on the heart. I will begin with light, but let us focus on the heart.

Now, if you are able to enter into Light, feel your heart chakra. Bring it into the light. If you have access to the light, what you are essentially doing is bringing that luminosity into this physical part of your body.

The heart chakra is located here. Bring it into the light. Bring light into your entire nervous system, your legs, even your whole room. If you do not have easy access to the light, or do not feel confident in making that connection, you can simply focus on the area. You can feel positivity and love.

We are sitting here, learning how to generate love. So when we leave, it is as though we are simply having a good day. People will say, “I saw you, and I felt so much better after our encounter,” because you generated love.

Let us take this time, turn away from everything else, and consciously generate love. If you can use the light to do so, even better.

For those interested in Sanskrit, the word for the center is anahata. In Chinese, it is also called the middle Dantian, and Anahata is a beautiful name. It is specific to this Dantian. Actually, I believe there is a specific name for that Dantian. I do not know it, though. Perhaps Ali knows. Ali, do you know?

Ali Tariq: It is called Tianzong, which means the heavenly center.

Adam Wes: What are the other Dantians called?

Ali Tariq: There is the Dantian, which is the navel.

Adam Wes: Which is called the Elixir Field.

Ali Tariq: And then Tianzong, the heavenly center, and then—

Ali Tariq: Tianmu, which is the heavenly eye.

Ali Tariq: Beautiful.

Adam Wes: I love it. That is what happens when you study Chinese medicine for many years—Ali knows what he is talking about. I just had an intuitive sense that you and David should connect. David and Ali, I think you would have a great conversation. That would be wonderful.

Ali Tariq: Oh, nice.

Adam Wes: If you would like to, no pressure—do not feel awkward. Perhaps I am being awkward now. But you two should connect.

Alright. Let us begin.

For today, we will do a slightly shorter meditation. Perhaps a shorter sharing as well, but we will go just a little bit longer. I am thinking about 25 more minutes, if you are able to stay. If you need to leave early, that is fine, but if you can stay, it is always nice to say goodbye together.

Next week, we will aim for a 7:15 stop time. Andrea is literally yawning—she is saying, “Adam, I am tired.” No, she is fine. Alright, let us begin.

What shall we start with? Oh, yes. No, no, no. Aww.

Can you hear the music?

Audio shared by Adam Wes: Right.

Adam Wes: Generate some love. Keep bringing your attention back. Remind yourself—wonder… But when you notice your attention has wandered, gently bring it back to the heart.

It is the conscious generation of love, and wherever you can access love.

Audio shared by Adam Wes: Is to feel gentleness.

Adam Wes: To let go of resistance. Do you feel any—

Audio shared by Adam Wes: The blockage in the heart center.

Adam Wes: You can actively—

Audio shared by Adam Wes: And gently… work through that.

Adam Wes: Simply be attentive to it. Find a way to clear it. Open it. Open your heart. Bring your attention to your heart center again.

Adam Wes: Mmm…

Adam Wes: It is good to feel gratitude. Take note of the expanse of existence. Feel at home in your own body, mind, and heart. Let us look at the moment and its steadiness. Namaste.

Adam Wes: Hi Mom, would you like to share?

Colleen: Not much to say today. I am suffering from a bit of jet lag still, so…

Adam Wes: Okay.

Colleen: I am going to pause.

Adam Wes: Okay. Thank you, Mom. Namaste.

Adam Wes: I would love to hear from Kayla.

Kayla Salazar Minato: Ayy.

Adam Wes: So, feeling really peaceful, centered…

Kayla Salazar Minato: And just, yes, being able to grow the heart, and really feel that energy. A lot of it was just gathering, and I was moving it through. It was beautiful. Thank you.

Adam Wes: You are welcome, namaste. I am so happy you are here, Kayla. What a treat.

Adam Wes: How about you, Ali? I am pretty ecstatic that Ali is here. It is good to see you, Ali. I miss you, man.

Ali Tariq: Got it. Yes. That was amazing. It was a very palpable experience, and it actually caught me off guard. I was just looking at the screen, but I really felt like—

I felt so much clearing, especially when you opened your hands like that. I could really feel as if you were almost connecting directly to me, just blasting me with light. It felt like I was getting supercharged. It was palpable, and it kind of threw me off. It is almost like I forgot how strong it is to meditate with someone who can open up that energy.

I could feel immediately where there was some stagnation, some blocks, and it was just so nice to have so much attention—attention that was expanding my awareness.

Adam Wes: Which was…

Ali Tariq: Yes, it was really interesting. I know we have meditated before, but this was something quite unique. I felt that level of being taken for a ride, almost—like something was coming at me, and I was just, whoa!

Adam Wes: I love it. Oh, it has been a while since we have meditated together. That is such a beautiful reflection. We should do it more often.

Ali Tariq: Yes.

Adam Wes: I really loved it.

Ali Tariq: Thank you. Yes, it is really nice to feel that. Thanks.

Adam Wes: Thanks for going on that ride with me. It was amazing. I do not know if you saw, I was quite moved myself. So, yes, really beautiful—just touching the world and the universe beautifully. Namaste, Ali, thank you.

Ali Tariq: Thank you, Adam.

Adam Wes: You are welcome. How about you, Harrison?

Harrison M: Yes, that was—yes, every time… There are so many things I feel like I could say after these meditations, and I always try to say something that condenses it. I suppose, yes, speechless. I am constantly left speechless; I think that is probably my comment.

I think this practice is really planting the seed, in its simplest form, of just how infinite the potential of your mind is. I mean, I feel like this has been my attitude towards life for a long time, but this is just infinitely multiplying that—just how infinite the potential of your mind is.

When you shut your eyes and put intention into meditation, you are tapping literally into the infinite source of everything that ever… kind of breaks—anyway, without getting too deep, yes, it was amazing, and I really appreciated it. I could feel the energy.

I obviously meditated just before with you all, and that was amazing as well. So, to do it back-to-back, again, it is making me realize I could definitely sit in meditation for a lot longer than I have been doing, and enjoy it. So, thank you.

Adam Wes: Love it. Namaste. Yes, wonderful. Cool.

Adam Wes: Anybody—Kira, are you around? Andrea, are you around?

Andrea P: Hi.

Harrison M: Sunshine!

Adam Wes: Does anybody feel like they would like to share? Rashna, would you like to share? Ariella, would you like to share? Please share.

Harrison M: Yes, so… today, actually, I…

Rachna S: I actually felt something going through my whole body. There is a wall in front of me with a world map, but when I was meditating, I felt an artificial wall and things just moving up. I do not know why, but I just saw something scrolling upwards, and then the whole body, feeling that sense. Today’s was different than the other ideas that we have been practicing, and it is still around, so I do not know.

Adam Wes: Wonderful. Have you heard of the phrase "kundalini rising"?

Rachna S: I think so, yes, that is what I just felt, and it is still there.

Adam Wes: Yes, so just be with that, process that. The Kundalini can awaken and rise, and runs through all the chakras. There is a central tube called the Shashumana, runs through the Shashumana, which goes all the way up to the third eye, and out the nose, and can jump up into the crown area. So, wonderful. Lovely.

Rachna S: Yes, yes.

Adam Wes: Alright, one more. Ariella, would you like to share? Ariella is, like, super blissed out. Are you able to speak? No words.

Ariella: Yes, it is very hard to put it into words. What I have done before is call it spacing out, but I just… I just expand, and I am not aware of any of the physicality. It is just… so expansive.

Adam Wes: Beautiful.

Ariella: Thank you, thank you, Adam.

Adam Wes: You are welcome, good job. I would say, here are a few ways I might phrase it other than "spacing out." When I think of spacing out, I think of some 12-year-old in a boring math class. That is spacing out—they should take my math class instead. No, I am just kidding.

So, you are being absorbed in the unknown. Your self-reflection is moving into abeyance. You are entering into Brahman or Atman. You can find some Hebrew words, if you like, for this. You are transcending individuality. You are expanding, but you are expanding without self-reflection, so there is no idea of self in your expanded state. These are very beautiful states.

Beautiful. Namaste, Ariella.

Would anybody else like to share before we get off? I guess we actually did a pretty good job. We are only four minutes over for the first day. Alright, good.

I recommend meditating first thing in the morning—fifteen minutes if you are a beginner. Thirty minutes twice a day, if you feel you can do that. If some of you have children and are busy, I understand, but I would encourage you to simply lie in bed. Do not open your eyes; nobody will know. Just meditate. When you wake up, before you open your eyes, you can meditate at that time. You can also meditate in the bathroom.

I am actually serious. The mirror in the bathroom is a great place to meditate, because everyone gives you space.

Alright, I may be getting a bit too lighthearted here. I would love to see everyone next week, if you are able to join. I am excited to have some continuity in our practice. Please check out the practice room, and feel free to send me an email—I would love to connect and keep this going throughout the week, if you like.

Namaste. Thank you for being here; I am so grateful for each one of you. We are making this happen together.

Wonderful. Goodbye, everyone!

Irena S: Bye!

Ali Tariq: Thank you, Adam.

Irena S: See you soon.

Kayla Salazar Minato: Nice to meet you all.