Essence of Self
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Essence of Self episodes

  • The Stopped Child
    When the will is stopped, the belly goes offline and reality feels overwhelming. Where the hole of will begins. Recorded live at a retreat in Mandali. More at essenceofself.net
    5 min
  • Freedom Isn't Saying No
    Why real will doesn't need to refuse — and how the false will keeps us from being fully who we are. Recorded live at a retreat in Mandali. More at essenceofself.net
    4 min
  • The No-Person and the Yes-Person
    Two ways the wounded will copes: the one who says no to everything, and the one who never says what they want. Recorded live at a retreat in Mandali. More at essenceofself.net
    3 min
  • How the Will Gets Discouraged
    'Every time I want, I fail.' How parents pass their own history to the child, and we grow our own software. Recorded live at a retreat in Mandali. More at essenceofself.net
    6 min
  • The Runaway and the Mice
    A small boy runs away from home to keep his mice — how the will gets discouraged, in one vivid childhood story. Recorded live at a retreat in Mandali. More at essenceofself.net
    3 min
  • Breaking the Will
    How 'no' after 'no' and the pressure to be tamed disconnect us from our natural will. Recorded live at a retreat in Mandali. More at essenceofself.net
    4 min
  • The Will Awakens
    Around age two the individual will emerges — the child begins to become a person. Recorded live at a retreat in Mandali. More at essenceofself.net
    3 min
  • The Sacred Newborn
    The White Latifa is will. The newborn as pure being, the cosmos incarnated — before any ego structure forms. Recorded live at a retreat in Mandali. More at essenceofself.net
    6 min

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Teachings and guided meditations on the essential life, with Emilio Mercuriali — a teacher of essential development for over 25 years. On being present, meeting what you feel, and recovering the natural qualities buried in ordinary life: strength, courage, clarity, peace.