A special pre-release of this video before it goes on Youtube next week. This is a clip from our recent retreat at the Borden Estate venue on the East Coast USA. It is the perfect home for our retreats. The environment, nature, food and energy make this setting very special. And we will be back next year.

This talk explores the root of human suffering: the unconscious, habitual movement away from the present moment. While the instinct to avoid physical harm is a natural intelligence, when this protective mechanism is hijacked psychologically, it perpetuates a restless cycle of seeking fulfillment in external circumstances, relationships, or fleeting states of mind and emotion.

True liberation does not come from chasing experiences or achievements, nor from temporary highs of thought or feeling. Instead, it comes through recognizing the ever-present ground of being—unchanging, intimate, and already here. When attention rests in this underlying reality, life is no longer lived in agitation or pursuit, but in openness, intimacy, and lightness. The invitation is to go beyond conceptual understanding and allow this truth to penetrate lived experience.

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