Episode
The Veils of Awakening With Santiago Santai Jimenez
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- Dharma Sunday
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- May 14, 2026
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- 7056
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Summary
Awakening is not something we achieve; it is something we recognize. Yet subtle patterns of mind and identity obscure what is already present. In this experiential workshop, we explore what stands in the way of direct recognition and how it can naturally fall away. Many traditions describe awakening as a kind of remembering, recognizing what has always been here. If this is true, what prevents us from seeing it? In this workshop, we turn our attention to the subtle ways the sense of separation is maintained: patterns of thought, emotional conditioning, and unconscious identification. Rather than trying to fix or transcend them, we explore how seeing them clearly allows them to soften and release. Through guided inquiry and shared exploration, we begin to uncover the ever-present awareness that is not separate from our experience, but is the ground of it. This is a deeply experiential session using Collective Interactive Meditation, a method that brings insight alive through direct, shared exploration.