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06/02/2025 8:18 am
Two simultaneous courses in Transpersonal Psychology have aligned perfectly with my experience during the Vipassana course I recently took, making the metaphysical physical. It became an embodied experience—a mystical encounter where I learned perhaps one of the most important truths: wisdom itself. One of the laws of nature, so paradoxical that it is truly cosmic humor.
In striving to be fully present in the now, we first venture into the woods, poorly equipped. We push through the darkness and density of the forest—sometimes getting lost, sometimes having an a-ha moment that rekindles our eagerness to continue. For those who choose this path, one thing is certain: on the journey, everything becomes our teacher. A teacher is the teaching itself, as well as the one who is being taught. Every light and every shadow nudges us toward peeling off unnecessary layers, becoming more of a dense and pulsating core, more and more clear, pure, and eventually almost transparent—until the very boundaries of the individual self cease to exist. Eventually, we arrive back at the present moment, back to where we already are.
The myth of my life had been listening to the outside, while the only true knower was always within. And when I finally merged with this knower—in complete peace, after my ego had been thoroughly tortured into surrender—I found my answer. Not in words, but in experience: Is there really something beyond?
For years, I had intuitively explored metaphysics and energy practices. Yet, I never saw spirits, read minds, or had dreams that predicted reality. During one of the discourses, Goenka’s voice guided meditating yogis:
"We don’t imagine anything. We work with reality as it is. Only real physical sensations. No imagination. No illusions."
That was the moment I internally decided to stop chasing magical superpowers, striving for extrasensory skills, or forcing the unseen to be seen. I resolved to stop sharing teachings received over the years that, though they made sense and worked in practice, weren’t yet fully embodied within me. From now on, I would only share truth—truth that arises from direct inner knowing.
The moment I made this firm decision, a wave of energy rushed through me, animating my entire bodily structure. I didn’t find myself levitating or anything like that, but I knew. The wisdom was born—just for me, uniquely mine. And that was enough to understand: the door opens the moment I stop pulling on the handle. When I finally allow myself not to know, anything can happen.
"The warrior’s power is in the unknown." Now I understand.
Paradoxically, we receive what we most desperately seek the moment we truly let go of our attachment to it. And yet—how can words ever convey something as sacred as this?
I now understand the power of liminal space, of silent witnessing, of offering guidance through openness rather than direct instruction. Ram Dass, in Be Here Now, described how his teacher never taught through words but simply showed him messages on a small chalkboard, allowing understanding to arise from within.
"What we know is a drop. What we don’t know is an ocean."
I now deeply embody the role we, as transpersonal coaches, are meant to fulfill: holding space in the evolution of consciousness—not by forcing insights but by standing in that perfect balance. Living and breathing at the Zero Point, the Joker Point. Allowing consciousness to meet itself.
The paradox of being, isn’t it?
06/02/2025 9:28 am
Inna, your post resonates with me on many levels. Thank you 
There’s an intuitive truth in your ‘paradox of being’ analogy. Indeed, when being present entails showing up authentically in all situations, we’re able to be an attuned and embodied presence – able to be in tricky situations as they are, and in the world as it is, without defensiveness. In transpersonal coaching we apply somatic open awareness to achieve this quality of being, presence and attuned embodiment. This being (Zero Point) is the liminal space that we hold in transpersonal coaching – a space of pure potential – of becoming – of emergence – where creativity and fresh perspectives arise. For this reason we place emphasis on having a practice that enables us to access and embody open awareness. There’s a fine line between engaging in embodiment practices in everyday life because they allow us to remain authentic, and striving to “be fully present in the now”, as you wrote. In your experience, what’s the difference between having an embodiment practice and striving?
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06/02/2025 8:18 am
Two simultaneous courses in Transpersonal Psychology have aligned perfectly with my experience during the Vipassana course I recently took, making the metaphysical physical. It became an embodied experience—a mystical encounter where I learned perhaps one of the most important truths: wisdom itself. One of the laws of nature, so paradoxical that it is truly cosmic humor.
In striving to be fully present in the now, we first venture into the woods, poorly equipped. We push through the darkness and density of the forest—sometimes getting lost, sometimes having an a-ha moment that rekindles our eagerness to continue. For those who choose this path, one thing is certain: on the journey, everything becomes our teacher. A teacher is the teaching itself, as well as the one who is being taught. Every light and every shadow nudges us toward peeling off unnecessary layers, becoming more of a dense and pulsating core, more and more clear, pure, and eventually almost transparent—until the very boundaries of the individual self cease to exist. Eventually, we arrive back at the present moment, back to where we already are.
The myth of my life had been listening to the outside, while the only true knower was always within. And when I finally merged with this knower—in complete peace, after my ego had been thoroughly tortured into surrender—I found my answer. Not in words, but in experience: Is there really something beyond?
For years, I had intuitively explored metaphysics and energy practices. Yet, I never saw spirits, read minds, or had dreams that predicted reality. During one of the discourses, Goenka’s voice guided meditating yogis:
"We don’t imagine anything. We work with reality as it is. Only real physical sensations. No imagination. No illusions."
That was the moment I internally decided to stop chasing magical superpowers, striving for extrasensory skills, or forcing the unseen to be seen. I resolved to stop sharing teachings received over the years that, though they made sense and worked in practice, weren’t yet fully embodied within me. From now on, I would only share truth—truth that arises from direct inner knowing.
The moment I made this firm decision, a wave of energy rushed through me, animating my entire bodily structure. I didn’t find myself levitating or anything like that, but I knew. The wisdom was born—just for me, uniquely mine. And that was enough to understand: the door opens the moment I stop pulling on the handle. When I finally allow myself not to know, anything can happen.
"The warrior’s power is in the unknown." Now I understand.
Paradoxically, we receive what we most desperately seek the moment we truly let go of our attachment to it. And yet—how can words ever convey something as sacred as this?
I now understand the power of liminal space, of silent witnessing, of offering guidance through openness rather than direct instruction. Ram Dass, in Be Here Now, described how his teacher never taught through words but simply showed him messages on a small chalkboard, allowing understanding to arise from within.
"What we know is a drop. What we don’t know is an ocean."
I now deeply embody the role we, as transpersonal coaches, are meant to fulfill: holding space in the evolution of consciousness—not by forcing insights but by standing in that perfect balance. Living and breathing at the Zero Point, the Joker Point. Allowing consciousness to meet itself.
The paradox of being, isn’t it?
06/02/2025 9:28 am
Inna, your post resonates with me on many levels. Thank you
There’s an intuitive truth in your ‘paradox of being’ analogy. Indeed, when being present entails showing up authentically in all situations, we’re able to be an attuned and embodied presence – able to be in tricky situations as they are, and in the world as it is, without defensiveness. In transpersonal coaching we apply somatic open awareness to achieve this quality of being, presence and attuned embodiment. This being (Zero Point) is the liminal space that we hold in transpersonal coaching – a space of pure potential – of becoming – of emergence – where creativity and fresh perspectives arise. For this reason we place emphasis on having a practice that enables us to access and embody open awareness. There’s a fine line between engaging in embodiment practices in everyday life because they allow us to remain authentic, and striving to “be fully present in the now”, as you wrote. In your experience, what’s the difference between having an embodiment practice and striving?
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