Private Sessions

About Private Sessions or Dokusans

Private Sessions are my favorite way to work with folks. There is a relationship established in the sessions that can enable a person to really open up, to come out of hiding.

I meet all kinds of people. Some folks are looking for a way out of suffering; some have awakened deeply to their true nature. Many people that come to me have had no experience in satsang, and I almost find myself relieved when I meet these people. In satsang it is very easy to hide, even when we are sharing ourselves with a group. Because in satsang there is usually a teaching present, and if people think they know even a little about what is being offered in satsang, there can be a subtle removal, a hiding. The mind thinks, “Oh, I know this already”, and the body shuts down. The mind might even then try to “create” an experience around the teaching it is hearing, trying to “fit in”. Or the mind might think alot of other things about the teaching, thereby keeping the real issues that are just under the radar of our awareness, trapped in the unconscious.

It’s not “us” that is hiding; it’s the subtle interpretations of life. And most of the time, like 99.99% of the time, we are not even aware of the hidings.

When I work one on one with people, I like to listen. Of course I talk too, but it’s more like a conversation between close friends. In satsang everyone likes to listen to me, and that’s fine, because the transmission that is in the words feels can feel real good (or not). But in the private sessions, you get to talk. And you can talk about whatever, and you don’t have to worry about being too this or that in front of a group. You get to really be yourself, and say whatever it is that is on your mind, or in your heart or body. And it is in this listening to you that my little illusion radar goes into play, and it tunes into these subtle places that are just beneath the surface of your awareness; this is what Dokusan does. It provides a safe place for all those secrets to come out, and be seen by the Love that created the flowers and the birds; A safe place where everything is laid bare, and nothing is wrong. And these little hidings know it is a safe place, because they are all coming out to return back to the source, back to the heart that is you. And the heart that is you has enough capacity for ANYTHING, and when you start to receive these subtle hidings as this enormous heart, then you know what you are.

I don’t think of private work as a therapy, or a place to process emotions or whatever. It’s really just an opportunity for you to really show up, and the entire universe responds to your showing up, in the form of a river of grace, flowing straight into you.