Date:10/19/2024 10/20/2024
Location: Star Ocean Meditation Center
Teacher: Sara
Sitting Meditation
The Wisdom of Insight: Penetrating Illusion
Insight is not conceptual analysis, but direct seeing. It prevents confusion by revealing the true structure of experience.
1. Stability as Prerequisite
Without stability, insight becomes thinking.
Concentration supports insight.
Unstable insight leads to distortion.
2. Awareness as Method
No reasoning or judging.
Only direct seeing.
Insight is experiential.
3. Change as Entry Point
Sensations arise and pass.
Thoughts come and go.
Impermanence loosens grasping.
4. Non-Self as Core
Thoughts are not self.
Feelings are not self.
The sense of “I” weakens.
5. Understanding Suffering as Transformation
See dissatisfaction clearly.
No avoidance or embellishment.
Wisdom emerges here.
6. Non-Grasping as Protection
Do not cling to insights.
Even seeing is not owned.
Otherwise insight hardens.
7. Clarity as Balance
Insight is not cold detachment.
Clarity includes equanimity.
Wisdom remains gentle.
8. Letting Go as Completion
Insight leads to release.
Not accumulation of views.
Freedom is its direction.
Summary
Insight dissolves illusion through clear seeing. Understanding itself releases grasping.
