Living from the Still Point:  Taking the Seat of the Witness
Jonathan Foust29 Loka 2025

Living from the Still Point: Taking the Seat of the Witness

This talk explores the power and peace found at the still point—the place of awareness untouched by the waves of thought and emotion. When we take the seat of the witness, we discover a dimension of consciousness that is both intimate and vast, both deeply embodied and profoundly free. Drawing on the Buddha's teachings on mindfulness and insight, this talk illuminates how awareness itself can become the refuge, how turning toward what arises with stillness and curiosity reveals the freedom that has always been here.

You'll learn how to recognize and rest in the witnessing presence that observes all experience without judgment or grasping. Through stories, reflection, and guided inquiry, you'll explore how to move from reactivity to stillness, from self-identification to awareness itself. You'll discover that when you bring compassionate attention to the body, mind, and heart, the turbulence of experience becomes the very path to awakening—the dance around the still point.

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Beyond the Witness:  From Watching to Being

Beyond the Witness: From Watching to Being

This talk explores the power of self-observation and what lies beyond the sense of self. You'll learn how the witness can free you from the tyranny of the mind and your reactivity as well as what can ...

30 Maalis 202545min

How to Awaken the Witness: From Identification to Observation

How to Awaken the Witness: From Identification to Observation

This talk explores the liberating factor of self-observation. You'll learn about how you can cultivate the optimal environment to develop the witness, the near-enemy of the practice and what it mean...

21 Maalis 202547min

Meditation, Psychedelics and the Allure of Spiritual Awakening

Meditation, Psychedelics and the Allure of Spiritual Awakening

This talk explores the theme of 'ancient future technologies,' in particular the role of psychedelic-assisted therapy and meditation. You'll learn about research currently being done, a bit on the his...

11 Maalis 202543min

Practice Questions with Tara and Jonathan, Part 1 [archive]

Practice Questions with Tara and Jonathan, Part 1 [archive]

Given these wild times, it's more important than ever to find ways to keep your practice rich and engaged. Tara Brach adn Jonathan Foust take on a number of real-time questions on practice in challeng...

7 Maalis 202558min

Your Obstacles Are the Path: Finding Grace in Difficulty

Your Obstacles Are the Path: Finding Grace in Difficulty

This talk explores the possibility of 'problems' as profound opportunities for growth and expansion. You'll learn the importance of equanimity, cultivating convergent and divergent thinking and deep...

27 Helmi 202542min

Do Unto Others: Mindfulness and the Golden Rule

Do Unto Others: Mindfulness and the Golden Rule

This talk explores how to apply the Golden Rule in the context of mindfulness practice. You'll learn how this timeless guidance ties into the practice of compassion (Karuna), interconnectedness (Dep...

11 Helmi 202535min

Seeing Clearly Into the Nature of Reality:  Retreat Talk

Seeing Clearly Into the Nature of Reality: Retreat Talk

This talk, from an IMCW Spring retreat, explores what happens when you deeply relax and pay attention to your moment-to-moment experience. You'll learn about the process of settling attention in the...

4 Helmi 20251h

The Illusion of Self:  How Mindfulness Reveals True Freedom

The Illusion of Self: How Mindfulness Reveals True Freedom

This talk explores how the most simple mindfulness practices point to liberation. You'll learn about the destination of cultivating present-moment awareness, understanding the nature of impermanence...

29 Tammi 202538min

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