Already Free: Meeting Life Through the Heart of Mahamudra and Dzogchen
Session Two - The Natural Warmth of Awareness
David Oromith · 80 minutes · recorded July 21, 2026
In two guided practices we rest in awareness of awareness and then let warmth in on the in breath, without it feeling manufactured. Between them David reads Tsoknyi Rinpoche on essence love, and Jetsunma Tenzin Palmo on our being something jewel-like rather than worthless. Gold covered in dirt is plunged into the water of awareness rather than scrubbed, and the frightened, contracted part of us is warmed like ice rather than broken with a hammer. It closes on a question about bliss, and a dedication.
Anxiety and fear Buddha nature Relaxation Self-criticism and shame The nature of mind Awareness of awareness Compassion (karuna) Dzogchen Open presence