Last night was a whopper of a satsang. David began the evening by laying out the non-dual nature of reality in Advaitic terms. He used a beautiful metaphor, likening the mind to a small plot of land enclosed by a fence. When one (seemingly individuated consciousness) approaches the fence and looks to see what is beyond it, one can see the vastness of Being itself, spreading in all directions.

Last night's satsang with David was marvelous; always one is immediately marinated in Luminescent Presence, and then drawn inward to consider: "Whenceforth ariseth this blissful nectar-fire?"

--Which regularly manifests with ease in his presence when one is sufficiently open to attune to it, or even when one is downright obstinate, but at heart yearning to grow.

Two things that David has mentioned in recent satsangs have been of ongoing use as potent dhyanams, or focal points of meditation for me. The first is:

"A yogi's mind should be like a steady candle flame in a quiet room."