Meredith Hooke

12/03/2025

Contemplation Questions for after the talk🙏
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What does the ‘me’ feel like in the body right now? Is it solid… or does it shift when I look at it?
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Can I sense even for a brief moment that experience is simply happening - without a center? What does that feel like?
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Where in my life am I taking things very personally right now? What changes when I look for the one that feels it's personal?

In this Dharma talk, we explore how emptiness moves from philosophy into lived experience. Through mindfulness, self-inquiry, and...

11/19/2025

Contemplation Questions for after the talk 🙏

When I’m searching for awakening, what exactly am I hoping to find in the future that I don’t believe is here right now?

How often do I overlook what is already here because I’m imagining a deeper, better, or more meaningful version of this moment?

What would it be like to approach each moment as if nothing is missing,�and nothing needs to be added for awakening to be known?

Most of us search for awakening as if it's somewhere else - some future moment, deeper state, or in some perfected version of our...

11/18/2025

This was sent to me this morning - it was too good not to post! 🤣🤣🤣

11/12/2025

Contemplation Questions:🙏

Without the thought “this shouldn’t be happening to me,” what remains? Feel into what’s left when the story drops - not as an idea, but as a direct experience.

When anger, sadness, or fear arise, who do they belong to? Look carefully - is there an owner behind the feeling, or only feeling itself unfolding?

If life isn’t happening to you or for you, can you rest in the mystery of it simply happening? Just this breath. Just this moment. Nothing missing.

Most of our dissatisfaction comes from one mistaken assumption — that there’s a solid me at the center of experience, the one eve...

11/07/2025

🙏Don’t Get Lost in the Map | The Map Is Not Reality 🙏

Contemplation Questions:

Can you sense the difference between the idea of peace and the felt experience of peace in this moment?
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How do you recognize when a teaching has become another concept instead of a doorway?
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What happens when you pause your spiritual striving and simply rest in what’s here?

We can spend years studying the spiritual map—reading books, listening to talks, learning the language of awakening—yet never set...

11/07/2025

🥰The Trap of Becoming🥰 Learning to Accept the Imperfect You🥰

Contemplation Questions:

When do I notice the sense that I “should be further along”? What happens when I meet that thought with kindness instead of striving?
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What part of me most longs to be accepted? What would acceptance of that part look like today?
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What if my imperfections are not obstacles to awakening, but doorways?

In this Dharma talk, we explore how the subtle drive to become a “better” version of ourselves keeps peace and happiness just ou...

10/30/2025

🌷Why Worrying Feels Like Safety (But Isn’t)🌷

Contemplation questions:

When you feel anxious or uncertain and turn to thinking for safety - do you ever find an actual sense of being safe in your thoughts? What does it really look like?
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In what ways does needless worry create a sense of separation and isolation?
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How might your life change if, instead of trying to think your way to safety, you had faith in one mindful breath at a time?

We often mistake worrying for safety - as though our constant thinking, rehashing plans, trying to control how everyone sees us i...

10/29/2025

🌺Limited classes this season 🌺(although we will be doing another series starting January 1st). First class is this Sunday, November 2nd. Please email me (meredith.hooke@gmail.com) if you need directions to my home.

10/16/2025

You Are Not the Doer | Freedom from the Illusion of Control 🙏🙏🙏

​Contemplation Questions:

When you notice tension while doing something ordinary — washing dishes, replying to emails, driving — can you pause and ask, “Who is doing this?”​
What happens when you look and find only the doing itself?
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When you feel pressure to do something “better” or “faster,” what is it that you believe you’ll gain? Has that ever really brought lasting peace?
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What if nothing needed to be gained from this moment — not efficiency, not praise, not progress? How would this moment feel then?

In this Dharma talk, we explore one of the ego’s most persistent illusions — the belief that I am the personal doer. From washing...

10/08/2025

Peace Is Here Now | Not in Your Thoughts 🙏

We say we want peace, contentment, and ease—but we keep prioritizing the thought-created me instead of presence. In this talk we ...

09/15/2025

09/14/2025

Today at 12 pm PDT 🙏

Dear Friends, please join us for a 25-minute guided meditation, dharma talk and any questions you might have about your spiritual practice: meditation, wisdom teachings, compassion, awakening, ego, difficult people, difficult relationships, boundaries... These sessions are intended to help you where...