<script data-pm-proxy="intercept"></script><?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0" xmlns:itunes="http://www.itunes.com/dtds/podcast-1.0.dtd" xmlns:googleplay="http://www.google.com/schemas/play-podcasts/1.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[Tew]]></title><description><![CDATA[Worked with the dying and their families for many years. These journals are my personal journey. He trabajado con los moribundos y sus familias durante muchos años. 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Grecia 2026</figcaption></figure></div><p>Fui consciente de mi contradicci&#243;n personal desde el comienzo de mi trayectoria. A diferencia de mis dos maestros espirituales &#8212;Trungpa Rimpoch&#233; y Dhiravamsa, el primero nacido para desempe&#241;ar su papel y el segundo llegado a &#233;l tras a&#241;os de experiencia y formaci&#243;n&#8212;, a m&#237; se me invit&#243;, por as&#237; decirlo, a probar suerte en ello. Podr&#237;a haberme negado, por supuesto, cuando Dhiravamsa me pidi&#243; que le ayudara; pero no lo hice, pues parec&#237;a algo destinado a suceder. &#201;l me brind&#243; una formaci&#243;n exhaustiva. No obstante, la tarea no me resultaba nada c&#243;moda. Incluso hoy en d&#237;a, cuando me encuentro sentado en una silla o en un coj&#237;n frente a un grupo de personas y estoy a punto de abrir la boca para empezar a hablar, a menudo experimento la extra&#241;a sensaci&#243;n de estar viviendo un sue&#241;o l&#250;cido, mientras en mi coraz&#243;n surge la pregunta: &#171;&#191;Qu&#233; haces aqu&#237;? &#191;Qu&#233; derecho tienes a ense&#241;ar nada a nadie?&#187;. Supongo que esto se debe, en parte, a una desconfianza an&#225;rquica y profundamente arraigada hacia toda autoridad, algo que he sentido desde mis a&#241;os de escuela.</p><p>Tras los primeros a&#241;os lidiando con la incertidumbre y la duda, y probando constantemente diferentes enfoques, logr&#233; dar con una forma de trabajar que me permit&#237;a trascender el papel de maestro en el sentido convencional &#8212;alguien que transmite conocimientos&#8212; y simplemente ser yo mismo. En este sentido, la noci&#243;n budista de *<strong>Kalyana Mitr*</strong> me ha servido de gu&#237;a &#250;til para relacionarme con otras personas que buscan llevar una vida espiritual. </p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!cIK2!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ff580c6a6-f718-4ee7-a56f-7be4a311f419_1092x763.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!cIK2!, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/w_424, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ff580c6a6-f718-4ee7-a56f-7be4a311f419_1092x763.jpeg 424w, 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12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p>*<strong>Kalyana Mitr</strong>* significa, sencillamente, &#171;buen compa&#241;ero&#187;: alguien que camina junto a otro &#8212;no guiando, sino acompa&#241;ando&#8212; y que, en lugar de ejercer poder o autoridad sobre los dem&#225;s, ofrece su apoyo. He intentado ser un buen compa&#241;ero para quienes practican conmigo, record&#225;ndome constantemente ciertos aspectos fundamentales.</p><p>En primer lugar, no identificarme con el rol de maestro &#8212;de quien se espera que tenga todas las respuestas&#8212;, sino mantener lo que el difunto maestro zen Shunryu Suzuki llamaba la &#171;mente de principiante&#187;: esa curiosidad que surge no de saber o de aparentar saber, sino de permanecer abierto al aprendizaje.</p><p>En segundo lugar, tratar de ser coherente &#8212;lo que b&#225;sicamente significa estar alineado en cuerpo, coraz&#243;n y mente, as&#237; como en pensamiento, palabra y acci&#243;n&#8212; y ser la misma persona tanto frente al grupo como en el comedor, sin insistir en recibir un trato especial: es decir, hacer cola como los dem&#225;s, recoger tu habitaci&#243;n antes de irte y ocuparte de las tareas cotidianas. Tambi&#233;n implica hablar con franqueza sobre lo que est&#225;s viviendo, en lugar de actuar como si estuvieras por encima de los conflictos y el caos habituales que todos atraviesan.</p><p>En tercer lugar, esquivar con la mayor destreza posible las proyecciones que se dirigen hacia ti, sin apropiarte de los elogios ni de las aclamaciones. El taich&#237; me ha ayudado enormemente en este aspecto: ceder y responder sin resistencia.</p><p>Otra cosa que me ha ayudado a lo largo de los a&#241;os son los votos de <strong>Bodhisattva</strong> que hice al principio de mi formaci&#243;n; no fui consciente de su importancia hasta que finalmente comprend&#237; que me proporcionaban el sentido de prop&#243;sito que buscaba en mi trabajo. Aunque la noci&#243;n de Bodhisattva (guerrero espiritual) est&#225; presente en todas las escuelas del budismo y es fundamental en la v&#237;a del Mahayana, he llegado a considerarla, en t&#233;rminos seculares, como el arquetipo m&#225;s relevante y necesario para los tiempos que vivimos. He aqu&#237; una definici&#243;n sencilla de Bodhisattva que encontr&#233;:</p><p><em>Un individuo que afronta el sufrimiento del mundo con compasi&#243;n radical, no agresi&#243;n, y con valent&#237;a interior, en lugar de con violencia.</em></p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!SCGt!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Faac6f2dd-4ace-46f5-b62d-5c8b63d4b517_1616x2042.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!SCGt!, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/w_424, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/q_auto:good, 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6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p>Las diez cualidades del <strong>Bodhisattva </strong>son cualidades humanas perfectamente normales que todos conocemos: <em>generosidad, integridad, sacrificio, inteligencia, vitalidad, paciencia, honestidad, compromiso, amor benevolente y valent&#237;a.</em> El desaf&#237;o reside en vivirlas cada d&#237;a en nuestra interacci&#243;n con los dem&#225;s y con el mundo; aqu&#237; es donde la cuesti&#243;n se vuelve interesante, no solo como una herramienta para reconocer nuestras propias carencias y debilidades, sino tambi&#233;n como una gu&#237;a para nuestra evoluci&#243;n y crecimiento personal. La pr&#225;ctica en s&#237; misma implica rememorar cada una de estas cualidades y vincularlas con esa compasi&#243;n radical que constituye la fuente de la que emanan. Al hacerlo, se nos recuerda continuamente cu&#225;nto trabajo queda por hacer simplemente para ser un ser humano decente, sin dejar espacio para la arrogancia y la certeza que a veces caracterizan a quien posee una identidad espiritual.</p><p>Esta pr&#225;ctica no solo me ha aportado sentido de direcci&#243;n y prop&#243;sito, sino que tambi&#233;n ha transformado mi relaci&#243;n con los dem&#225;s a lo largo de los a&#241;os. En mi juventud, sol&#237;a ser extremadamente cr&#237;tico con todo y con todos. Esta estrategia de autodefensa no solo no funcion&#243; realmente, sino que me atrap&#243; en una perspectiva negativa que alimentaba mi constante decepci&#243;n ante el comportamiento de la gente y el estado lamentable del mundo. Hoy en d&#237;a, nos veo a todos como reflejos los unos de los otros: vulnerables y falibles, pero con el potencial de descubrir algo m&#225;s noble en nuestro interior. Tambi&#233;n recuerdo constantemente el principio fundamental que defendieron Nelson Mandela y el obispo Desmond Tutu: el *<strong>Ubuntu</strong>*, una antigua filosof&#237;a sudafricana que significa &#171;yo soy porque nosotros somos&#187; y que habla de nuestra interconexi&#243;n, compasi&#243;n y humanidad compartida.En cuanto a las cosas terribles que suceden en el mundo, me encontr&#233; con esto:</p><p><em>Un bodhisattva ama al mundo precisamente porque est&#225; roto, transformando la tarea imposible de arreglarlo en un camino de compasi&#243;n incondicional.</em></p><p>Por &#250;ltimo, en el cap&#237;tulo anterior ya mencion&#233; lo que una sabia mujer nonagenaria, la Dra. Winnifred Rushforth, me transmiti&#243; al inicio de mi carrera:</p><p><em>Recibir, sostener, transmitir.</em></p><p>Esta sencilla y profunda ense&#241;anza sigue gui&#225;ndome, sosteni&#233;ndome y motiv&#225;ndome.</p><p>Este ser&#225; el &#250;ltimo cap&#237;tulo de esta serie. La siguiente comenzar&#225; en oto&#241;o. Les recuerdo que, por favor, te suscribas a la modalidad de pago si a&#250;n no lo has hecho. Gracias.</p><div class="image-gallery-embed" 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of a reluctant spiritual teacher VI]]></title><description><![CDATA[Still trying to be a good companion and a spiritual warrior.]]></description><link>https://tewbunnag.substack.com/p/adventures-of-a-reluctant-spiritual-9b6</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://tewbunnag.substack.com/p/adventures-of-a-reluctant-spiritual-9b6</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Tew]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 30 Aug 2026 09:54:32 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!OibC!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F26244ea9-6fc0-4d27-8293-4aeaa8a3f1d0_960x1280.jpeg" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" 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Unlike my two spiritual teachers, Trungpa Rinpoche and Dhiravamsa, the former born into his role and the latter coming to it through years of experience and training, I was invited to try my hand at it, as it were. I could, of course have refused when Dhiravamsa asked me to help him. But I didn&#8217;t, as it seemed to be something meant to happen. He gave me a thorough training. Nevertheless, I was not at all comfortable with the task. Even nowadays when I find myself on a chair or a cushion in front of a group of people and I am about to open my mouth and start talking, I often feel this strange sensation of being in a waking dream, with the question arising in my heart: what are you doing here? What gives you the right to be teaching anything to anyone? This, I guess, comes partly from a deeply embedded anarchic distrust of all authority that I have had since my schooldays.</p><p>After the initial years of struggling with uncertainty and doubt and constantly trying different approaches I was gradually able to cut through to a way of working that allowed me to bypass the role of teacher in the accepted sense &#8211; someone who hands down knowledge - and just be myself. In this respect, the Buddhist notion of &#8216;<strong>Kalyana Mitr&#8217; </strong>has been a useful guideline for me as a way of being among others who are trying to live a spiritual life and connecting to them. </p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!9qSn!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fd017b198-2be4-4175-97b9-797944c84a0e_1092x763.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!9qSn!, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/w_424, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/q_auto:good, 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/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!9qSn!, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/w_1456, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/f_auto, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fd017b198-2be4-4175-97b9-797944c84a0e_1092x763.jpeg 1456w" sizes="100vw"></picture><div class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image"><svg aria-hidden="true" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><g><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p><strong>Kalyana Mitr</strong> means simply a good companion, someone who walks alongside another, not leading but accompanying, not having power or authority over anyone else but offering support. I have tried to be a good companion to those who practise with me by constantly reminding myself of certain basic things.</p><p>Firstly, not to identify with the role of teacher &#8211; someone expected to have the answers - but to keep what the late Zen Buddhist teacher Shunryu Suzuki called &#8216;Beginner&#8217;s Mind&#8217;, the curiosity that comes from not knowing or pretending to know, but staying open to learning.</p><p>Secondly, to try to be coherent, which means basically being aligned in body, heart and mind, thought, speech and action, and to be the same person when you are in front of the group as in the dining room and not insist on being treated in any special way: i.e. get in the queue like everyone else, clean up your room before leaving, do the mundane tasks. It also means to be straightforward in sharing what you are going through in your life rather than acting as if you are above all the usual mess and conflicts that everyone goes through.</p><p>Thirdly, to sidestep the projections that are directed towards you as skilfully as possible, and not take on the praise or the acclaim. The Tai Chi has helped me greatly in this respect; yielding and responding without resistance.</p><p>Another thing that has helped me over the years has been the <strong>Bodhisattva </strong>vows that I took early on in my training, unaware of its importance until I finally realized that they provided me with the sense of purpose that I was looking for in my work. Even though the notion of the Bodhisattva (spiritual warrior) is found in all the schools of Buddhism and is central to the Mahayana path, I have come to consider it in secular terms as the archetype most relevant and needed in the times we live in. Here is a simple definition of a Bodhisattva that I came across:</p><p><em>an individual who confronts the suffering of the world with radical compassion, non-aggression, and inner courage rather than violence<span>.</span></em></p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!9K6X!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fb652917d-1bbe-49e3-b5e5-0ca2aafcbe91_1616x2042.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!9K6X!, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/w_424, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/q_auto:good, 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/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!9K6X!, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/w_1456, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/f_auto, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fb652917d-1bbe-49e3-b5e5-0ca2aafcbe91_1616x2042.jpeg 1456w" sizes="100vw" loading="lazy"></picture><div class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image"><svg aria-hidden="true" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><g><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 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Intelligence, Vitality, Patience, Honesty, Commitment, Loving kindness, Courage.</em> The challenge is to live them in our interaction with others and with the world, and this is where it becomes interesting, not only as a tool for recognising where our failings and weaknesses are, but also as a guideline for our own evolution and growth. The practice itself involves recalling each of the qualities and relating them back to the that radical compassion that is the source from which they flow. By doing this we are constantly reminded of how much more work is needed just to be a decent human being, with no room for the arrogance and certainty that sometimes marks a person who thinks he/she has found a spiritual identity.</p><p>This practice has not only given me the sense of direction and purpose but changed my relationship to other people over the years. As a young man I was hyper-critical of everyone and everything. This self-defence strategy not only didn&#8217;t really work, but trapped me in a negative slant that supported my constant disappointment regarding people&#8217;s behaviour and the shitty state of the world. Nowadays I see us all as reflections of one another, vulnerable and fallible but with the potential to discover something finer within each of us. I am also constantly reminded of the core principle upheld by Nelson Mandela and Bishop Desmond Tutu : namely, <strong>Ubuntu</strong>, an old South African philosophy meaning &#8216;"I am because we are."which speaks of our <span>interconnectedness, compassion, and shared humanity.                                                    </span>As for the awful things that continue to happen in the world, I came across this:</p><p><em><span>A bodhisattva loves the world precisely because it is broken, transforming the impossible task of fixing it into a path of unconditional compassion.</span></em></p><p>Finally, in the previous chapter I already mentioned what a wise lady in her 90&#8217;s called Dr. Winnifred Rushforth transmitted to me early on in my career:</p><p><em>Receive, Hold, Pass it on</em></p><p>This simple, deep teaching continues to guide, sustain and motivate me.</p><p>This will be the last chapter in this series. My next one will begin in the Autumn. May I remind you to please make yourself a paid subscriber if you have not already done so. Thank you.</p><div class="image-gallery-embed" 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a mis Lectores/A letter to my readers]]></title><description><![CDATA[Con un poco de ayuda de mis amigos/ with a little help from my friends]]></description><link>https://tewbunnag.substack.com/p/carta-a-mis-lectoresa-letter-to-my</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://tewbunnag.substack.com/p/carta-a-mis-lectoresa-letter-to-my</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Tew]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 24 Aug 2026 13:47:21 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!wBAS!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F632d2b16-c4c0-41d5-ac29-ba84684e0826_1624x1218.jpeg" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p></p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" 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En primer lugar, gracias por leer mis series en Substack. Espero que est&#225;s disfrutando el &#250;ltimo art&#237;culo. Agradezco los comentarios de aquellos que me han escrito al respecto. Ya han pasado m&#225;s de dos a&#241;os desde que empec&#233; a utilizar esta plataforma y me alegra mucho ver que mis escritos han logrado reunir a un n&#250;mero considerable de lectores.</p><p>Como mencion&#233; en una de la serie, he decidido tomarme un periodo sab&#225;tico tras 51 a&#241;os de trayectoria profesional. Este descanso comenz&#243; a mediados de junio de este a&#241;o, 2026. Te escribo para pedir a quienes deseen apoyarme durante este tiempo que, si a&#250;n no lo has hecho, te conviertas en suscriptor de pago. El coste m&#237;nimo equivale, creo, al precio de dos cortados (en Espa&#241;a) al mes. Tu ayuda ser&#225; de gran valor. As&#237; pues, gracias de antemano por tu apoyo.</p><p><strong>Letter to my readers</strong></p><p>Hi everyone. First of all, thank you for reading my Substack series. I hope you are enjoying the latest. I appreciate the feedback from those of you who have written to me about them. It&#8217;s now over 2 years since I started using this platform and I am really happy that my writings have found a sizable readership.</p><p>As I said in one of the recent series, I have decided to take a sabbatical leave after 51 years of doing what I have been doing. This began in mid-June of this year 2026. I am writing to ask any of you who would like to support me in my break to simply make yourselves paid subscribers if you are not already one. The minimum, I believe is the price of 2 cortados ( in Spain) a month. This will be of great help. So, thank you for your support.</p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Las aventuras de un maestro espiritual reticente V]]></title><description><![CDATA[Crisis y revelaci&#243;n]]></description><link>https://tewbunnag.substack.com/p/las-aventuras-de-un-maestro-espiritual-ed0</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://tewbunnag.substack.com/p/las-aventuras-de-un-maestro-espiritual-ed0</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Tew]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 14 Aug 2026 10:54:46 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!K-RT!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fb58d2e79-24aa-48f0-b813-505509afac55_576x324.jpeg" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p></p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" 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Al mirar atr&#225;s con la perspectiva que da el tiempo, veo que fue inevitable. Ahora puedo percibir todos los factores que contribuyeron a ello. Utilizo la palabra &#171;crisis&#187; con cautela, pues no quiero exagerar lo sucedido; podr&#237;a describir aquella etapa de mi vida simplemente como una &#233;poca de gran agitaci&#243;n. Sin embargo, fue algo m&#225;s que un momento marcado por dudas sobre uno mismo o confusi&#243;n emocional. Desde entonces, he acompa&#241;ado a muchas personas en sus propias crisis &#8212;causadas por duelo, separaci&#243;n, agotamiento, fracaso, s&#237;ndrome de estr&#233;s postraum&#225;tico, etc&#233;tera&#8212;, cada una de ellas &#250;nica. No obstante, tambi&#233;n compart&#237;an rasgos comunes; el principal era esa sensaci&#243;n de fragmentaci&#243;n que hace imposible seguir adelante con la vida de siempre. La locura, si quieres. Quien haya pasado por esto lo entender&#225;.</p><p>Har&#237;a falta un volumen entero para detallar lo que ocurri&#243; durante mi colapso; tal vez alg&#250;n d&#237;a encuentre la energ&#237;a y la motivaci&#243;n para hacerlo. Pero, por ahora, me limitar&#233; a la relevancia que aquello tuvo en mi evoluci&#243;n como maestro. Implic&#243; dejar de querer sentarme ante la gente a recitar las mismas f&#243;rmulas, a cumplir con las expectativas, a brindar apoyo, a solucionar los problemas ajenos y a intentar ser alguien que no era. Tambi&#233;n surgieron graves problemas personales en mi matrimonio, estrechamente vinculados al hecho de que ahora pasaba mucho tiempo expuesto a la opini&#243;n p&#250;blica: ya no era solo un esposo y un padre, sino alguien que se compart&#237;a con los dem&#225;s.</p><p>&#171;...<em>Todos ven que est&#225;s hecho pedazos. Todos oyen soplar el viento</em>&#187;. Este verso de la canci&#243;n *Graceland*, de Paul Simon, lo resume a la perfecci&#243;n.</p><p>Durante unos meses, me alej&#233; de todo.</p><p>En el verano de 1980, Dhiravamsa &#8212;que por aquel entonces viv&#237;a en California y contaba con un gran n&#250;mero de seguidores en Berkeley&#8212; me envi&#243; una carta y un billete de avi&#243;n para que fuera a ayudarle en un retiro de un mes que estaba a punto de impartir. Creo que se hab&#237;a enterado de mi situaci&#243;n. En cualquier caso, su tono era insistente y, adem&#225;s, estaba el billete. En el estado en que me encontraba, viajar a California no me resultaba nada tentador. De hecho, cuando recib&#237; la carta &#8212;que me hab&#237;an reenviado desde Chapter House&#8212;, me hallaba escondido en la granja de un  amigo en el centro de Francia. Sin embargo, tras todo lo que Dhiravamsa hab&#237;a hecho por m&#237;, sent&#237; que no pod&#237;a fallarle.</p><p>Har&#237;a falta otro volumen para describir mi primer viaje a Estados Unidos y la experiencia de estar en aquel vasto pa&#237;s, totalmente nuevo y, a la vez, familiar en tantos aspectos gracias al cine y la m&#250;sica que hab&#237;an marcado mi juventud. Tras pasar tres d&#237;as en el &#193;rea de la Bah&#237;a de San Francisco, me encontraba en Gualala, en el norte de California, junto a un numeroso grupo de personas a las que no hab&#237;a visto nunca antes. Dhiravamsa me dijo que la mayor&#237;a de ellos estaba familiarizada con el yoga, el tai chi, el chi kung y otras formas de trabajo corporal y terapias, pero que necesitaban lo que yo hab&#237;a estado haciendo en Chapter House. Durante las conversaciones que mantuvimos a lo largo de los d&#237;as que pasamos juntos en su casa de Berkeley &#8212;al ver lo desencantado que estaba yo con la ense&#241;anza&#8212;, estoy seguro de que aquella fue su manera de mantenerme centrado. En cualquier caso, funcion&#243;; en parte porque la rutina estructurada del retiro me oblig&#243; a restablecer una disciplina necesaria para mi recuperaci&#243;n. Sin embargo, no fue f&#225;cil verme de nuevo, tras varios meses de ausencia, en la situaci&#243;n de atender las necesidades de los dem&#225;s, sobre todo teniendo en cuenta que eso mismo formaba parte del problema. Retom&#233; lo que Dhiravamsa me hab&#237;a dicho al comienzo de nuestra colaboraci&#243;n: &#171;Haz lo que te funcione&#187;. Y eso fue lo que hice: volver a reunir los elementos desde la base hacia arriba &#8212;el enraizamiento, la presencia&#8212;; pr&#225;cticas sencillas, tomadas y adaptadas de las artes marciales y del chi kung, que sigo realizando con personas que, de una forma u otra, se han desmoronado.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!4Tmv!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9b4d82a3-a16c-43b4-a9dd-9e20b773db05_584x525.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!4Tmv!, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/w_424, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/q_auto:good, 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17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a><figcaption class="image-caption">El r&#237;o Gualala</figcaption></figure></div><p>Tres cosas sucedieron durante aquel mes en Gualala que contribuyeron a la transformaci&#243;n que experiment&#233; ese verano. Todas ellas parecen obvias ahora. La primera fue una especie de revelaci&#243;n.</p><p>Una tarde, poco despu&#233;s de comenzar el retiro, durante el tiempo de descanso, una joven amable y dulce me llev&#243; a la playa cercana. Era la primera vez que pisaba la costa de California. La playa era amplia y estaba desierta. El oleaje era potente. El sol ca&#237;a con intensidad. A lo largo de la arena hab&#237;a enormes troncos blanqueados. Tras nadar un poco, nos sentamos a contemplar el oc&#233;ano; fue entonces cuando las palabras que la doctora Winnifred Rushforth me hab&#237;a dicho tres a&#241;os atr&#225;s resonaron de nuevo en mi coraz&#243;n como un eco. (Creo que habl&#233; de mis encuentros con ella en Edimburgo en una de las series de Substack). Aquello surgi&#243; en respuesta a mi pregunta sobre qu&#233; era lo que la impulsaba a seguir adelante a mediados de sus noventa a&#241;os. &#171;Recibir, sostener, transmitir&#187;, me dijo mientras hac&#237;a un gesto en el aire. Asimil&#233; la sencillez misteriosa de su respuesta, pero no le di m&#225;s vueltas hasta que me encontr&#233; en aquella playa del norte de California. Mientras las olas romp&#237;an y yo sent&#237;a la inmensa energ&#237;a que emanaba del oc&#233;ano, realmente escuch&#233; esas palabras por primera vez; se convirtieron en una ense&#241;anza que me ha acompa&#241;ado hasta el d&#237;a de hoy y que sigue guiando mi trabajo. Sent&#237; c&#243;mo resonaban en mi cuerpo y fue como si me hubiera quitado un peso enorme de encima. El esfuerzo y el estr&#233;s de intentar hacerlo todo bien dieron paso a la posibilidad de ser un humilde canal de una fuente inagotable.</p><p>El segundo factor que contribuy&#243; a mi transformaci&#243;n fue, en apariencia, un est&#237;mulo para el ego. El retiro se desarrollaba en silencio; incluso nuestra salida a la playa hab&#237;a transcurrido en silencio, m&#225;s o menos. Sin embargo, al finalizar las dos primeras semanas, tuvimos un descanso de dos d&#237;as en el que pod&#237;amos hablar. Durante ese tiempo, diversas personas se acercaron para decirme cu&#225;nto se estaban beneficiando del trabajo corporal. Entre ellas, un hombre mayor de aspecto distinguido &#8212;que en su d&#237;a hab&#237;a sido la imagen de la marca de tabaco Marlborough y ahora dirig&#237;a su propia agencia de publicidad&#8212; se ofreci&#243; a ser mi representante y hacerme ganar much&#237;simo dinero si decid&#237;a quedarme en California. La oferta era tentadora, pero me acord&#233; de mis hijos.</p><p>Esto ocurri&#243; pocos a&#241;os despu&#233;s de que terminara la guerra de Vietnam. Las heridas a&#250;n estaban abiertas. Hab&#237;a familiares y novias que hab&#237;an perdido a sus seres queridos y segu&#237;an sumidos en el duelo; algunos sent&#237;an amargura ante lo absurdo de su p&#233;rdida. Me contaron sus historias. Recuerdo especialmente a un exsoldado llamado Frank, marcado por lo que hab&#237;a hecho y visto durante la guerra, quien dec&#237;a sentirse como si estuviera despertando de una pesadilla; su caso me record&#243; a Edith, de *Chapter House*, una superviviente de un campo de concentraci&#243;n de la Segunda Guerra Mundial; ambos oprimidos por su propia oscuridad.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!oApJ!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F492af2ad-ab92-4836-a427-be71bb9d6c13_2803x2392.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!oApJ!, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/w_424, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/q_auto:good, 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6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a><figcaption class="image-caption">Con Frank, el exsoldado</figcaption></figure></div><p>Escuchar aquellos relatos me sac&#243; del estado de autocompasi&#243;n en el que me encontraba. Sin embargo, fue la valoraci&#243;n que hicieron de mi trabajo lo que me conect&#243; con algo inesperado y mucho m&#225;s importante que la grata confirmaci&#243;n de que iba por buen camino. Al escuchar tanto dolor, viv&#237; una  compasi&#243;n m&#225;s profunda que nunca antes -quiz&#225;s debido a mi estado tan fr&#225;gil- y comprend&#237; con una claridad fulminante cu&#225;l era el prop&#243;sito de mi vida: contribuir a la sanaci&#243;n lo mejor que pude. Podr&#237;a incluso decir que, hasta entonces, desconoc&#237;a lo que realmente significaba tener un sentido de prop&#243;sito. A&#241;os m&#225;s tarde descubr&#237; el libro de Viktor Frankl, *<em>El hombre en busca de sentido</em>*, una obra que profundiza en este tema. Sin exagerar, todas aquellas preguntas existenciales sobre el &#171;porqu&#233;&#187; y el &#171;para qu&#233;&#187; que hab&#237;a albergado durante gran parte de mi juventud empezaron a perder importancia. En un cap&#237;tulo anterior mencion&#233; que sufr&#237; una crisis emocional a finales de la d&#233;cada de 1970. Al mirar atr&#225;s con la perspectiva que da el tiempo, veo que fue inevitable. Ahora puedo percibir todos los factores que contribuyeron a ello. Utilizo la palabra &#171;crisis&#187; con cautela, pues no quiero exagerar lo sucedido; podr&#237;a describir aquella etapa de mi vida simplemente como una &#233;poca de gran agitaci&#243;n. Sin embargo, fue algo m&#225;s que un momento marcado por dudas sobre uno mismo o confusi&#243;n emocional. Desde entonces, he acompa&#241;ado a muchas personas en sus propias crisis &#8212;causadas por duelo, separaci&#243;n, agotamiento, fracaso, s&#237;ndrome de estr&#233;s postraum&#225;tico, etc&#233;tera&#8212;, cada una de ellas &#250;nica. No obstante, tambi&#233;n compart&#237;an rasgos comunes; el principal era esa sensaci&#243;n de fragmentaci&#243;n que hace imposible seguir adelante con la vida de siempre. La locura, si quieres. Quien haya pasado por esto lo entender&#225;.</p><p>Har&#237;a falta un volumen entero para detallar lo que ocurri&#243; durante mi colapso; tal vez alg&#250;n d&#237;a encuentre la energ&#237;a y la motivaci&#243;n para hacerlo. Pero, por ahora, me limitar&#233; a la relevancia que aquello tuvo en mi evoluci&#243;n como maestro. Implic&#243; dejar de querer sentarme ante la gente a recitar las mismas f&#243;rmulas, a cumplir con las expectativas, a brindar apoyo, a solucionar los problemas ajenos y a intentar ser alguien que no era. Tambi&#233;n surgieron graves problemas personales en mi matrimonio, estrechamente vinculados al hecho de que ahora pasaba mucho tiempo expuesto a la opini&#243;n p&#250;blica: ya no era solo un esposo y un padre, sino alguien que se compart&#237;a con los dem&#225;s.</p><p>&#171;...<em>Todos ven que est&#225;s hecho pedazos. Todos oyen soplar el viento</em>&#187;. Este verso de la canci&#243;n *Graceland*, de Paul Simon, lo resume a la perfecci&#243;n.</p><p>Durante unos meses, me alej&#233; de todo.</p><p>En el verano de 1980, Dhiravamsa &#8212;que por aquel entonces viv&#237;a en California y contaba con un gran n&#250;mero de seguidores en Berkeley&#8212; me envi&#243; una carta y un billete de avi&#243;n para que fuera a ayudarle en un retiro de un mes que estaba a punto de impartir. Creo que se hab&#237;a enterado de mi situaci&#243;n. En cualquier caso, su tono era insistente y, adem&#225;s, estaba el billete. En el estado en que me encontraba, viajar a California no me resultaba nada tentador. De hecho, cuando recib&#237; la carta &#8212;que me hab&#237;an reenviado desde Chapter House&#8212;, me hallaba escondido en la granja de un viejo amigo en el centro de Francia. Sin embargo, tras todo lo que &#233;l hab&#237;a hecho por m&#237;, sent&#237; que no pod&#237;a fallarle.</p><p>Har&#237;a falta otro volumen para describir mi primer viaje a Estados Unidos y la experiencia de estar en aquel vasto pa&#237;s, totalmente nuevo y, a la vez, familiar en tantos aspectos gracias al cine y la m&#250;sica que hab&#237;an marcado mi juventud. Tras pasar tres d&#237;as en el &#193;rea de la Bah&#237;a de San Francisco, me encontraba en Gualala, en el norte de California, junto a un numeroso grupo de personas a las que no hab&#237;a visto nunca antes. Dhiravamsa me dijo que la mayor&#237;a de ellos estaba familiarizada con el yoga, el tai chi, el chi kung y otras formas de trabajo corporal y terapias, pero que necesitaban lo que yo hab&#237;a estado haciendo en Chapter House. Durante las conversaciones que mantuvimos a lo largo de los d&#237;as que pasamos juntos en su casa de Berkeley &#8212;al ver lo desencantado que estaba yo con la ense&#241;anza&#8212;, estoy seguro de que aquella fue su manera de mantenerme centrado. En cualquier caso, funcion&#243;; en parte porque la rutina estructurada del retiro me oblig&#243; a restablecer una disciplina necesaria para mi recuperaci&#243;n. Sin embargo, no fue f&#225;cil verme de nuevo, tras varios meses de ausencia, en la situaci&#243;n de atender las necesidades de los dem&#225;s, sobre todo teniendo en cuenta que eso mismo formaba parte del problema. Retom&#233; lo que Dhiravamsa me hab&#237;a dicho al comienzo de nuestra colaboraci&#243;n: &#171;Haz lo que te funcione&#187;. Y eso fue lo que hice: volver a reunir los elementos desde la base hacia arriba &#8212;el enraizamiento, la presencia&#8212;; pr&#225;cticas sencillas, tomadas y adaptadas de las artes marciales y del chi kung, que sigo realizando con personas que, de una forma u otra, se han desmoronado.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!4Tmv!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9b4d82a3-a16c-43b4-a9dd-9e20b773db05_584x525.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!4Tmv!, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/w_424, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/q_auto:good, 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/__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9b4d82a3-a16c-43b4-a9dd-9e20b773db05_584x525.jpeg 424w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!4Tmv!, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/w_848, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/f_auto, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9b4d82a3-a16c-43b4-a9dd-9e20b773db05_584x525.jpeg 848w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!4Tmv!, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/w_1272, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/f_auto, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9b4d82a3-a16c-43b4-a9dd-9e20b773db05_584x525.jpeg 1272w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!4Tmv!, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/w_1456, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/f_auto, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9b4d82a3-a16c-43b4-a9dd-9e20b773db05_584x525.jpeg 1456w" sizes="100vw" loading="lazy"></picture><div class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image"><svg aria-hidden="true" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><g><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a><figcaption class="image-caption">El r&#237;o Gualala</figcaption></figure></div><p>Tres cosas sucedieron durante aquel mes en Gualala que contribuyeron a la transformaci&#243;n que experiment&#233; ese verano. Todas ellas parecen obvias ahora. La primera fue una especie de revelaci&#243;n.</p><p>Una tarde, poco despu&#233;s de comenzar el retiro, durante el tiempo de descanso, una joven amable y dulce me llev&#243; a la playa cercana. Era la primera vez que pisaba la costa de California. La playa era amplia y estaba desierta. El oleaje era fuerte. El sol ca&#237;a con intensidad. A lo largo de la arena hab&#237;a enormes troncos blanqueados. Tras nadar un poco, nos sentamos a contemplar el oc&#233;ano; fue entonces cuando las palabras que la doctora Winnifred Rushforth me hab&#237;a dicho tres a&#241;os atr&#225;s resonaron de nuevo en mi coraz&#243;n como un eco. (Creo que habl&#233; de mis encuentros con ella en Edimburgo en una de las series de Substack). Aquello surgi&#243; en respuesta a mi pregunta sobre qu&#233; era lo que la impulsaba a seguir adelante a mediados de sus noventa a&#241;os. &#171;Recibir, sostener, transmitir&#187;, me dijo mientras hac&#237;a un gesto en el aire. Asimil&#233; la sencillez misteriosa de su respuesta, pero no le di m&#225;s vueltas hasta que me encontr&#233; en aquella playa del norte de California. Mientras las olas romp&#237;an y yo sent&#237;a la inmensa energ&#237;a que emanaba del oc&#233;ano, realmente escuch&#233; esas palabras por primera vez; se convirtieron en una ense&#241;anza que me ha acompa&#241;ado hasta el d&#237;a de hoy y que sigue guiando mi trabajo. Sent&#237; c&#243;mo resonaban en mi cuerpo y fue como si me hubiera quitado un gran peso de encima. El esfuerzo y el estr&#233;s de intentar hacerlo todo bien dieron paso a la posibilidad de ser un humilde canal de una fuente inagotable.</p><p>El segundo factor que contribuy&#243; a mi transformaci&#243;n fue, en apariencia, un est&#237;mulo para el ego. El retiro se desarrollaba en silencio; incluso nuestra salida a la playa hab&#237;a transcurrido en silencio, m&#225;s o menos. Sin embargo, al finalizar las dos primeras semanas, tuvimos un descanso de dos d&#237;as en el que pod&#237;amos hablar. Durante ese tiempo, diversas personas se acercaron para decirme cu&#225;nto se estaban beneficiando del trabajo corporal. Entre ellas, un hombre mayor de aspecto distinguido &#8212;que en su d&#237;a hab&#237;a sido la imagen de la marca de tabaco Marlborough y ahora dirig&#237;a su propia agencia de publicidad&#8212; se ofreci&#243; a ser mi representante y hacerme ganar much&#237;simo dinero si decid&#237;a quedarme en California. La oferta era tentadora, pero me acord&#233; de mis hijos.</p><p>Esto ocurri&#243; pocos a&#241;os despu&#233;s de que terminara la guerra de Vietnam. Las heridas a&#250;n estaban abiertas. Hab&#237;a familiares y novias que hab&#237;an perdido a sus seres queridos y segu&#237;an sumidos en el duelo; algunos sent&#237;an amargura ante lo absurdo de su p&#233;rdida. Me contaron sus historias. Recuerdo especialmente a un exmarine llamado Frank, marcado por lo que hab&#237;a hecho y visto durante la guerra, quien dec&#237;a sentirse como si estuviera despertando de una pesadilla; su caso me record&#243; a Edith, de *Chapter House*, una superviviente de un campo de concentraci&#243;n de la Segunda Guerra Mundial; ambos  oprimidos por su propia oscuridad.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!oApJ!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F492af2ad-ab92-4836-a427-be71bb9d6c13_2803x2392.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!oApJ!, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/w_424, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/q_auto:good, 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6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a><figcaption class="image-caption">Con Frank el ex soldado</figcaption></figure></div><p>Escuchar aquellos relatos me sac&#243; del estado de autocompasi&#243;n en el que me encontraba. Sin embargo, fue la valoraci&#243;n que hicieron de mi trabajo lo que me conect&#243; con algo inesperado y mucho m&#225;s importante que el simple agradecimiento o la grata confirmaci&#243;n de que iba por buen camino. Al escuchar tanto dolor, viv&#237; una  compasi&#243;n mas profunda que nunca antes - quiz&#225;s debido a mi estado tan fr&#225;gil - y comprend&#237; con una claridad fulminante cu&#225;l era el prop&#243;sito de mi vida: contribuir a la sanaci&#243;n lo mejor que pude. Podr&#237;a incluso decir que, hasta entonces, desconoc&#237;a lo que realmente significaba tener un sentido de prop&#243;sito. A&#241;os m&#225;s tarde descubr&#237; el libro de Viktor Frankl *<em>El hombre en busca de sentido</em>*, una obra que profundiza en este tema. Sin exagerar, todas aquellas preguntas existenciales sobre el &#171;porqu&#233;&#187; y el &#171;para qu&#233;&#187; que hab&#237;a albergado durante gran parte de mi juventud empezaron a perder importancia. La sensaci&#243;n de absurdo que me hab&#237;a llenado de dudas dio paso a un cambio en mi coraz&#243;n y conecte con algo sencillo, estable y enriquecedor para la vida.</p><p>Lo tercero que me sucedi&#243; en Gualala fue duro para mi autoestima y, sin embargo, agradezco que ocurriera. Sucedi&#243; cuando Dhiravamsa se march&#243; &#8212;la v&#237;spera de la conclusi&#243;n oficial del curso&#8212; para impartir una conferencia en la costa este. Pronunci&#243; una charla extensa e inspiradora antes de ser llevado de vuelta a Berkeley, y lo &#250;nico que quedaba pendiente era que yo dirigiera la meditaci&#243;n y la sesi&#243;n de intercambio de experiencias en la &#250;ltima ma&#241;ana, antes de que el grupo se dispersara. As&#237; era como sol&#237;an terminar sus cursos.</p><p>No todos del grupo hablaron, pero quienes lo hicieron se mostraron abiertos sobre sus experiencias y, en general, contentos. Al terminar la ronda de testimonios, una mujer &#8212;artista del &#193;rea de la Bah&#237;a&#8212; dijo en voz baja pero firme: &#171;Ahora te toca a ti, Tew&#187;. Mientras ella recorr&#237;a el grupo con la mirada, vi a muchos asentir en se&#241;al de acuerdo. &#171;Todos hemos percibido tu dolor. Pero no has revelado nada de ti. Nos gusta lo que haces, pero no sabemos qui&#233;n eres&#187;. O algo por el estilo. Recuerdo haberme sentido descubierto; mi tapadera hab&#237;a ca&#237;do, mi disfraz hab&#237;a quedado al descubierto. El dolor aflor&#243; mientras hablaba y las l&#225;grimas que hab&#237;a contenido durante tantos meses brotaron a raudales; al terminar, alguien me dio las gracias &#8212;al estilo californiano&#8212; por &#171;ser aut&#233;ntico&#187;. La artista me anim&#243; a seguir siendo yo mismo. No les dije que era la primera vez que realmente me sent&#237;a &#171;aut&#233;ntico&#187; ni lo liberador que resultaba aquello. La imagen se hab&#237;a hecho a&#241;icos; el dolor, quedado al descubierto.</p><p>Aquel verano en California marc&#243; un antes y un despu&#233;s en mi vida. No es que regresara a Inglaterra convertido en una persona nueva, sanado y listo para retomar las riendas. Los problemas personales persist&#237;an y mi dilema sobre mi papel no se hab&#237;a resuelto; todo aquello requer&#237;a tiempo para asimilarse. Sin embargo, algo hab&#237;a cambiado definitivamente. Ten&#237;a la sensaci&#243;n de estar saliendo de una nube oscura. Terminar&#233; con unas palabras de R. D. Laing, el ya fallecido (anti)psiquiatra que tambi&#233;n influy&#243; en m&#237; durante aquellos a&#241;os:</p><p>&#171;<em>La locura no tiene por qu&#233; ser un mero colapso; puede ser tambi&#233;n un avance decisivo</em>&#187; (de su libro *La pol&#237;tica de la experiencia y el ave del para&#237;so*, 1967).</p><p>Lo tercero que me sucedi&#243; en Gualala fue duro para mi autoestima y, sin embargo, agradezco que ocurriera. Sucedi&#243; cuando Dhiravamsa se march&#243; &#8212;la v&#237;spera de la conclusi&#243;n oficial del curso&#8212; para impartir una conferencia en la costa este. Pronunci&#243; una charla extensa e inspiradora antes de ser llevado de vuelta a Berkeley, y lo &#250;nico que quedaba pendiente era que yo dirigiera la meditaci&#243;n y la sesi&#243;n de intercambio de experiencias en la &#250;ltima ma&#241;ana, antes de que el grupo se dispersara. As&#237; era como sol&#237;an terminar sus cursos.</p><p>No todos del grupo hablaron, pero quienes lo hicieron se mostraron abiertos sobre sus experiencias y, en general, contentos. Al terminar la ronda de testimonios, una mujer &#8212;artista del &#193;rea de la Bah&#237;a&#8212; dijo en voz baja pero firme: &#171;Ahora te toca a ti, Tew&#187;. Mientras ella recorr&#237;a el grupo con la mirada, vi a muchos asentir en se&#241;al de acuerdo. &#171;Todos hemos percibido tu dolor. Pero no has revelado nada de ti. Nos gusta lo que haces, pero no sabemos qui&#233;n eres&#187;. O algo por el estilo. Recuerdo haberme sentido descubierto; mi tapadera hab&#237;a ca&#237;do, mi disfraz hab&#237;a quedado al descubierto. El dolor aflor&#243; mientras hablaba y las l&#225;grimas que hab&#237;a contenido durante tantos meses brotaron a raudales; al terminar, alguien me dio las gracias &#8212;al estilo californiano&#8212; por &#171;ser aut&#233;ntico&#187;. La artista me anim&#243; a seguir siendo yo mismo. No les dije que era la primera vez que realmente me sent&#237;a &#171;aut&#233;ntico&#187; ni lo liberador que resultaba aquello. La imagen se hab&#237;a hecho a&#241;icos; el dolor, quedado al descubierto.</p><p>Aquel verano en California marc&#243; un antes y un despu&#233;s en mi vida. No es que regresara a Inglaterra renovado, sanado y listo para retomar las riendas. Los problemas personales persist&#237;an y mi dilema sobre mi papel no se hab&#237;a resuelto; todo aquello requer&#237;a tiempo para asimilarse. Sin embargo, algo hab&#237;a cambiado definitivamente. Ten&#237;a la sensaci&#243;n de estar saliendo de una nube oscura. Terminar&#233; con unas palabras de R. D. Laing, el ya fallecido (anti)psiquiatra que tambi&#233;n influy&#243; en m&#237; durante aquellos a&#241;os:</p><p>&#171;<em>La locura no tiene por qu&#233; ser un mero colapso; puede ser tambi&#233;n un avance decisivo</em>&#187; (de su libro *La pol&#237;tica de la experiencia y el ave del para&#237;so*, 1967).</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Ox2S!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F7839b781-e74f-4bf0-b9b4-491f5166e48c_1932x2567.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Ox2S!, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/w_424, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/q_auto:good, 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/__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/w_1456, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/f_auto, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F1fe02b3f-a01a-4bf8-9739-3182a5b75282_576x324.jpeg 1456w" sizes="100vw" fetchpriority="high"></picture><div class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image"><svg aria-hidden="true" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><g><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p><strong>A month in Northern California</strong></p><p>In a previous chapter I mentioned that I had a breakdown at the end of the 1970&#8217;s. Looking back with the benefit of hindsight, it was inevitable. I can now see all the factors that contributed to it. I use the word breakdown with care because I don&#8217;t want to exaggerate what happened. I could merely describe that time in my life as turmoil. Yet it was more than just a moment of crisis, or self-doubt, or emotional confusion, all of those for sure but more. Since then, I have accompanied many people in their breakdowns, from grief, separation, exhaustion, failure, post traumatic stress disorder and so on - every one of them unique. But they also shared common features, the main one being the sense of fragmentation that makes it impossible to go on with business as usual. Call it madness. Whoever has been through this will understand.</p><p>It would take a whole volume to go into the details of what happened in my collapse, and maybe I will find the energy and the motivation to do so one day. But for now, I will limit myself to the relevance it had on my evolution as a teacher. It included no longer wanting to sit in front of people spewing out the same formulas, being expected to deliver, being supportive, fixing people&#8217;s problems, trying to be someone I wasn&#8217;t. And there were also serious personal issues that had come up in my marriage linked closely to the fact that I now spent a lot of time out there in the public eye, not just a husband and a father but someone shared with others.</p><p>&#8216;&#8230;<em>Everybody sees you&#8217;re blown apart. Everybody hears the wind blow</em>.&#8217; This line from Paul Simon&#8217;s song &#8216;Graceland&#8217; just about sums it up.</p><p>For a few months I walked away from everything.</p><p>In the Summer of 1980 Dhiravamsa, who was living in California at the time and had a big following in Berkeley, sent me a letter and a plane ticket for me to go over to help him with a month long retreat he was about to do. I think he had heard about what was going on with me. In any case, his tone was insistent and there was also the ticket. Going to California held no temptation for me in the state that I was. In fact, I was hiding away on an old friend&#8217;s farm in central France when I received the letter, forwarded from Chapter House. But after all he had done for me, I felt that I could not let him down.</p><p>It would take another volume to describe my first trip to America, and the experience of being in that vast country, totally new and yet familiar in so many ways through the films and the music I had known growing up. After three days in the Bay Area of San Francisco I was in Gualala, North California with a large group of people I had never met before. Dhiravamsa told me that most of them were familiar with Yoga and Tai Chi and Ch&#8217;i Gung and other forms of body work and therapies but that they needed what I had been doing in Chapter house. In our conversations during the days we spent together in his place in Berkeley, having seen how disenchanted I was with the teaching, I&#8217;m sure this was his way of keeping me focused. In any case it worked, partly because the structured routine of the retreat obliged me to re-establish a discipline that was necessary to my recovery. But it was not easy, after being away for several months to find myself back in the position of catering, once more, to people&#8217;s needs, especially since this was part of the problem. I went back to what Dhiravamsa had told me at the beginning of our collaboration: Do what works for you. So that&#8217;s what I did, bringing the bits and pieces together again from the roots upward: grounding, being present &#8211; simple practices borrowed and modified from the martial arts and Ch&#8217;i Gung that I still do with people who have fallen apart in one way or another.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!a9IJ!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F83dd0433-af36-4bf5-9bfb-9ca7835ac6dd_584x525.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!a9IJ!, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/w_424, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/q_auto:good, 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/__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/w_1456, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/f_auto, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F83dd0433-af36-4bf5-9bfb-9ca7835ac6dd_584x525.jpeg 1456w" sizes="100vw"></picture><div class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image"><svg aria-hidden="true" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><g><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a><figcaption class="image-caption">Gualala River</figcaption></figure></div><p>Three things happened during that month in Gualala that contributed to the transformation that took place in me that summer. All of them seem obvious now. The first one was a kind of revelation.</p><p>One afternoon soon after the retreat started, during the rest period I was taken to the nearby beach by a kind, gentle young woman. It was the first time I had set foot on the Californian coast. The beach was wide and empty. The waves were high. The sun was blasting down. Along the sand there were giant bleached logs. After a swim we sat looking out at the ocean and it was then that the words I had heard Dr. Winnifred Rushforth say to me three years earlier come back like an echo into my heart. (I think I wrote about my meetings with her in Edinburgh in one of the Substack series). It was in response to my question as to what it was that kept her going in her mid-nineties. &#8216;Receive, hold, pass it on,&#8217; she told me as she made a gesture in the air. I took in the mysterious simplicity of her reply but thought no more about it until I was on that beach in northern California. As the waves crashed in, feeling the immense energy coming off the ocean, I truly heard those words for the first time, and they became a teaching that has remained with me till this day, and still guides my work. I felt them echo in my body, and it was as if a great burden dropped away. The effort and the stress of trying to do it right gave way to the possibility of being a humble channel of a source that was inexhaustible.</p><p>The second contribution to the change that took place in me was, on the face of it, an ego boost. The retreat was in silence. Even our outing to the beach had been in silence, more or less. But at the end of the first two weeks, we had a two days&#8217; break when we could talk. During it all sorts of people came up to tell me how much they were benefiting from the body work. Among them a handsome elderly man who had been Mr. Marlborough (tobacco) in his time and who now ran his own advertising agency offered to be my agent and make me piles of money if I chose to stay in California. It was tempting but I remembered my children.</p><p>This was not many years after the end of the Vietnam war. Scars were still fresh. There were family members and girlfriends who had lost their loved ones and who were still grieving, some of them bitter at the pointlessness of their loss. They told me their stories. In particular I recall an ex-marine called Frank, damaged by what he had seen and done, who said that he felt as though he were beginning to wake up from a bad dream, and I was reminded of Edith from Chapter House, a survivor of a concentration camp in the second world war. Both of them oppressed by their darkness.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!vijT!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Feed68c63-fc67-4f67-9533-a2caa4dd0750_2803x2392.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!vijT!, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/w_424, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Feed68c63-fc67-4f67-9533-a2caa4dd0750_2803x2392.jpeg 424w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!vijT!, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/w_848, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/f_webp, 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But it was their appreciation of the work that connected me to something unexpected and far more important than the thanks and the nice affirmation that I was going in the right direction. As I connected to all the pain I was overcome with a  sense of compassion. It wasn&#8217;t something new but,I guess in the heightened state I was in, I felt it deeper than ever before, and it struck me with lightening clarity that this was the purpose of my life: to contribute to healing as best I could. I think that until then I was unaware of what it really meant to have a sense of purpose. Years later I came across a book that  has remained important to me that elaborates on this theme: Victor Frankl&#8217;s &#8216;<em>Man in search of Meaning</em>&#8217;, Without overstating it, all those existential questions of why and what for that I had harboured for most of my young life began to lose their importance. The sense of absurdity that had filled me with doubt gave way to something in my heart that was simple, stable and life enhancing.</p><p>The third thing that happened to me in Gualala was anything but a boost to my self-esteem and yet I am grateful that it happened. It was when Dhiravamsa left, the evening before the official end of the course, to give a lecture on the east coast. He gave a long, inspired talk before being driven back to Berkeley, and all that was left to do was for me to conduct the meditation and the sharing session on the last morning before the group dispersed. This was how his courses were usually ended.</p><p>Not everyone spoke but those who did were open about their experiences and, on the whole positive and grateful. Then at the end of the sharing a woman who was an artist from the Bay Area said quietly but sternly: &#8216;Now your turn, Tew.&#8217; As she looked around the group I saw many of them nodding their agreement. &#8216;We&#8217;ve all sensed your pain. But you have given nothing away. We like what you do but we don&#8217;t know who you are.&#8217; Words to that effect. I remember feeling caught out, my cover blown, my disguise exposed. The pain welled up as I spoke and the tears I had held back all those months came flooding through and when I had finished somebody thanked me, Californian style, for &#8216;being real&#8217;. The artist told me to keep just being myself. I did not tell them that it was the first time that I had actually felt &#8216;real&#8217; and how liberating it was. Image shattered, pain revealed.</p><p>That summer in California was a life changer. It wasn&#8217;t that I went back to England renewed, healed and ready to jump back in the saddle. The personal problems remained, and my dilemma about my role was not resolved. All of it would take time to sink in and the changes to take effect. But something had definitely shifted. There was a sense of emerging from a dark cloud. I will end with words from R.D Laing, the late ( anti-) psychiatrist who was another influence from those years:</p><p>&#8216;<em>Madness need not be all breakdown; it may also be a break-through.&#8217;</em> ( from &#8216;The Politics of Experience and the Bird of Paradise&#8217; 1967). </p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!kmlz!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F0ea42782-ee53-48d3-8829-3266638c5356_1932x2567.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!kmlz!, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/w_424, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/q_auto:good, 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forma]]></description><link>https://tewbunnag.substack.com/p/las-aventuras-de-un-maestro-espiritual-47e</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://tewbunnag.substack.com/p/las-aventuras-de-un-maestro-espiritual-47e</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Tew]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 03 Aug 2026 09:47:04 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!o7im!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F0bbff7bc-33b3-423d-916a-e75382fe6f62_1715x3064.jpeg" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!o7im!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F0bbff7bc-33b3-423d-916a-e75382fe6f62_1715x3064.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source 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8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><h4><strong>El trabajo corporal</strong></h4><p>Cuando Dhiravamsa &#8212;tras dejar la vida mon&#225;stica&#8212; me pidi&#243; que le ayudara a impartir clases de trabajo corporal en el centro que hab&#237;a fundado en Cornualles (Reino Unido), no estaba muy seguro de qu&#233; esperaba exactamente de m&#237;. Ni siquiera hab&#237;a o&#237;do utilizar ese t&#233;rmino anteriormente. Durante los retiros que realic&#233; con &#233;l cuando a&#250;n era abad, le hab&#237;a hablado del K&#225;rate, el Tai Chi, el Ch&#8217;i kung y el Hatha Yoga que practic&#225;bamos mi primera esposa y yo; le cont&#233; c&#243;mo estas disciplinas, sumadas a la meditaci&#243;n que aprend&#237;a de &#233;l, nos ayudaban a depurarnos tras los excesos de la d&#233;cada de los sesenta que ambos hab&#237;amos vivido.</p><p>Sin embargo, cuando empezamos a trabajar juntos en el centro de Cornualles y, m&#225;s tarde, en Chapter House, no sab&#237;a c&#243;mo transmitir estas pr&#225;cticas a personas que carec&#237;an de experiencia y mostraban poco inter&#233;s en ellas; en parte, porque dichas disciplinas a&#250;n no se hab&#237;an popularizado tanto como hoy en d&#237;a. Dhiravamsa no me dio instrucciones, salvo la de confiar en aquello que me hab&#237;a funcionado. Sin embargo, del dicho al hecho hab&#237;a un trecho. Sab&#237;a que la idea de desarrollar alg&#250;n tipo de trabajo corporal &#8212;y de ofrecerlo junto con la pr&#225;ctica espiritual&#8212; deb&#237;a introducirse con tacto ante las muchas personas que acud&#237;an a meditar. Al principio, la reacci&#243;n sol&#237;a ser de desconcierto y, en ocasiones, de cierta resistencia. Me atrever&#237;a a decir que, para los budistas tradicionales, cualquier cosa relacionada con el cuerpo estaba incluso mal vista: por el peligro del apego y todo eso. Por cierto, recuerdo que, cuando me invitaron a ense&#241;ar Tai Chi a un grupo de monjes occidentales en la d&#233;cada de 1980, tuvimos que desplazarnos a un rinc&#243;n apartado del recinto del monasterio; uno de ellos coment&#243; en broma que esperaba que ning&#250;n tailand&#233;s los viera y pensara que aquello era una sesi&#243;n de baile.</p><p>En cualquier caso, durante aquellos primeros a&#241;os acertar con el enfoque supuso un desaf&#237;o; mi objetivo inicial, como ya mencion&#233; en el cap&#237;tulo anterior, era respaldar las ense&#241;anzas de Dhiravamsa de la mejor manera posible. Con este fin, puse &#233;nfasis en la consciencia y la atenci&#243;n plena, elementos que armonizaban a la perfecci&#243;n con las pr&#225;cticas tradicionales de meditaci&#243;n *Samatha* (atenci&#243;n enfocada/ intencion) y *Vipassana* (atenci&#243;n plena). Asimismo, incorpor&#233; los conocimientos tao&#237;stas sobre el funcionamiento del cuerpo &#8212; incluyendo conceptos como el *Yin* y el *Yang*, el flujo del *Ch&#8217;i*, entre otros&#8212; que hab&#237;a adquirido durante mi formaci&#243;n con un acupuntor chino en Bangkok. M&#225;s adelante, el t&#233;rmino &#171;meditaci&#243;n en movimiento&#187; dar&#237;a t&#237;tulo a mis primeros escritos sobre el Tai Chi.</p><div class="image-gallery-embed" data-attrs="{&quot;gallery&quot;:{&quot;images&quot;:[{&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/jpeg&quot;,&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/f3125c3e-df17-4585-8b7f-ec9153129de9_4160x3120.jpeg&quot;}],&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;staticGalleryImage&quot;:{&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/jpeg&quot;,&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/f3125c3e-df17-4585-8b7f-ec9153129de9_4160x3120.jpeg&quot;}},&quot;isEditorNode&quot;:true}"></div><p><em>Primavera de 1978.</em>                                                                                                                         A trav&#233;s de los ventanales de la sala de meditaci&#243;n de Chapter House, observaba a Edith descalza bajo la lluvia mientras se desplazaba con gracia por el c&#233;sped del jard&#237;n amurallado: una visi&#243;n de ensue&#241;o. Era su tercera visita y no la hab&#237;a o&#237;do hablar con nadie ni una sola vez. Ninguno de nosotros lo hab&#237;a hecho. Para nuestra comunidad, ella era la misteriosa dama alemana cuya edad resultaba dif&#237;cil de adivinar. Lo &#250;nico que sab&#237;amos era que se trataba de una violinista que hab&#237;a sido alumna de Dhiravamsa en los a&#241;os sesenta en el Haus der Stille de Roseburg, cerca de Hamburgo, uno de los primeros centros budistas de Alemania.</p><p>Finalmente, preocupado al ver que se estaba empapando, sal&#237; a reunirme con ella en el c&#233;sped. Nos sentamos juntos en el banco de madera, bajo una llovizna suave, mientras ella me contaba brevemente su historia: c&#243;mo sobrevivi&#243; al campo de concentraci&#243;n donde toda su familia muri&#243; en las c&#225;maras de gas. Me confes&#243; que nunca hab&#237;a cre&#237;do posible volver a sentir alegr&#237;a tras lo que hab&#237;a vivido, hasta que empez&#243; a practicar el trabajo corporal. Gracias a ello, estaba descubriendo que la oscuridad que la hab&#237;a atenazado durante tanto tiempo se estaba disipando; su cuerpo pod&#237;a cantar y bailar, como el de una ni&#241;a otra vez.</p><p>Para entonces, tras la incursi&#243;n de Dhiravamsa en las terapias occidentales, yo ya hab&#237;a realizado sesiones con un terapeuta Gestalt y participado en talleres de bioenerg&#233;tica que abordaban la llamada &#171;coraza corporal&#187;. Hab&#237;a visto c&#243;mo los golpes de pu&#241;o y las patadas precisos del karate, acompa&#241;ados de la voz, pod&#237;an liberar la ira y la frustraci&#243;n reprimidas. Hab&#237;a observado a personas descubrir aspectos de s&#237; mismas mediante la pr&#225;ctica del &#171;empuje de manos&#187; y el combate libre controlado que yo hab&#237;a adaptado del tai chi. Todo ello result&#243; &#250;til. Sin embargo, lo que sucedi&#243; con Edith me convenci&#243; de la importancia de la suavidad, y de c&#243;mo la combinaci&#243;n de respiraci&#243;n, conciencia y movimiento &#8212; en un marco temporal sin prisas &#8212; pod&#237;a sanar y restaurar. Yo ya lo hab&#237;a descubierto por mi cuenta, pero ahora me sent&#237;a preparado para compartirlo con los dem&#225;s.</p><p>Como nota al margen, nunca he olvidado lo que aprend&#237; gracias a mi encuentro con Edith; incluso hoy en d&#237;a, cuando escucho a alguien decir con total certeza que jam&#225;s podr&#225; dejar atr&#225;s lo sucedido &#8212; por haber sido algo tan terrible y doloroso&#8212;, ella acude suavemente a mi memoria.</p><p>Poco a poco, mi trabajo fue cobrando forma a medida que descubr&#237;a qu&#233; resultaba beneficioso para las personas. Sin embargo, yo era consciente de que no se trataba de provocar resultados ni de forzar nada. Realizar un ejercicio concreto no siempre surt&#237;a el efecto deseado. La liberaci&#243;n y la transformaci&#243;n llegaban a su debido tiempo, tal como sucedi&#243; con Edith y con tantas otras personas. Exist&#237;a, adem&#225;s, un elemento esquivo que fui reconociendo lentamente con el paso de los a&#241;os y que a menudo percibo hoy en mi labor de acompa&#241;amiento a los moribundos: a medida que el cuerpo se distiende y libera las tensiones acumuladas, entran en juego otras energ&#237;as y se produce una interacci&#243;n con una conciencia que trasciende lo material. Es algo a lo que he llegado a llamar &#8216;<em>gracia&#8217;.</em></p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Yh-Z!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F0bd75430-0f53-4a47-ad18-8a2dfdd9bab5_1280x909.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Yh-Z!, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/w_424, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F0bd75430-0f53-4a47-ad18-8a2dfdd9bab5_1280x909.jpeg 424w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Yh-Z!, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/w_848, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/c_limit, 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Me refiero aqu&#237; a mi serie de Substack <strong>Hacia una nueva espiritualidad VIII </strong>, donde relat&#233; nuestro encuentro y la frase que &#233;l me transmiti&#243;: &#171;<em>Rezar el cuerpo&#187;( Praying the body)</em>. Esas palabras describ&#237;an de manera concisa lo que yo estaba experimentando con el Tai Chi en esa etapa de mi propio camino: la conexi&#243;n entre lo material y lo intangible a trav&#233;s del movimiento; el cuerpo como veh&#237;culo del esp&#237;ritu; la oraci&#243;n como un acto integrador que abarca los tres niveles del ser; y la forma de Tai Chi como una danza suave cham&#225;nica. Esta noci&#243;n de r<em>ezar el cuerpo</em> abri&#243; una nueva dimensi&#243;n, no solo en la forma en que comprend&#237;a y viv&#237;a el Tai Chi, sino tambi&#233;n en c&#243;mo transmit&#237;a la pr&#225;ctica. Lo que los budistas describen como el cuerpo material, el cuerpo vibracional y el cuerpo trascendente dej&#243; de ser una teor&#237;a interesante para convertirse en una descripci&#243;n de dimensiones de nuestra experiencia f&#237;sica accesibles mediante la pr&#225;ctica. La ense&#241;anza tao&#237;sta sobre c&#243;mo lo intangible penetra lo tangible &#8212; y el acceso a lo intangible a trav&#233;s de la forma y el movimiento &#8212; se iba aclarando para m&#237;. De hecho, yo ya hab&#237;a incursionado en este terreno de manera ca&#243;tica durante los a&#241;os 60 al consumir &#225;cido, pero ahora la conexi&#243;n era profunda y duradera, y estaba encontrando formas de comunicarla.</p><p>Llegamos a febrero de este a&#241;o, 2026. Cuando visit&#233; a Marta dos d&#237;as antes de que falleciera, su rostro irradiaba paz. Me dijo: &#171;<em>Realmente he perdonado a mi hijo</em>&#187;. Seg&#250;n sus propias palabras, ya lo hab&#237;a hecho durante los meses en que la acompa&#241;&#233;. En las sesiones de Chi Kung &#8212; mientras a&#250;n conservaba la energ&#237;a para mantenerse en pie y realiz&#225;bamos las pr&#225;cticas centradas en el coraz&#243;n &#8212;, ella fue soltando su carga emocional, aquellos asuntos pendientes que la oprim&#237;an. El principal de ellos era su hijo, quien a&#241;os atr&#225;s hab&#237;a sido adicto a las drogas y, con su comportamiento destructivo, estuvo a punto de arruinar la vida de sus familiares. Hab&#237;an perdido el contacto. Para cuando &#233;l se enter&#243; de que ella se estaba muriendo, ya llevaba muchos a&#241;os limpio. Yo estuve presente cuando finalmente se reconciliaron, entre l&#225;grimas, junto a su lecho. Sin embargo, all&#237; tumbada en su habitaci&#243;n, ella me confesaba que aquel perd&#243;n hab&#237;a sido incompleto. &#171;<em>El dolor que &#233;l nos caus&#243; segu&#237;a alojado en mi cuerpo&#187;</em>, me dijo. &#171;<em>La ira formaba parte del c&#225;ncer</em>&#187;. Fue al admitir todo esto y permitir que los tejidos conectivos que sosten&#237;an su fr&#225;gil cuerpo liberaran el dolor hacia el espacio infinito que la rodeaba &#8212;un espacio que ella no sent&#237;a necesidad de nombrar&#8212; y con eso experiment&#243; una profunda liberaci&#243;n; aquel perd&#243;n que le trajo sanaci&#243;n en la  &#250;ltima etapa de su proceso de transici&#243;n.</p><p>.Sigo considerando un gran misterio la capacidad del cuerpo para albergar el dolor y, al mismo tiempo, liberarlo hasta el &#250;ltimo momento. Hace poco presenci&#233; el nacimiento de mi s&#233;ptima nieta: ese extraordinario tr&#225;nsito a trav&#233;s del t&#250;nel hacia este mundo, el primer llanto, los dedos abri&#233;ndose al espacio, el comienzo de su aventura.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!nCeL!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ffee508ce-7afd-4943-a60d-e3072b5c6762_1295x1527.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!nCeL!, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/w_424, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/q_auto:good, 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shape]]></description><link>https://tewbunnag.substack.com/p/adventures-of-a-reluctant-spiritual-422</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://tewbunnag.substack.com/p/adventures-of-a-reluctant-spiritual-422</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Tew]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 03 Aug 2026 09:46:30 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!jnTx!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fa0e6f58f-4e32-4429-8d92-8c474ac78583_1715x3064.jpeg" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!jnTx!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fa0e6f58f-4e32-4429-8d92-8c474ac78583_1715x3064.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!jnTx!, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/w_424, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fa0e6f58f-4e32-4429-8d92-8c474ac78583_1715x3064.jpeg 424w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!jnTx!, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/w_848, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fa0e6f58f-4e32-4429-8d92-8c474ac78583_1715x3064.jpeg 848w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!jnTx!, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/w_1272, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/q_auto:good, 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/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!jnTx!, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/w_1456, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/f_auto, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fa0e6f58f-4e32-4429-8d92-8c474ac78583_1715x3064.jpeg 1456w" sizes="100vw" fetchpriority="high"></picture><div class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image"><svg aria-hidden="true" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><g><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 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I had not even heard the term used before. During the retreats that I did with him while he was still an abbot, I had told him about the Karate, the Tai Chi, the Ch&#8217;i Kung, and the Hatha Yoga that my first wife and I were doing and how, together with the meditation that I was learning from him, these disciplines were helping us to clean up after the excesses of the 60&#8217;s that we had both been through.</p><p>But when we started to work together in the centre in Cornwall and then, later in Chapter House, I was not sure how to share these practices with people who had no experience and little interest in them, partly because these disciplines had not yet become as commonplace as they are today. Dhiravamsa gave me no instructions, apart from telling me to trust in what had worked for me. But this was easier said than done. I knew that the idea of constructing some form of body work, and offering it alongside spiritual practice was going to have to be introduced skilfully to many who came principally for the meditation. At first there was often bemusement and sometimes a little resistance. I&#8217;d go so far as to say that for traditional Buddhists anything to do with the body was even slightly frowned upon: the danger of attachment and all that. Incidentally, when I was invited to teach Tai Ch&#8217;i to a group of western monks in the 1980&#8217;s I recall that we had to go to a discreet corner of the grounds of their monastery and one of them jokingly told me that he hoped no Thais were going to see them and think that this was a dancing session.</p><p>At any rate, in those first years it was a challenge to get it right and my aim, as I said in the previous chapter, was initially to support Dhiravamsa&#8217;s teaching as best I could. To this end I emphasised the awareness and the full attention which chimed perfectly with the traditional meditation practices of <em>Samatha </em>(focused mindfulness/ intention) and <em>Vipassana</em>(full attention). I also included the Taoist insights into the workings of the body, the notion of <em>Yin and Yang</em> and the flow of the <em>Chi </em>and so on that I had picked up in my training with a Chinese acupuncturist in Bangkok. The term <em>meditation in movement</em> was later the name of my first writings on the Tai Chi.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!4gOc!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fd75e806a-d41e-4e7b-8db8-7aca6fb6dbb0_4160x3120.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!4gOc!, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/w_424, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fd75e806a-d41e-4e7b-8db8-7aca6fb6dbb0_4160x3120.jpeg 424w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!4gOc!, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/w_848, 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12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p>.</p><p><em>Spring 1978.                                                                                                                                </em>Through the French windows of the meditation room at Chapter House, I watched Edith in the rain, barefoot, gliding gracefully across the lawn of the walled garden: a dreamlike vision. It was her third visit to us, and I had not heard her speak once to anyone. None of us had. To our community she was the mysterious German lady whose age was difficult to guess. All any of us knew was that she was a violinist who had been a student of Dhiravamsa in the 60&#8217;s at the <em>Haus der Stille</em> in Roseburg near Hamburg, one of the first Buddhist centres in Germany.</p><p>Eventually, concerned that she was getting soaked, I went out to join her on the lawn. We sat together on the wooden bench under the gentle drizzle as she told me her story, briefly: of how she survived the concentration camp where all her family died in the gas chambers. She told me that she never thought that it was possible to ever feel joy after what she had experienced until she started doing the body work. Through it she was discovering that the darkness that had gripped her for so long was actually lifting. Her body could sing and dance, like a child again.</p><p>By then, following Dhiravamsa&#8217;s excursion into western therapies, I had done sessions with a Gestalt therapist, and bio-energy workshops that dealt with the so-called armouring in the body. I had seen how the focused punches and kicks in Karate, accompanied by the voice, could liberate pent up anger and frustration. I had watched people discover things about themselves through the push hands practice and the controlled free sparring I had adapted from the Tai Chi. All of it was helpful. But what happened with Edith convinced me of the importance of gentleness, of how breathing, awareness, and movement combined in an unhurried time frame could heal and restore. I had already discovered this for myself. But now I felt ready to share this with others.</p><p>A footnote to this is that I have never forgotten what I learnt through my meeting with Edith, and even nowadays when I hear someone tell me with such certainty, <em>&#8216;I will never be able to let go of what happened, because it was so bad and so painful&#8217;, </em>I am gently reminded of her.</p><p>Gradually my work began to take shape as I learnt what was beneficial for people. But I was aware that it was not a matter of making things happen or forcing anything. Doing a certain exercise did not necessarily produce the desired effect. The release and transformation came in its own time, as was the case with Edith, and many others. And there was always an elusive element that I began to slowly recognise as the years went by and that I often sense nowadays in my work accompanying the dying. As the body loosens up and lets go of the tensions it has stored other energies come into play and there is an interaction with a consciousness beyond the material. This is something I have come to call <em>grace.</em></p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!T_Nw!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fd4e92c19-bcca-40ee-acf3-f09756248d1d_1280x909.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!T_Nw!, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/w_424, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fd4e92c19-bcca-40ee-acf3-f09756248d1d_1280x909.jpeg 424w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!T_Nw!, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/w_848, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/c_limit, 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I refer here to my Substack series <strong>Towards a new spirituality VIII</strong> in which I related our meeting and the phrase that he gave me: <em>Praying the Body</em>. Those words described succinctly what I was experiencing with the Tai Chi at that point in my own journey, the connection between the material and the intangible through movement: the body as the conduit of the spirit, prayer as an inclusive act involving all the three levels of being, the Tai Chi form as a gentle, shamanic dance. This sense of <em>praying the body </em>opened up a new dimension not only in the way I understood and experienced the Tai Chi but also the way that I transmitted the practice. The Buddhist teaching of the material body, the vibrational body and the transcendent body was no longer an insightful theory but a description of dimensions of our physical experience accessible through the practice. The Taoist teaching of the intangible penetrating the tangible and the access to the intangible through form and movement was becoming clear to me. I had, in fact stepped into this territory in a chaotic way during the 1960&#8217;s when I was taking acid, but now the connection was deep and lasting and I was finding ways of communicating it.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!aPCd!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe00d98a5-5b16-4160-817b-002c3ca34a2d_2048x1536.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!aPCd!, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/w_424, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe00d98a5-5b16-4160-817b-002c3ca34a2d_2048x1536.jpeg 424w, 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When I visited Marta two days before she died her face was radiant with peace. She told me: I have truly forgiven my son. By her own account during the months that I accompanied her she had already done so. In the sessions of Chi Kung, while she still had the energy to be on her feet and do the practices on the heart with me, she let go of her baggage - the pending stuff  that weighed her down. The principal one was her son who, years earlier had been a heroin addict and all but ruined the lives of their family  by his destructive behaviour. They had lost touch. By the time he learnt that she was dying, he had been clean for many years, and I had been present when they finally made peace, tearfully at her bedside. But now, lying in her bedroom, she was telling me that the forgiveness that day was incomplete. <em>&#8216;The hurt that he caused us was still in my body,</em>&#8217; she told me. &#8216;<em>The anger was part of the cancer&#8217;</em>. It was when she admitted all this and let the connective tissues holding her frail body together breathe out the pain to the limitless, unnamed space that surrounded her, that she felt the deep letting go of forgiveness that brought her healing in her final days.</p><p>I continue to find the capacity of the body to hold pain and at the same time to release it right up to the end a mystery. I recently witnessed my seventh grandchild being born: that extraordinary passage through the tunnel into this world, the first cry, the fingers opening to space, the beginning of her adventure.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!f5ye!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F30302aa4-2aee-4cfb-a805-10ad567e0530_1295x1527.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!f5ye!, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/w_424, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F30302aa4-2aee-4cfb-a805-10ad567e0530_1295x1527.jpeg 424w, 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encaja]]></description><link>https://tewbunnag.substack.com/p/las-aventuras-de-un-maestro-espiritual-872</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://tewbunnag.substack.com/p/las-aventuras-de-un-maestro-espiritual-872</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Tew]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2026 14:22:38 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!ME30!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fb746a331-6cf3-41e5-9c7a-e17903e2aefc_350x906.jpeg" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p></p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!ME30!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fb746a331-6cf3-41e5-9c7a-e17903e2aefc_350x906.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source 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13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a><figcaption class="image-caption">Chapter House 1976</figcaption></figure></div><p><em><strong><span>Si te atreves</span></strong></em></p><p><span>Esta frase sigue presente en un rinc&#243;n de mi mente. Ha sido un hilo conductor a lo largo de mi vida desde que era muy joven. Podr&#237;a aplicarla a todo tipo de locuras que he cometido a lo largo del tiempo: esa necesidad de poner a prueba los l&#237;mites que marcaron mi juventud. En lo que respecta a esta serie &#8212;y a mis 51 a&#241;os como maestro&#8212;, la frase surgi&#243; como respuesta a una pregunta que le plante&#233; a un famoso maestro de meditaci&#243;n tailand&#233;s llamado Achaan Chah, cuando visit&#243; Londres en 1977 acompa&#241;ado por varios de sus monjes.</span></p><p><span>Para entonces, ya llevaba dos a&#241;os colaborando con Dhiravamsa. A finales de 1976 nos hab&#237;amos trasladado a un lugar llamado Chapter House, una antigua casa rectoral en Wisbech, cerca de Cambridge. Era un espacio mucho m&#225;s amplio que la granja de Cornualles. Nuestra comunidad de convivencia era m&#225;s numerosa y los grupos que asist&#237;an a los cursos hab&#237;an crecido considerablemente gracias a nuestra creciente reputaci&#243;n como centro de sanaci&#243;n espiritual que combinaba enfoques orientales y occidentales, algo novedoso en el Reino Unido por aquel entonces. En mayo de ese mismo a&#241;o hab&#237;a nacido mi hijo, por lo que ya era padre de dos ni&#241;os muy peque&#241;os. No siempre resultaba f&#225;cil compaginar los distintos roles y exigencias. Afortunadamente, durante los primeros a&#241;os en Chapter House hab&#237;a otras familias en la comunidad, lo que nos permit&#237;a ayudarnos y apoyarnos mutuamente.</span></p><p><span>En cuanto al trabajo, disfrutaba ense&#241;ando Tai Chi y Chi Kung, y aprendiendo qu&#233; resultaba beneficioso para quienes acud&#237;an al centro, personas de muy diversos or&#237;genes y con motivaciones muy variadas: individuos que atravesaban crisis nerviosas o estados de agotamiento extremo, exadictos que luchaban por mantenerse limpios, personas en fases avanzadas de enfermedad, otras sumidas en un profundo duelo... Observaba c&#243;mo el Tai Chi y el Chi Kung pod&#237;an contribuir a su sanaci&#243;n. Principalmente, mi objetivo era apoyar las ense&#241;anzas de Dhiravamsa, quien estaba abriendo progresivamente las pr&#225;cticas tradicionales del Theravada para incorporar ense&#241;anzas del Mahayana. Por ejemplo, hab&#237;a empezado a poner &#233;nfasis en la Metta (amor benevolente) y en la figura del Bodhisattva; al mismo tiempo, compart&#237;a su entusiasmo por el trabajo junguiano con los sue&#241;os y la terapia Gestalt, aspectos que sol&#237;an sorprender a sus antiguos alumnos budistas. Para m&#237;, presenciar esta evoluci&#243;n y ver c&#243;mo ampliaba el conjunto de sus ense&#241;anzas resultaba enriquecedor y estimulante; yo me esforzaba por canalizar todo ello hacia el trabajo corporal.</span></p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2" target="_blank" href="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Kzo7!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fb2f3265b-1558-4b4c-91a6-4a0ebc6f6888_157x200.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Kzo7!, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/w_424, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fb2f3265b-1558-4b4c-91a6-4a0ebc6f6888_157x200.jpeg 424w, 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/__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fb2f3265b-1558-4b4c-91a6-4a0ebc6f6888_157x200.jpeg 424w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Kzo7!, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/w_848, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/f_auto, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fb2f3265b-1558-4b4c-91a6-4a0ebc6f6888_157x200.jpeg 848w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Kzo7!, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/w_1272, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/f_auto, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fb2f3265b-1558-4b4c-91a6-4a0ebc6f6888_157x200.jpeg 1272w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Kzo7!, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/w_1456, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/f_auto, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fb2f3265b-1558-4b4c-91a6-4a0ebc6f6888_157x200.jpeg 1456w" sizes="100vw"></picture><div></div></div></a><figcaption class="image-caption">Dhiravamsa</figcaption></figure></div><p><span>Pero a&#250;n me sent&#237;a inc&#243;modo asumiendo el rol de maestro, lo cual suced&#237;a cada vez que Dhiravamsa se ausentaba para impartir cursos fuera del centro, incluyendo largas temporadas en Estados Unidos. Me sent&#237;a inseguro y muy reacio a asumir la responsabilidad. La autoridad que &#233;l irradiaba le resultaba natural, despu&#233;s de tantos a&#241;os en el monasterio como maestro de meditaci&#243;n. Pero cada vez que ten&#237;a que tomar su relevo, me sent&#237;a como un novato. Aunque &#233;l me hab&#237;a formado y hab&#237;a aprendido las ense&#241;anzas, las pr&#225;cticas, los mantras y c&#225;nticos, y algunos de los rituales, no hab&#237;a tenido tiempo de integrarlos por completo ni de encontrar mi propia voz. As&#237; que a menudo intentaba replicar su forma de ense&#241;ar y transmitir lo que hab&#237;a aprendido, lo cual, desde mi perspectiva, no funcionaba. No me parec&#237;a aut&#233;ntico. (Desde entonces he comprendido la diferencia entre ense&#241;ar y transmitir). Al mismo tiempo, a medida que empec&#233; a darme cuenta del sufrimiento que padec&#237;an algunas de las personas que acud&#237;an a nosotros, sent&#237; que realmente no pod&#237;a ofrecerles mucha ayuda.</span></p><p><span>Fue durante una de las estancias de Dhiravamsa con nosotros en Chapter House cuando tom&#233; un tren a Londres para ver a Achaan Chah. Mi intenci&#243;n era, principalmente, presentarle mis respetos. Ya hab&#237;a o&#237;do hablar de &#233;l cuando viv&#237;a en Tailandia y sent&#237;a curiosidad por saber qu&#233; iba a hacer en el Reino Unido. Hab&#237;a sido invitado por un grupo budista y se alojaba en el Hampstead Vihara. Por aquel entonces, pocas personas fuera de Tailandia lo conoc&#237;an, as&#237; que resultaba bastante f&#225;cil conseguir una audiencia privada con &#233;l. No ten&#237;a previsto preguntarle nada en concreto. Sin embargo, mientras estaba sentado frente a &#233;l, tras la charla inicial, surgi&#243; una pregunta en mi interior de forma inesperada. Le pregunt&#233; si cre&#237;a que yo era capaz de ser maestro espiritual, dado que nunca hab&#237;a pasado tiempo en un templo como monje y que estaba casado y ten&#237;a familia. Creo que mi pregunta directa le tom&#243; un poco por sorpresa; a m&#237;, desde luego, me sorprendi&#243;. Guard&#243; silencio durante lo que pareci&#243; una eternidad, clavando en m&#237; su mirada penetrante. Recuerdo que, una vez pronunciadas las palabras, aguardaba con impaciencia su respuesta &#8212;fuera cual fuera&#8212;, aunque no estoy seguro de c&#243;mo me habr&#237;a sentido si se hubiera re&#237;do de m&#237; y me hubiera dicho que buscara un trabajo convencional. Pero, sin apartar la vista de m&#237;, lo &#250;nico que dijo finalmente, con una expresi&#243;n totalmente neutra, fue: &#171;</span><em><strong><span>Si te atreves</span></strong></em><span>&#187;. Con eso concluy&#243; nuestra entrevista.</span></p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!fwnz!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F28833c58-c079-4a62-963c-fea0c46176f4_288x378.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!fwnz!, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/w_424, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F28833c58-c079-4a62-963c-fea0c46176f4_288x378.jpeg 424w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!fwnz!, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/w_848, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/f_webp, 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/__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/w_1456, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/f_auto, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F28833c58-c079-4a62-963c-fea0c46176f4_288x378.jpeg 1456w" sizes="100vw" loading="lazy"></picture><div class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image"><svg aria-hidden="true" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><g><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 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Ciertamente no fue una bendici&#243;n ni un sello de aprobaci&#243;n, pero tampoco una negativa rotunda. Dejaba la decisi&#243;n en mis manos. O al menos as&#237; lo interpret&#233; yo. M&#225;s tarde, cuando le cont&#233; a Dhiravamsa mi encuentro con Achaan Chah, &#233;l se rio. No le costaba entender por qu&#233; hab&#237;a ido; de hecho, &#233;l mismo me hab&#237;a animado a hacerlo. No hizo m&#225;s comentarios, salvo decir: &#171;</span><em><strong><span>S&#237;. Hay que atreverse</span></strong></em><span>&#187;. Ahora comprendo lo que &#233;l mismo se hab&#237;a atrevido a hacer: renunciar a las t&#250;nicas azafr&#225;n, a su papel como abad y al cargo de primer &#171;embajador del Dhamma&#187;. Aquello conllevaba ser rechazado y duramente criticado, adem&#225;s de tener que convivir con todos los rumores que surgieron a ra&#237;z de ello.</span></p><p><span>Las palabras de Achaan Chah tuvieron, sin duda, un efecto estimulante en m&#237;. Me hicieron reflexionar sobre aquello que no me atrev&#237;a a hacer. Tambi&#233;n agradec&#237; la comprensi&#243;n y el apoyo de Dhiravamsa, as&#237; como su paciencia conmigo. Sin embargo, aunque las cosas empezaron a cambiar poco a poco tras aquella visita a Achaan Chah, segu&#237;a sin encontrar la manera de asumir mi papel como maestro. No fue hasta 1980, cuando viaj&#233; a California para pasar el verano ayudando a Dhiravamsa a impartir un curso importante en un hermoso centro de Gualala &#8212; en la costa norte, cerca de Mendocino&#8212;, que empec&#233; a sentirme m&#225;s seguro y a gusto con el camino que se hab&#237;a trazado para m&#237;. Para entonces, ya hab&#237;a pasado por una especie de crisis y agotamiento extremo que ahora considero una etapa necesaria de mi viaje.</span></p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!ZI0X!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F06df8dcb-0a7a-48e8-992c-ab0ce2689f03_174x277.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!ZI0X!, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/w_424, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F06df8dcb-0a7a-48e8-992c-ab0ce2689f03_174x277.jpeg 424w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!ZI0X!, 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fit]]></description><link>https://tewbunnag.substack.com/p/adventures-of-a-reluctant-spiritual-d8a</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://tewbunnag.substack.com/p/adventures-of-a-reluctant-spiritual-d8a</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Tew]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2026 14:22:02 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!D82v!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F171eba2b-9036-4023-9794-ceb770fa1193_350x906.jpeg" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!D82v!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F171eba2b-9036-4023-9794-ceb770fa1193_350x906.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" 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/__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/w_1456, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/f_auto, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F171eba2b-9036-4023-9794-ceb770fa1193_350x906.jpeg 1456w" sizes="100vw" fetchpriority="high"></picture><div class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image"><svg aria-hidden="true" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><g><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a><figcaption class="image-caption">Chapter House 1976</figcaption></figure></div><p><em><strong>If you dare</strong></em></p><p>This phrase still sits in a corner of my mind. It has been a constant thread throughout my life since I was very young. I could apply it to all sorts of crazy things that I have done in my time: the need to test the limits that marked my youth. With regard to this series, and to my 51 years as a teacher it was said to me in answer to a question that I put to a famous Thai meditation master called Ajaan Chah when he came over to London in 1977 with several of his monks. </p><p>By now I was two years into my work helping my teacher, Dhiravamsa. In late 1976 we had moved to a place called Chapter House, an old rectory in Wisbech, near Cambridge. It was a much bigger space than the farm in Cornwall. Our live - in community was larger, and the groups coming to do the courses had grown considerably because of our expanding reputation as a spiritual healing centre that combined eastern and western approaches, something that was new in the UK at the time. In May of that year my son had been born, so now I was a father to two very young children. It was not always easy to combine the roles and their demands. Fortunately, in the first couple of years at Chapter House there were other families in the community, so we could all help and support each other.</p><p>As for the work, I was enjoying teaching the Tai Chi and Ch&#8217;i Gung, learning what was beneficial to those who came to the centre from all sorts of backgrounds and for all sorts of reasons: people who were going through breakdowns and burnout, ex-addicts trying to stay clean, people who were in an advanced stage of their illness, others in deep grief&#8230;I was seeing how Tai Chi and Chi Gung could contribute to their healing. Mainly I was just trying to support Dhiravamsa&#8217;s teaching which was steadily opening up the traditional Theravada practices to include the teachings from the Mahayana. For example, he had begun to emphasise the aspect of Metta and Loving Kindness and the notion of the Bodhisattva, and, at the same time he was also sharing his enthusiasm for Jungian dream work and Gestalt therapy, all of which tended to surprise his old Buddhist students. To me it was enriching and refreshing to watch this evolution and see the way he was expanding the whole teaching . I was trying my best to channel all of it into the body work I was doing.</p><p>But I was still uncomfortable taking on the role of a teacher, which happened whenever Dhiravamsa left to give courses away from the centre, including long stretches in the USA. I was insecure and very reluctant to take on the responsibility, The sense of authority that he exuded came easily to him, after all his years in the monastery  as a meditation teacher. But whenever I had to take over from him I felt like a novice. Even though I had been trained by him and learnt the teachings, the practices, the mantras and chants,  and some of the rituals, I had not had time to fully integrate them, or to find my own voice. So I was often trying to replicate his way of teaching, and passing on what I had learnt, which, from my perspective, wasn&#8217;t working. It did not feel authentic. (I have since recognised the difference between teaching and transmitting). At the same time, as I gradually began to realize how much suffering some of the people coming to us were going through, I felt that I was not really able to offer them much help.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2" target="_blank" href="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Cu_N!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F635ee3ce-dccd-4ca3-82d5-abc8f0113c73_157x200.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Cu_N!, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/w_424, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F635ee3ce-dccd-4ca3-82d5-abc8f0113c73_157x200.jpeg 424w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Cu_N!, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/w_848, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F635ee3ce-dccd-4ca3-82d5-abc8f0113c73_157x200.jpeg 848w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Cu_N!, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/w_1272, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F635ee3ce-dccd-4ca3-82d5-abc8f0113c73_157x200.jpeg 1272w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Cu_N!, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/w_1456, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F635ee3ce-dccd-4ca3-82d5-abc8f0113c73_157x200.jpeg 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Cu_N!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F635ee3ce-dccd-4ca3-82d5-abc8f0113c73_157x200.jpeg" width="157" height="200" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/635ee3ce-dccd-4ca3-82d5-abc8f0113c73_157x200.jpeg&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:200,&quot;width&quot;:157,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:null,&quot;bytes&quot;:6013,&quot;alt&quot;:null,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/jpeg&quot;,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:false,&quot;topImage&quot;:false,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:&quot;https://tewbunnag.substack.com/i/207890417?img=https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F635ee3ce-dccd-4ca3-82d5-abc8f0113c73_157x200.jpeg&quot;,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}" class="sizing-normal" alt="" srcset="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Cu_N!, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/w_424, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/f_auto, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F635ee3ce-dccd-4ca3-82d5-abc8f0113c73_157x200.jpeg 424w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Cu_N!, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/w_848, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/f_auto, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F635ee3ce-dccd-4ca3-82d5-abc8f0113c73_157x200.jpeg 848w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Cu_N!, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/w_1272, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/f_auto, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F635ee3ce-dccd-4ca3-82d5-abc8f0113c73_157x200.jpeg 1272w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Cu_N!, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/w_1456, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/f_auto, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F635ee3ce-dccd-4ca3-82d5-abc8f0113c73_157x200.jpeg 1456w" sizes="100vw"></picture><div></div></div></a><figcaption class="image-caption">Dhiravamsa</figcaption></figure></div><p>It was during one of the periods when Dhiravamsa was with us in Chapter House that I took a train down to London to see Ajaan Chah. It was principally to pay my respects.  I had already heard of him when I was living in Thailand, and I was curious to know what he was going to do in the UK. He had been invited by a Buddhist group and was staying in their Hampstead Vihara.Few people outside of Thailand had heard of him at that time so it was still easy enough to have a private session with him. I had not planned to ask him anything in particular. But as I sat in front of him, after the initial chit chat,  the question popped up in my heart, out of nowhere. I asked him whether he thought I was capable of being a spiritual teacher, never having spent time in a temple as a monk, and being married with a family. I think he was slightly taken aback by my straightforward enquiry. I was certainly surprised. He stayed silent for what seemed an eternity, fixing me with his piercing gaze. What I remember is that, once the words were out of my mouth, I was eager for his answer whatever it was going to be, although I am not sure how I would have felt if he had laughed at me, and told me to go and get a day job. But, without taking his eyes off me all he said finally, and with a totally neutral expression, was: &#8216;<em><strong>If you dare</strong>&#8217;</em>. With that our interview was at an end.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2" target="_blank" href="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!CWrx!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fb7d33837-5fdc-42b4-973b-6eeb68c11f9d_288x378.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!CWrx!, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/w_424, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fb7d33837-5fdc-42b4-973b-6eeb68c11f9d_288x378.jpeg 424w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!CWrx!, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/w_848, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fb7d33837-5fdc-42b4-973b-6eeb68c11f9d_288x378.jpeg 848w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!CWrx!, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/w_1272, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fb7d33837-5fdc-42b4-973b-6eeb68c11f9d_288x378.jpeg 1272w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!CWrx!, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/w_1456, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fb7d33837-5fdc-42b4-973b-6eeb68c11f9d_288x378.jpeg 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!CWrx!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fb7d33837-5fdc-42b4-973b-6eeb68c11f9d_288x378.jpeg" width="178" height="233.625" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/b7d33837-5fdc-42b4-973b-6eeb68c11f9d_288x378.jpeg&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:378,&quot;width&quot;:288,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:178,&quot;bytes&quot;:14729,&quot;alt&quot;:null,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/jpeg&quot;,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:false,&quot;topImage&quot;:false,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:&quot;https://tewbunnag.substack.com/i/207890417?img=https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fb7d33837-5fdc-42b4-973b-6eeb68c11f9d_288x378.jpeg&quot;,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}" class="sizing-normal" alt="" srcset="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!CWrx!, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/w_424, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/f_auto, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fb7d33837-5fdc-42b4-973b-6eeb68c11f9d_288x378.jpeg 424w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!CWrx!, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/w_848, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/f_auto, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fb7d33837-5fdc-42b4-973b-6eeb68c11f9d_288x378.jpeg 848w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!CWrx!, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/w_1272, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/f_auto, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fb7d33837-5fdc-42b4-973b-6eeb68c11f9d_288x378.jpeg 1272w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!CWrx!, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/w_1456, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/f_auto, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fb7d33837-5fdc-42b4-973b-6eeb68c11f9d_288x378.jpeg 1456w" sizes="100vw"></picture><div></div></div></a><figcaption class="image-caption">Ajaan Chah</figcaption></figure></div><p>His answer did not exactly reassure me. It was certainly not a blessing, nor a stamp of approval but not exactly a negation. He was leaving it up to me. At least that was how I took it. Later when I told Dhiravamsa about my meeting with Ajaan Chah, he laughed. It was not hard for him to see why I had gone. In fact he had encouraged me to do so. He made no comment except to say: &#8216;<em><strong>Yes. We have to dare</strong></em><strong>&#8217;</strong>. I realise now what he himself had dared to do, giving up the saffron robes and his role as an abbot, and the post of being the first so-called Dhamma ambassador. It meant being rejected and heavily criticized, and having to live with all the gossip that followed.</p><p>Ajaan Chah&#8217;s words definitely had a galvanizing effect on me. They set me thinking of what I was not daring to do. I was also grateful for Dhiravamsa&#8217;s understanding and support, as well as his patience with me. But even though things slowly began to change after that visit to Ajaan Chah, I still couldn&#8217;t find a way of embracing my role as a teacher. It was only when I went over to California in 1980 to spend the summer helping Dhiravamsa teach a big course in a beautiful centre in Gualala, on the north coast, near Mendocino, that I began to feel more confident and at ease with the path that had been chosen for me. 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tarde]]></description><link>https://tewbunnag.substack.com/p/las-aventuras-de-un-maestro-espiritual-89e</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://tewbunnag.substack.com/p/las-aventuras-de-un-maestro-espiritual-89e</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Tew]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2026 15:30:37 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!uFVk!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fdb517b7e-f59a-4b6b-8517-f4ff73fd3c81_1600x1200.jpeg" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p></p><div class="image-gallery-embed" data-attrs="{&quot;gallery&quot;:{&quot;images&quot;:[{&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/jpeg&quot;,&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/db517b7e-f59a-4b6b-8517-f4ff73fd3c81_1600x1200.jpeg&quot;},{&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/jpeg&quot;,&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/a48706c8-2401-4bbf-aba1-e587d512b55f_1600x900.jpeg&quot;},{&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/jpeg&quot;,&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/32288957-d2d1-4b96-a4c1-0a30140e801b_1600x1074.jpeg&quot;}],&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;staticGalleryImage&quot;:{&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/png&quot;,&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/068bfa97-ee19-4a13-9b90-9c37e5f61b61_1456x474.png&quot;}},&quot;isEditorNode&quot;:true}"></div><p>&#191;Por qu&#233; lo de &#171;reticente&#187;?</p><p>Un par de d&#237;as despu&#233;s de publicar el primer cap&#237;tulo, recib&#237; un mensaje de uno de mis suscriptores pregunt&#225;ndome por qu&#233; hab&#237;a utilizado la palabra &#171;<strong>reticente</strong>&#187; en el t&#237;tulo de esta serie. Es una pregunta razonable y tal vez otros se est&#233;n planteando lo mismo. Merece una respuesta y alg&#250;n comentario al respecto. As&#237; que...</p><p>En primer lugar, no inclu&#237; esa palabra como una broma ni como un gesto de falsa modestia. Empec&#233; como un profesor reticente y, tras 51 a&#241;os, sigo si&#233;ndolo. Ser profesor no entraba en mis planes cuando ten&#237;a 28 a&#241;os y viv&#237;a en Bangkok con mi primera esposa y nuestra hija, nacida all&#237; en septiembre de 1974. Despu&#233;s de siete a&#241;os viajando de mochilero, resultaba c&#243;modo y reparador vivir de nuevo con mis padres, con la paz temporalmente restablecida con mi padre, y dedicarme a trabajos espor&#225;dicos, como leer las noticias en ingl&#233;s en la radio y ayudar a un viejo amigo de Cambridge a exportar artesan&#237;a, lo cual me proporcionaba lo suficiente para vivir. Simplemente me dejaba llevar, aprendiendo a ser padre y sin tener la menor idea de hacia d&#243;nde me conducir&#237;a la vida. Hab&#237;a intentado dedicarme a escribir desde que dej&#233; la universidad, aunque sin &#233;xito, y ten&#237;a vagos planes de seguir haci&#233;ndolo ahora que me hab&#237;a asentado. Mientras tanto, tras regresar a Bangkok, practicaba Tai Chi por las ma&#241;anas en el parque Lumpini con el maestro Tang y acud&#237;a al templo Wat Po para estudiar medicina china y practicar Ch&#8217;i Gung con el Dr. Ch&#8217;u. Entonces, de forma inesperada, en mayo de 1975, recib&#237; la carta de Dhiravamsa, mi maestro, invit&#225;ndome a ayudarle a establecer un centro en Cornualles (Reino Unido). Ojal&#225; la hubiera conservado, dada su importancia en mi trayectoria, pero la perd&#237; hace mucho tiempo. Ya he escrito sobre c&#243;mo Dhiravamsa y yo nos conocimos &#8212;en mi serie de Substack &#8216;<strong>Ultimos Encuentros</strong>&#8217; y &#8216;<strong>Viajes interiores</strong>&#8217;&#8212; y sobre c&#243;mo acept&#233; aquella invitaci&#243;n, as&#237; que no lo repetir&#233; aqu&#237;. Sin embargo, a&#241;adir&#233; algunos detalles sobre mis primeras experiencias &#171;ense&#241;ando&#187;, que fue posible gracias a &#233;l.</p><p>Ocurri&#243; en diciembre del mismo a&#241;o en la granja Carn Entral, en Cornualles (suroeste de Inglaterra), el centro que Dhiravamsa hab&#237;a fundado con el apoyo econ&#243;mico de un generoso donante. Entre los asistentes al retiro de Navidad hab&#237;a tanto budistas que le acompa&#241;aban desde su &#233;poca de abad como nuevos alumnos interesados <span>&#8203;&#8203;</span>en su labor actual. Era un grupo grande. Se hab&#237;a corrido la voz de que &#233;l hab&#237;a descubierto enfoques terap&#233;uticos occidentales, as&#237; como el trabajo corporal, que era mi especialidad. El d&#237;a anterior al inicio del retiro, mientras la gente a&#250;n iba llegando, Dhiravamsa me comunic&#243; que ten&#237;a que marcharse. No recuerdo el motivo ni el destino, pero yo deb&#237;a ocupar su lugar. &#161;Vaya!</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Tb9T!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ff54a5869-e93d-431b-8c17-47709b651d5e_800x600.webp" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Tb9T!, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/w_424, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ff54a5869-e93d-431b-8c17-47709b651d5e_800x600.webp 424w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Tb9T!, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/w_848, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/c_limit, 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/__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/w_1456, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/f_auto, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ff54a5869-e93d-431b-8c17-47709b651d5e_800x600.webp 1456w" sizes="100vw" fetchpriority="high"></picture><div class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image"><svg aria-hidden="true" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><g><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a><figcaption class="image-caption">La granja Carn Entral</figcaption></figure></div><p>El curso dur&#243; una semana y se desarroll&#243; principalmente en silencio, siguiendo el ritmo y la estructura establecidos por Dhiravamsa. Yo deb&#237;a sentarme donde &#233;l sol&#237;a hacerlo, tocar el cuenco en el momento oportuno durante las pr&#225;cticas de meditaci&#243;n y, a media ma&#241;ana y otra vez por la tarde, dirigir sesiones de Tai Chi y Chi Gung con el grupo. Hasta ah&#237;, todo bien. Sin embargo, hab&#237;a dos momentos del d&#237;a que requer&#237;an interacci&#243;n. Uno era justo despu&#233;s del desayuno: todos realizaban su meditaci&#243;n individual y quienes necesitaban una entrevista se inscrib&#237;an para tener una sesi&#243;n conmigo. Si se trataba de una consulta sobre su pr&#225;ctica, yo recurr&#237;a a las respuestas budistas habituales que hab&#237;a aprendido durante mi formaci&#243;n con Dhiravamsa. Pero al escuchar sus problemas personales &#8212; muchos de ellos intensos o dolorosos &#8212;, me sent&#237;a, por decirlo suavemente, poco preparado. Me esforzaba al m&#225;ximo por conectar con lo que ellos estaban viviendo, pero no hab&#237;a vivido ni sufrido lo suficiente como para ser de gran ayuda. Por ejemplo, me costaba comprender el impacto que una enfermedad grave ten&#237;a en las personas, ya que hasta entonces yo nunca hab&#237;a padecido ninguna dolencia seria. &#161;Ahora, por supuesto, la empat&#237;a surge con naturalidad!</p><p>Luego estaban las charlas sobre el Dharma que se impart&#237;an al final de cada jornada. Era otra de las actividades habituales de Dhiravamsa, algo que sus alumnos ya esperaban. Recuerdo v&#237;vidamente la primera vez que di una charla: el ambiente en aquel antiguo establo reconvertido en sala de meditaci&#243;n, con el viento fr&#237;o aullando en el exterior y la gente acomod&#225;ndose en sus cojines, para luego fijar la mirada en m&#237; a la espera de que empezara a hablar. Pod&#237;a percibir su decepci&#243;n ante la ausencia de Dhiravamsa. Una mujer hab&#237;a viajado desde California expresamente para asistir al curso y escuchar sus palabras sabias. Hab&#237;a pasado la tarde preparando minuciosamente lo que iba a decir. El resultado son&#243; artificial y ensayado, al igual que las dem&#225;s charlas de aquella semana. Al finalizar del retiro, algunas personas se acercaron para ofrecerme palabras de &#225;nimo. Sin embargo, eso no bast&#243; para disipar la persistente duda de que la situaci&#243;n me superaba por completo, de que tal vez me hab&#237;a embarcado en una tarea para la que no estaba hecho.</p><p><em>He incluido m&#225;s arriba algunas fotos tomadas a lo largo de los a&#241;os; esta &#250;ltima corresponde a una charla reciente, celebrada el 7 de julio de 2026 en el Instituto Catal&#225;n de Oncolog&#237;a (ICO) del Hospital Trueta de Gerona.</em></p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!rf_P!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F8e46f981-43cf-47de-a1bc-861f3dd3ef1a_1600x1200.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!rf_P!, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/w_424, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/c_limit, 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ah&#237;.</p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Adventures of a reluctant spiritual teacher II]]></title><description><![CDATA[Talk,talk]]></description><link>https://tewbunnag.substack.com/p/adventures-of-a-reluctant-spiritual-b5d</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://tewbunnag.substack.com/p/adventures-of-a-reluctant-spiritual-b5d</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Tew]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2026 15:30:02 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!PTcs!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fcdbf0bd1-dc3d-4220-b6c6-2a064d8d62c1_1600x1074.jpeg" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p></p><div class="image-gallery-embed" data-attrs="{&quot;gallery&quot;:{&quot;images&quot;:[{&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/jpeg&quot;,&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/cdbf0bd1-dc3d-4220-b6c6-2a064d8d62c1_1600x1074.jpeg&quot;},{&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/jpeg&quot;,&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/c0c17378-2ae7-453c-9c77-4357fc2163b8_1600x900.jpeg&quot;},{&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/jpeg&quot;,&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/30a6b1ec-6155-4c0d-8541-e59f53e0921a_4032x3024.jpeg&quot;}],&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;staticGalleryImage&quot;:{&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/png&quot;,&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/8d1e8522-18ba-43f5-9fc2-96e69de1b2d4_1456x474.png&quot;}},&quot;isEditorNode&quot;:true}"></div><p>Why the reluctance?</p><p>A couple of days after I posted the first chapter, I received a message from one of my subscribers asking me why I used the word <strong>reluctant </strong>in the title of this series. It&#8217;s a reasonable question and maybe others are wondering the same thing. It deserves some kind of answer and commentary. So here goes.</p><p>First of all, I did not slip in the word as a joke or as some badge of modesty. I started out as a reluctant teacher and after 51 years I still feel like one. Being a teacher was not part of my plans when I was 28, living in Bangkok with my first wife and our daughter, born there in September 1974. After seven years of backpacking, it was comfortable and restful to be living with my parents again, peace temporarily restored with my father, doing odd jobs like reading the news in English on the radio and helping an old friend from Cambridge export handicrafts, which gave me enough to live on. I was coasting along, learning to be a parent and still unsure of where life was leading me. I had tried my hand at writing since leaving university, without success, and I had vague plans to continue doing so now that I was more settled. In the meantime, since getting back to Bangkok I was doing T&#8217;ai Chi in the mornings in Lumpini park with Master Tang and going to Wat Po temple to study Chinese medicine and practice Ch&#8217;i Gong with Dr. Ch&#8217;u. Then, out of the blue, in May 1975, I received the letter from Dhiravamsa, my teacher inviting me to help him set up a centre in Cornwall, UK. I wish I had kept it because of its importance in my journey. But I lost it long ago. I have already written about how Dhiravamsa and I found our way to each other, in my Substack series &#8216;<strong>Last Encounters&#8217;</strong> and &#8216;<strong>Inner Journeys&#8217;</strong>, and how I accepted his invitation, so I won&#8217;t repeat it here. But I will add a few details about my first efforts at &#8216;teaching&#8217;, which was thanks to him.</p><p>It was in December that same year in Carn Entral farm in Cornwall, southwest England, the centre that Dhiravamsa had set up with the financial support of a generous donor. Those attending the Christmas retreat included Buddhists who had been with his followers since he was an abbot, and new students interested in what he was now doing. It was a big group. The word had got around that he had discovered Western therapeutic approaches, as well as body work, which was my speciality. The day before the retreat started, as the people were still arriving, he announced that he had to go away. I can&#8217;t remember why or where. But I was to take his place. Gulp!</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!72oT!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc98596e1-025f-4983-bbc1-7d24948e014a_800x600.webp" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!72oT!, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/w_424, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc98596e1-025f-4983-bbc1-7d24948e014a_800x600.webp 424w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!72oT!, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/w_848, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/q_auto:good, 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13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a><figcaption class="image-caption">Carn Entral Farm, Cornwall, UK</figcaption></figure></div><p>The course was a week long and conducted mostly in silence following the rhythm and the structure that Dhiravamsa had established. I was to sit on the cushion where he usually sat, ring the gong at the right time during the meditation practices, and mid-way through the morning and once more in the afternoon do some T&#8217;ai Chi and Ch&#8217;i Gong with the group. No problem there. But there were two moments during the day that involved interaction. One was just after breakfast when everyone did their private meditation and those who needed an interview would sign up to have a session with me. If it was a question about their practice, I trotted out the standard Buddhist answers that I had learnt in my training with Dhiravamsa. But when I listened to their personal issues, many of them intense, some of them painful, I felt ill-prepared to say the least. I dug deep to connect with what they were going through. But I had not experienced enough nor suffered enough to be of much help. For example, I found it hard to understand what effect a serious illness had on people, never having been seriously ill up till then. Nowadays, of course the empathy comes easily!</p><p>Then there were the Dharma talks given at the end of each evening&#8217;s practice. It was something else that Dhiravamsa did in his courses and what his students had come to expect. I vividly recall the first time I gave a talk: the atmosphere in that converted old cowshed which served as the meditation hall, with the cold wind howling outside and the people settling down on their cushions and then all looking straight at me waiting for me to start speaking. I could already sense their disappointment at Dhiravamsa&#8217;s absence. One woman had come all the way from California to listen to his wise words. I had spent the afternoon carefully preparing what I was going to say. That evening it came out stilted and rehearsed, as did the other talks the rest of that week. At the end of the retreat a few people came up with words of encouragement. But it wasn&#8217;t enough to take away the niggling doubt I had that I was totally out of my depth, that perhaps I had signed up for the wrong job.</p><p>I have included above some photos taken over the years, and this last one was a recent talk on the 7th. 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aventuras de un maestro espiritual reticente]]></title><description><![CDATA[El camino largo y sinuoso]]></description><link>https://tewbunnag.substack.com/p/las-aventuras-de-un-maestro-espiritual</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://tewbunnag.substack.com/p/las-aventuras-de-un-maestro-espiritual</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Tew]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2026 07:29:59 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!8Stl!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F21bbdbbe-46d1-408e-b58d-fcb752570e83_304x371.jpeg" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!8Stl!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F21bbdbbe-46d1-408e-b58d-fcb752570e83_304x371.jpeg" 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Hasta pronto.</strong></p><p>A principios de 2026, tras 51 a&#241;os dedicados a la ense&#241;anza, decid&#237; que a finales de junio me tomar&#237;a un descanso en condiciones. Llevaba tiempo anunciando lo mismo y, como era de esperar, mi familia, mis alumnos y mis amigos hab&#237;an empezado a tom&#225;rselo con cierto escepticismo. Yo mismo me preguntaba a menudo si ser&#237;a capaz de hacerlo. &#191;Acaso el h&#225;bito de ense&#241;ar y viajar, sumado al apego a mi trabajo, estaba demasiado arraigado como para desvincularme? Y, por supuesto, estaba tambi&#233;n la cuesti&#243;n, muy real, de poder permitirme econ&#243;micamente ese supuesto a&#241;o sab&#225;tico. El asunto qued&#243; resuelto a finales de 2025, cuando calcul&#233; que, con mis ahorros, las ventas de mis escritos y los trabajos ocasionales online, podr&#237;a dejar de viajar para impartir cursos, al menos durante una temporada. Pero lo que termin&#243; de convencerme fue el consejo de varios amigos m&#233;dicos: bas&#225;ndose en los resultados de pruebas recientes que revelaban un deterioro f&#237;sico evidente, me dec&#237;an que quiz&#225; hab&#237;a llegado el momento de darle a mi cuerpo un reposo adecuado.</p><p></p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!lEl1!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F142640c3-2d48-40d1-8c65-3632f7e0ea32_1600x1200.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!lEl1!, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/w_424, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/q_auto:good, 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anta&#241;o estaba rodeado de laderas verdes y frondosas y densos olivares. Sin embargo, poco a poco el entorno se ha ido urbanizando y la isla misma se ha transformado debido al intenso turismo que caracteriza a Corf&#250;. Aun as&#237;, la magia perdura si uno se adentra serpenteando por las colinas cubiertas de olivos que no han sido podados, sino que crecen majestuosos hacia el cielo junto a los altos cipreses, o si logra bajar por un sendero impregnado de aroma a hierbas arom&#225;ticas hasta una playa virgen y solitaria. Casa Luc&#237;a conserva su encanto inconfundible: las coquetas casitas, el jard&#237;n bien cuidado y rebosante de color, el viejo pino en medio del c&#233;sped donde practicamos, y el enorme tilo del patio donde comemos que ofrece una amplia sombra frente al sol y cuyas flores, en esta &#233;poca del a&#241;o, desprenden un perfume delicioso y sopor&#237;fero. Acabo de terminar la &#250;ltima etapa de mi &#8216;gira de despedida&#8217;, que comenz&#243; a principios de la primavera en Menorca y que continuaba hasta ahora. Mucha gente, muchos viajes. Si hubiera sabido cuanto trabajo faltaba, quiz&#225;s no me habr&#237;a embarcado en ello! Pero al final fue una despedida necesaria. A lo largo de los a&#241;os los grupos son familia extendida y se la deb&#237;a a ellos.</p><p>El grupo aqu&#237; en Corf&#250; era, como siempre, una mezcla variada de personas: m&#233;dicos, terapeutas, profesores, masajistas, m&#250;sicos y artistas procedentes de Grecia, Espa&#241;a, Italia, el Reino Unido... Una de ellas me conoce desde hace m&#225;s de 40 a&#241;os, pues formaba parte del colectivo que organiz&#243; mi primer curso de Tai Chi en Catalu&#241;a en 1985. Ayer, durante la &#250;ltima ma&#241;ana, me prepararon una ceremonia de despedida sencilla, conmovedora e inesperada.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!NEcu!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F15801b7f-49d8-4c64-9b4e-eb8973193ce0_1639x1780.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!NEcu!, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/w_424, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F15801b7f-49d8-4c64-9b4e-eb8973193ce0_1639x1780.jpeg 424w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!NEcu!, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/w_848, 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12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p>Mi trayectoria &#8212;a falta de una palabra mejor&#8212; ha sido una aventura enriquecedora y, en los &#250;ltimos a&#241;os, quienes han formado parte de mi camino me han animado a compartir mis experiencias. Por lo general, les digo que, si buscaban fragmentos de mi historia personal, pod&#237;an encontrarlos en los art&#237;culos que he ido publicando en Substack. Sin embargo, tras decidir tomarme este descanso y ante la perspectiva de disponer de mucho tiempo libre, me mostr&#233; abierto a la idea de escribir algo espec&#237;fico sobre lo que ha significado ser maestro espiritual, vivido desde dentro, por as&#237; decirlo: las contradicciones y los escollos, los desaf&#237;os, la responsabilidad, etc&#233;tera; todo ello mientras intentaba llevar una vida familiar convencional. Quiz&#225;s esto resulte interesante, y posiblemente &#250;til, tanto para alguien que est&#233; emprendiendo un camino similar como para otras personas que se dediquen a lo mismo. Pero no esperes una cronolog&#237;a de acontecimientos. Ser&#225; una parte m&#225;s de este repaso fluido de mi vida, un intento sin pretensiones de dar sentido a los tiempos que he vivido desde mi perspectiva actual. Como ya he comentado en uno de mis art&#237;culos de Substack, una de mis principales motivaciones para compartir aspectos de mi vida es dejar algo escrito para que mis nietos puedan leerlo alg&#250;n d&#237;a, si es que alguna vez sienten curiosidad por su abuelo oriental y por lo que hizo.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!x_dK!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fd74a18f8-b4b4-43d8-84c6-91a80b0622b3_1624x1218.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!x_dK!, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/w_424, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/q_auto:good, 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road]]></description><link>https://tewbunnag.substack.com/p/adventures-of-a-reluctant-spiritual</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://tewbunnag.substack.com/p/adventures-of-a-reluctant-spiritual</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Tew]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2026 07:29:26 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!o3Lm!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F05ab134a-571d-45ac-b515-ed477eb45a2d_304x371.jpeg" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!o3Lm!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F05ab134a-571d-45ac-b515-ed477eb45a2d_304x371.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" 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/__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/w_1456, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/f_auto, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F05ab134a-571d-45ac-b515-ed477eb45a2d_304x371.jpeg 1456w" sizes="100vw" fetchpriority="high"></picture><div class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image"><svg aria-hidden="true" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><g><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a><figcaption class="image-caption">Corfu </figcaption></figure></div><p>Chapter I. Goodbye for now.</p><p>At the beginning of 2026, after 51 years of teaching, I decided that at the end of June I would take a decent break. I had been putting out the same message for a while and, understandably, my family, students and friends had come to treat it with a certain amount of scepticism. I too often asked myself if I was capable of doing so. Was the habit of teaching and travelling, and the attachment to my work too ingrained for me to disengage? And, of course, there was also the very real issue of being able to afford a so-called sabbatical in the first place. This was resolved by the end of 2025 when I calculated that with my savings and sales of my writings, and the occasional online work I could now stop travelling to give courses, at least for a while. But what clinched it was the advice I was getting from various doctor friends who have been telling me that based on the recent test results that showed my body unravelling, it was perhaps time to give it a good rest.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!U5x4!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F86c55c00-e0fe-4561-82c5-af4354acca41_1600x1200.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!U5x4!, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/w_424, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/q_auto:good, 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cradled by green, leafy slopes and thick olive groves. But gradually the surrounding land has become built up, and the island itself has been transformed by the intense tourism that Corfu offers. Still, the magic persists if you wind your way into the hills covered in olive trees that have not been pruned but left to grow majestically up to the sky alongside the tall cypresses, or manage to walk down a herb scented path to a wild, empty beach. Casa Lucia itself has retained its inimitable charm: the neat cottages, the well kept garden bursting with colour, the old pine in the middle of the lawn where we train, the huge linden tree in the patio where we eat, giving ample shade from the sun and, during this month of the year, with its flowers exuding a delicious, soporific perfume.  I have just finished the last leg of my &#8216;farewell tour&#8217; that began in early Spring in Menorca and continued right up until now. If I had known how much work was involved, perhaps I wouldn&#8217;t have embarked on it! But in the end, it felt good and necessary. Over the years, the groups become an extended family, and I owed it to them. Here in Corfu those who turned up were, as always, a varied mix of people: doctors, therapists, teachers, masseurs, musicians, artists from Greece, Spain, Italy, the UK&#8230;One of them has known me for over 40 years when she was a member of the community who organised my first Tai Chi course in Catalunya in 1985. 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I  usually tell them that if they wanted bits and pieces from my history they could find it in the Substack articles I have been posting. But since deciding to take this break, and with the prospect of having loads of time on my hands, I became open to the idea of writing something specifically about what it has been like being a spiritual teacher, from the inside, as it were: the contradictions and pitfalls, the challenges, the responsibility and so on &#8211; all while trying to live the life of a householder. Perhaps this might be interesting, and possibly useful, for someone who is embarking on a similar journey as well as to others who have found themselves in the same line of work. But don&#8217;t expect it to follow a chronology of events. It is going to be another part of my free flowing life review, in an unambitious attempt to make sense of the times I have lived through from my present perspective. As I have said previously, in one of the Substack pieces, one of my main motivations for sharing any of my life at all is to leave something behind for my grandchildren to read one day if ever they become curious about their oriental grandfather and what he did.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!CUKh!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fdce87fa1-76f9-4203-9dfb-4b96e76b6237_1624x1218.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!CUKh!, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/w_424, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/q_auto:good, 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acabar]]></description><link>https://tewbunnag.substack.com/p/hacia-una-nueva-espiritualidad-ix</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://tewbunnag.substack.com/p/hacia-una-nueva-espiritualidad-ix</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Tew]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 28 Apr 2026 08:24:11 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!QQ5s!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F64e39943-b83e-40ce-9977-7125b3c62226_4032x3024.heic" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!QQ5s!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F64e39943-b83e-40ce-9977-7125b3c62226_4032x3024.heic" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" 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/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!QQ5s!, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/w_1456, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/f_auto, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F64e39943-b83e-40ce-9977-7125b3c62226_4032x3024.heic 1456w" sizes="100vw" fetchpriority="high"></picture><div class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image"><svg aria-hidden="true" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><g><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p>Me gustar&#237;a comenzar este &#250;ltimo cap&#237;tulo de la serie retomando los cinco puntos que propuse como pilares fundamentales de una nueva espiritualidad: <strong>universalidad, conexi&#243;n, responsabilidad, sentido de prop&#243;sito y pr&#225;ctica.            </strong>                   Consider&#233; brevemente dibujar un diagrama para mostrar c&#243;mo se relacionan estas cualidades. Pero, como nunca he sido aficionado a los diagramas ni a las f&#243;rmulas ilustradas, r&#225;pidamente descart&#233; la idea. Tambi&#233;n existe el peligro de establecer otra receta f&#225;cil y concisa para explicarlo todo, lo cual, en mi opini&#243;n, socavar&#237;a el prop&#243;sito mismo. Por eso utilic&#233; la palabra &#171;<em>hacia&#187;</em> en el t&#237;tulo de esta serie. No hay una obsesi&#243;n por llegar al destino. Nuestro compromiso es con el viaje que emprendemos por tantas razones: curiosidad, dolor, miedo, amor, p&#233;rdida, una revelaci&#243;n profunda, una enfermedad grave&#8230; en un esfuerzo por comprender lo que hacemos aqu&#237; y las experiencias que nos marcan.</p><p>Alej&#225;ndonos de la seguridad que brinda pertenecer a un grupo que comparte el mismo sistema de creencias e interpretaci&#243;n de lo que es y ser&#225; &#8212;que es lo que ofrecen las religiones&#8212;, nos adentramos en una <strong>universalidad</strong> m&#225;s amplia e inclusiva, basada en el reconocimiento de que todos estamos en el mismo barco, independientemente de nuestras creencias, y que nos unen los aspectos fundamentales de nuestra humanidad, sin importar nuestro origen cultural o racial. Re&#237;mos y lloramos, buscamos paz y consuelo, sentimos placer y dolor, envejecemos, enfermamos, perdemos a quienes amamos, morimos. El fundamento b&#225;sico. La fuerza gravitatoria. Parece obvio se&#241;alarlo. Pero es precisamente porque olvidamos lo obvio que estamos tan divididos. Recordarlo constantemente es esencial en este camino.</p><p>La palabra que me ayuda a hacerlo es <strong>Ubuntu</strong>, del idioma bant&#250;. A veces se traduce como &#8220;<em>Yo soy porque nosotros somos</em>&#8221;, el v&#237;nculo universal que nos conecta a todos, que influy&#243; profundamente en Nelson Mandela y Desmond Tutu.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!gopv!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F49dce5a4-7b8e-43fb-a04e-5b5fc5422aeb_1600x919.heic" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!gopv!, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/w_424, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F49dce5a4-7b8e-43fb-a04e-5b5fc5422aeb_1600x919.heic 424w, 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/__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F49dce5a4-7b8e-43fb-a04e-5b5fc5422aeb_1600x919.heic 424w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!gopv!, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/w_848, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/f_auto, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F49dce5a4-7b8e-43fb-a04e-5b5fc5422aeb_1600x919.heic 848w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!gopv!, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/w_1272, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/f_auto, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F49dce5a4-7b8e-43fb-a04e-5b5fc5422aeb_1600x919.heic 1272w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!gopv!, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/w_1456, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/f_auto, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F49dce5a4-7b8e-43fb-a04e-5b5fc5422aeb_1600x919.heic 1456w" sizes="100vw"></picture><div class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image"><svg aria-hidden="true" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><g><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p>Podr&#237;a suponerse que de este recuerdo b&#225;sico surge un sentimiento natural de <strong>conexi&#243;n</strong>, al menos con el resto de la humanidad. Pero lo que realmente sucede se resume quiz&#225;s mejor en las palabras de Jean-Paul Sartre en su obra Huis Clos: &#171;<em>El infierno son los dem&#225;s&#187;</em>. Todos representan una amenaza potencial para nuestro peque&#241;o yo, nos limitan, compiten con nosotros, nos arrebatan lo que deseamos o creemos necesitar. Este miedo al otro parece estar arraigado en nosotros. Es lo que alimenta nuestros dogmas y prejuicios. De nuevo, las religiones ofrecen una salida a este aislamiento y soledad existencial al brindarnos una identidad a la que aferrarnos. Pero esto significa que quienes no comparten esta identidad siguen siendo el otro, el enemigo potencial. El miedo se fortalece.</p><p>Si las guerras y los conflictos, tanto a nivel personal como global, pueden terminar, ser&#225; a trav&#233;s de una especie de <strong>conexi&#243;n</strong> que sanar&#225; esta dualidad. Esto implica superar nuestros miedos, y comienza con nosotros mismos, encontrando la manera de desentra&#241;ar los patrones temerosos a los que nos aferramos, y una forma coherente de ser que signifique que vivamos lo que decimos creer a trav&#233;s de nuestros pensamientos, palabras y acciones. Esto ya es un desaf&#237;o. &#191;Y qu&#233; pasa con los dem&#225;s, que incluyen incluso a miembros de nuestra familia, nuestra iglesia, nuestros compa&#241;eros de culto? Aqu&#237; la empat&#237;a es clave. Seg&#250;n la ciencia moderna, la empat&#237;a forma parte de nuestra naturaleza humana y est&#225; relacionada con nuestras neuronas espejo. Diversos estudios han demostrado c&#243;mo los ni&#241;os peque&#241;os muestran empat&#237;a. Si se cultiva, tanto en el hogar como en el sistema educativo, esta empat&#237;a puede ser la base de nuestra conexi&#243;n con los dem&#225;s. En lugar de competencia y divisi&#243;n, el reconocimiento de que las experiencias ajenas no nos son ajenas, sino que resuenan con las nuestras, nos impulsa a buscar soluciones para nuestros desacuerdos en vez de reaccionar impulsivamente.</p><p>La empat&#237;a se transforma naturalmente en compasi&#243;n, el impulso de aliviar el sufrimiento ajeno, sean quienes sean, no solo los miembros de nuestro grupo o conocidos. Sin embargo, cabe destacar que no es una actitud que adoptemos autom&#225;ticamente por nuestras creencias. Los budistas practican el Metta Bhavana para ayudarnos a cultivar la compasi&#243;n. Esto surge del reconocimiento de que la compasi&#243;n debe cultivarse constantemente para que crezca, y que puede perderse si no lo hacemos debido a la fragilidad y vulnerabilidad de nuestro ego. La manera m&#225;s h&#225;bil de mantener nuestra compasi&#243;n es integr&#225;ndola en nuestro cuerpo, de modo que la bondad, el perd&#243;n, la generosidad y el coraje est&#233;n presentes en nuestras acciones y en lo que hacemos.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2" target="_blank" href="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Tl9o!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc410a03b-397f-402a-b867-72d2197e3b52_2000x924.heic" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Tl9o!, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/w_424, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc410a03b-397f-402a-b867-72d2197e3b52_2000x924.heic 424w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Tl9o!, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/w_848, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc410a03b-397f-402a-b867-72d2197e3b52_2000x924.heic 848w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Tl9o!, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/w_1272, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc410a03b-397f-402a-b867-72d2197e3b52_2000x924.heic 1272w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Tl9o!, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/w_1456, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc410a03b-397f-402a-b867-72d2197e3b52_2000x924.heic 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Tl9o!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc410a03b-397f-402a-b867-72d2197e3b52_2000x924.heic" width="500" height="231.11263736263737" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/c410a03b-397f-402a-b867-72d2197e3b52_2000x924.heic&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:673,&quot;width&quot;:1456,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:500,&quot;bytes&quot;:231176,&quot;alt&quot;:null,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/heic&quot;,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:false,&quot;topImage&quot;:false,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:&quot;https://tewbunnag.substack.com/i/195324128?img=https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc410a03b-397f-402a-b867-72d2197e3b52_2000x924.heic&quot;,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}" class="sizing-normal" alt="" srcset="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Tl9o!, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/w_424, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/f_auto, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc410a03b-397f-402a-b867-72d2197e3b52_2000x924.heic 424w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Tl9o!, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/w_848, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/f_auto, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc410a03b-397f-402a-b867-72d2197e3b52_2000x924.heic 848w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Tl9o!, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/w_1272, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/f_auto, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc410a03b-397f-402a-b867-72d2197e3b52_2000x924.heic 1272w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Tl9o!, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/w_1456, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/f_auto, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc410a03b-397f-402a-b867-72d2197e3b52_2000x924.heic 1456w" sizes="100vw"></picture><div></div></div></a></figure></div><p>La compasi&#243;n y el <strong>ubuntu</strong> est&#225;n &#237;ntimamente ligados. Al afirmar esto, podemos comprender que es nuestro bienestar com&#250;n lo que nos ayuda a sanar y que se trata de una cuesti&#243;n que trasciende lo personal. Mi bienestar es solo parcial sin la sanaci&#243;n del conjunto. Contribuir al bien com&#250;n es esencial para m&#237;. La ira y el odio que albergue contribuyen al conflicto mundial, cuyo dolor y sufrimiento, ira y odio, a su vez, me arrebatan la paz. Por el contrario, el amor y la positividad, la bondad y el perd&#243;n que puedo aportar no solo tocan a los dem&#225;s, sino que tambi&#233;n resuenan en m&#237;.</p><p>Esto es lo que significa la <strong>responsabilidad</strong>, y de ah&#237; surge el <strong>sentido de prop&#243;sito</strong> que puede sanarnos del nihilismo y la desesperaci&#243;n que caracterizan nuestra &#233;poca. El libro &#171;<strong>El hombre en busca de sentido</strong>&#187; fue uno de los que m&#225;s me influy&#243; en mi camino espiritual. Fue escrito por el difunto psic&#243;logo Viktor Frankl, sobreviviente del Holocausto, quien descubri&#243; su propio sentido de la vida mientras estaba en los campos de concentraci&#243;n. Por mi parte, encontr&#233; mi prop&#243;sito cuando comenc&#233; a trabajar en 1975 en el centro fundado por mi maestro Dhiravamsa en el Reino Unido. Descubr&#237; la salida a la depresi&#243;n y la ansiedad que hab&#237;a sufrido durante mi juventud. A lo largo de los a&#241;os, he agradecido la inspiraci&#243;n de quienes han encontrado su significado y prop&#243;sito. &#8220;<strong>Solo si ayudamos seremos salvados</strong>&#8221;, son las palabras de Jane Goodall, cuya compasi&#243;n y conexi&#243;n se extendieron m&#225;s all&#225; de la especie humana, llegando a los animales y al medio ambiente. Su vida es un gran ejemplo para todos nosotros.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!VSVT!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ff8cef1de-b945-4ba4-bc01-45af26192131_427x570.heic" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!VSVT!, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/w_424, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ff8cef1de-b945-4ba4-bc01-45af26192131_427x570.heic 424w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!VSVT!, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/w_848, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/f_webp, 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17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p>Pero tambi&#233;n he aprendido que la inspiraci&#243;n solo llega hasta cierto punto, y terminar&#233; retomando el mismo tema. Lo que se necesita es vivir la vida espiritual, aprendiendo a abrir nuestros cuerpos, corazones y mentes para encarnar todos los valores en los que creemos, y aqu&#237; es donde las <strong>pr&#225;cticas </strong>se vuelven esenciales: para conectar personal y directamente con la conciencia m&#225;s all&#225; de la vida, como la llama el Dr. Pim Van Lommel en su libro del mismo t&#237;tulo, y para que esta conexi&#243;n con lo trascendente nos acompa&#241;e en nuestro viaje hasta el momento en que dejemos atr&#225;s nuestros cuerpos: para sentir la amplitud del coraz&#243;n que se mueve para intentar aliviar el dolor y el sufrimiento del mundo: para <em>rezar el cuerpo</em>  y aprender a tocar y ser tocados con ternura, a celebrar, a bailar y a crear, y a conocer el vibrante mundo de lo inmaterial.</p><p>Que tu camino hacia una nueva espiritualidad sea fruct&#237;fero.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" 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finish]]></description><link>https://tewbunnag.substack.com/p/towards-a-new-spirituality-ix</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://tewbunnag.substack.com/p/towards-a-new-spirituality-ix</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Tew]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 28 Apr 2026 08:18:46 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!PIan!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fa661c145-48b1-43ec-b1c4-156e2f47f000_4032x3024.heic" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!PIan!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fa661c145-48b1-43ec-b1c4-156e2f47f000_4032x3024.heic" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" 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/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!PIan!, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/w_1456, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/f_auto, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fa661c145-48b1-43ec-b1c4-156e2f47f000_4032x3024.heic 1456w" sizes="100vw" fetchpriority="high"></picture><div class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image"><svg aria-hidden="true" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><g><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p>I would like to begin this last chapter of the series by returning to the 5 points that I proposed as being the fundamental pillars of a new spirituality: <strong>universality, connectedness, responsibility, sense of purpose and practice.</strong></p><p>I briefly considered drawing a diagram to show how these qualities link up. But never having been a fan of diagrams, or illustrated formulas I quickly gave up on the idea. There is also the danger of establishing yet another nice, neat recipe to explain it all, which, for me, would undermine the whole purpose. This is why I used the word <em>towards</em> in the title of this series. There is no obsession to get to the destination. Our commitment is to the journey that we embark on for so many reasons: curiosity, pain, fear, love, loss, a powerful insight, a serious illness&#8230; in an effort to make sense of what we are doing here, and of the experiences that mark us.</p><p>Moving away from the reassurance of belonging to a group that shares the same belief system and interpretation of what is and what will be &#8211; which is what religions offer &#8211; we touch on a wider, inclusive <strong>universality </strong>based on the recognition that we are all in the same boat whatever the beliefs we hold, and that we are bound by the fundamental aspects of our humanity whatever our cultural or racial background. We laugh and cry, we look for peace and comfort, we feel pleasure and pain, we grow old, we know sickness, we lose those we love, we die. The basic ground. The gravitational pull. It seems obvious to point this out. But it is precisely because we keep forgetting the obvious that we are so divided. Constantly recalling it is an essential part of the journey. The word that helps me to do this is <strong>Ubuntu</strong>, from the Bantu language. It is sometimes translated as &#8216;<em>I am because we are</em>&#8217;, the universal bond that connects all of us: the word that deeply influenced Nelson Mandela and Desmond Tutu.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!ZmJK!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fa74a1a32-a17b-44c9-9416-7c599809d957_1600x919.heic" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!ZmJK!, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/w_424, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fa74a1a32-a17b-44c9-9416-7c599809d957_1600x919.heic 424w, 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12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p>It might be assumed that out of this basic recollection comes a natural sense of connection, at least to the rest of humanity. But what actually takes place is perhaps best summed up by the words of Jean-Paul Sartre in his play Huis Clos: &#8216;<em>L&#8217;enfer, c&#8217;est les autres </em>( hell is other people)&#8217;. Everyone is a potential threat to our little selves, curbing us, competing with us, taking away what we want or think we need. This fear of the other seems to be embedded in us. It is what feeds our dogmas and our prejudices. Again, religions offer a way out of this existential isolation and loneliness by giving us an identity to hold onto. But this means that those not sharing this identity remain the other, the potential enemy. The fear is fortified.</p><p>If wars and conflicts, both on a personal and a global level can be ended at all it will be through a kind of <strong>connectedness</strong> that will heal this duality. This involves working through our fear, and it begins with ourselves, with finding how to unravel the fearful patterns that we hold onto, and a coherent way of being that helps us live what we claim to believe in through our thoughts, words and deeds. This is already a challenge. And what about &#8216;les autres&#8217;, who include even members of our family, our church, our fellow worshippers, our political allies and our foes? Here empathy is the key. According to modern science it is part of our human makeup and has to do with our mirror neurons. Studies have shown how very young children display empathy. If nurtured, in the home and in the schooling system this empathy can be the basis of our connectedness to others. Instead of competition and division, the recognition that the things others go through are not alien to us but resonate with our own experiences, and this would impel us to seek ways to resolve our disagreements rather than reaction and conflict.</p><p>Empathy flows naturally into compassion, the impulse to ease the suffering of others, whoever they are, not just the members of your tribe, not just those you know or whose ideologies chime with yours. But again, this is not something we take for granted as an attitude that we adopt because of our beliefs. Buddhists have practices called <em>Metta Bhavana </em>to help us cultivate of compassion. This comes from recognizing that compassion has to be constantly tended if it is to grow, and that it can be lost if we do not do so because of our fragile, vulnerable egos. The skilful way of maintaining our compassion is by integrating it into our bodies, so that kindness, and forgiveness, generosity and courage are present in our thoughts and action.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2" target="_blank" href="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!6pSm!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc9db4e00-7104-4548-a6b7-fdd097aba29a_2000x924.heic" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!6pSm!, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/w_424, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc9db4e00-7104-4548-a6b7-fdd097aba29a_2000x924.heic 424w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!6pSm!, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/w_848, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc9db4e00-7104-4548-a6b7-fdd097aba29a_2000x924.heic 848w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!6pSm!, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/w_1272, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc9db4e00-7104-4548-a6b7-fdd097aba29a_2000x924.heic 1272w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!6pSm!, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/w_1456, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc9db4e00-7104-4548-a6b7-fdd097aba29a_2000x924.heic 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!6pSm!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc9db4e00-7104-4548-a6b7-fdd097aba29a_2000x924.heic" width="502" height="232.0370879120879" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/c9db4e00-7104-4548-a6b7-fdd097aba29a_2000x924.heic&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:673,&quot;width&quot;:1456,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:502,&quot;bytes&quot;:231176,&quot;alt&quot;:null,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/heic&quot;,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:false,&quot;topImage&quot;:false,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:&quot;https://tewbunnag.substack.com/i/195324077?img=https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc9db4e00-7104-4548-a6b7-fdd097aba29a_2000x924.heic&quot;,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}" class="sizing-normal" alt="" srcset="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!6pSm!, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/w_424, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/f_auto, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc9db4e00-7104-4548-a6b7-fdd097aba29a_2000x924.heic 424w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!6pSm!, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/w_848, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/f_auto, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc9db4e00-7104-4548-a6b7-fdd097aba29a_2000x924.heic 848w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!6pSm!, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/w_1272, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/f_auto, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc9db4e00-7104-4548-a6b7-fdd097aba29a_2000x924.heic 1272w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!6pSm!, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/w_1456, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/f_auto, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc9db4e00-7104-4548-a6b7-fdd097aba29a_2000x924.heic 1456w" sizes="100vw"></picture><div></div></div></a></figure></div><p>Compassion and <strong>ubuntu</strong> are intimately linked. By affirming this we can come to realize that it is our common well-being that can help us to heal and that it is an issue that goes beyond the personal. My well-being is only partial without the healing of the whole. Contributing to the common good is essential to me. The anger and hatred I carry contribute to the conflict in the world, whose pain and suffering, anger and hatred, in turn, takes away my peace. Conversely, the love and positivity, kindness and forgiveness that I can contribute not only touch others but resonate back to me.</p><p>This is what <strong>responsibility</strong> means, and out of that comes the <strong>sense of purpose</strong> that can heal us from the nihilism and desperation that mark our times. Humanity&#8217;s search for  meaning<em> </em>was the theme of one of the books that influenced me profoundly in my spiritual journey. It was written by the late psychologist Viktor Frankl, a holocaust survivor who discovered his own meaning while he was in the concentration camps. I finally found my purpose when I started my work in 1975 in the centre started by my teacher Dhiravamsa in the UK. I discovered the way out of the depression and anxiety that I had suffered as I was growing up. Through the years I have been grateful for the inspiration of those who have found their meaning and their sense of purpose. &#8216;<em>Only if we help we shall be saved&#8217;</em> are the words of Jane Goodall, whose compassion and connectedness extended beyond the human species to the animals and to the natural environment. Her life is a fine example to us all.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!aPi4!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F30c94f9b-98c0-41c2-823f-fb3746bc285b_427x570.heic" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!aPi4!, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/w_424, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F30c94f9b-98c0-41c2-823f-fb3746bc285b_427x570.heic 424w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!aPi4!, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/w_848, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/f_webp, 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17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p>But I have also learnt that inspiration only goes part of the way and I will end by returning to the same theme. What is needed is to live the spiritual life by knowing how to open up our bodies, hearts and minds so that we embody all the values we believe in, and this is where having <strong>practices </strong>is essential: in order to personally and directly touch the consciousness beyond life as Dr. Pim Van Lommel calls it, and to have this connection with the transcendent with us on our journey right up till the time we leave our bodies behind: in order to feel the spaciousness of the heart that is moved to try to alleviate the pain and suffering of others: in order to <strong>pray the body</strong> so that we learn to touch and be touched with tenderness, to celebrate, dance and create and come to know the vibrant world of the non-material.</p><p>May your journey toward a new spirituality be a good one.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" 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Pero no olvides el cuerpo.]]></description><link>https://tewbunnag.substack.com/p/hacia-una-nueva-espiritualidad-viii</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://tewbunnag.substack.com/p/hacia-una-nueva-espiritualidad-viii</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Tew]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 12 Apr 2026 17:18:20 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!uZ5w!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F515ae57d-a5a0-49d9-94f6-3abf022b0808_2494x3128.heic" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!uZ5w!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F515ae57d-a5a0-49d9-94f6-3abf022b0808_2494x3128.heic" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source 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despu&#233;s de que nos viera practicar la forma de Taiji. Ya he escrito sobre las circunstancias en una serie anterior de Substack, y sobre mi encuentro con ese ser humano admirable, un jud&#237;o que hab&#237;a perdido a su familia en el Holocausto. Se llamaba Fred Blum, y puedes buscar informaci&#243;n sobre &#233;l en internet si te interesa. Me tienta volver a contar los detalles de nuestro encuentro aqu&#237;, pero me resistir&#233; a hacerlo, salvo para decir que la frase me ha acompa&#241;ado desde entonces. Est&#225; directamente relacionada con lo que quiero compartir en este cap&#237;tulo.</p><p>Si nos preguntamos por qu&#233; las religiones, con todos sus valores nobles y edificantes, no han logrado frenar la violencia que vemos desatada en las guerras que se libran en el mundo, guerras decididas por personas que se dicen religiosas, que van a la iglesia, al templo, a la sinagoga, a la mezquita, y que afirman creer en las ense&#241;anzas de sus religiones, entonces es probable que la discrepancia entre las creencias y las acciones que se llevan a cabo sea un factor que podemos discernir claramente: es decir, la incoherencia que resulta en la muerte y destrucci&#243;n diarias y el sufrimiento de hombres, mujeres y ni&#241;os comunes en la b&#250;squeda de poder y dominio. El problema no reside en los valores espirituales que las religiones defienden, como la paz, el perd&#243;n, la plenitud y la conexi&#243;n con la dimensi&#243;n trascendente, sino en que casi siempre se dejan de lado en aras de la conveniencia pol&#237;tica y el beneficio econ&#243;mico. El reto consiste en asegurar que esto no suceda. Se trata de una cuesti&#243;n urgente, seg&#250;n quienes nos mantienen al tanto del Reloj del Apocalipsis, iniciado en 1947, que actualmente nos sit&#250;a a 89 segundos de la medianoche. Ante todo, lo que est&#225; ocurriendo, esta sensaci&#243;n de fatalidad, por deprimente que sea, deber&#237;a impulsarnos al menos a explorar la posibilidad de evitarla y retroceder en el tiempo. A&#250;n conservo la esperanza de que podamos, raz&#243;n por la cual escribo esta serie. Pero esto requerir&#225; un cambio fundamental en nuestra forma de vida, lo que implica un compromiso serio con cualidades como la empat&#237;a y la compasi&#243;n, no solo palabras vac&#237;as. La pregunta, como siempre, es c&#243;mo poner esto en pr&#225;ctica, y la clave, creo, reside en el papel que desempe&#241;a nuestro cuerpo en nuestra espiritualidad. Aqu&#237; es donde residen las contradicciones. Pero tambi&#233;n es donde puede echar ra&#237;ces una nueva espiritualidad, y puede hacerlo si aprendemos a <em>rezar el cuerpo</em> para que nuestras acciones sean coherentes con lo que decimos desear.</p><h4>El cuerpo</h4><p>Nuestros cuerpos son organismos extraordinarios, compuestos por innumerables partes que deben armonizar para su correcto funcionamiento. Sin embargo, existen otras maneras de comprender el cuerpo, m&#225;s all&#225; de su funci&#243;n. Por ejemplo, la ciencia occidental moderna ha establecido que nuestras c&#233;lulas vibran. Por lo tanto, no somos solo seres sensibles, sino entidades vibrantes. Esto fue reconocido hace mucho tiempo por los antiguos chinos, quienes utilizaban el t&#233;rmino ganying para describir la interconexi&#243;n vibracional de todo, no en un sentido filos&#243;fico, sino literalmente. En el chino moderno, ganying, &#8220;est&#237;mulo y respuesta&#8221;, se utiliza para traducir el t&#233;rmino occidental inducci&#243;n electromagn&#233;tica (di&#224;nc&#237; g&#462;ny&#236;ng).</p><p>Un descubrimiento reciente que refleja las ideas que sustentan la medicina tradicional china es la conexi&#243;n entre el coraz&#243;n y la mente. Xin es el t&#233;rmino que describe esta conexi&#243;n. En la medicina occidental moderna, seg&#250;n la Cl&#237;nica Mayo, la conexi&#243;n coraz&#243;n-mente es un v&#237;nculo bidireccional, cient&#237;fico y emocional, donde el cerebro y el coraz&#243;n intercambian informaci&#243;n constantemente a trav&#233;s de v&#237;as neurol&#243;gicas, bioqu&#237;micas y electromagn&#233;ticas. Los estados mentales como el estr&#233;s y la ansiedad pueden causar directamente problemas card&#237;acos, mientras que la salud cardiovascular influye en la funci&#243;n cognitiva y el estado de &#225;nimo. Esta interacci&#243;n est&#225; fuertemente influenciada por el nervio vago y las v&#237;as nerviosas card&#237;acas.</p><p>Otro aspecto de nuestro cuerpo que se est&#225; reconociendo es el papel que desempe&#241;an nuestros tejidos conectivos, la fascia. En los &#250;ltimos a&#241;os, gracias a las t&#233;cnicas de imagen disponibles y a la continua investigaci&#243;n cient&#237;fica sobre su funci&#243;n en nuestro organismo, la fascia se ha reconocido como una red de tejido conectivo crucial, continua y sensorial; un sistema org&#225;nico activo y consciente que act&#250;a como interfaz de la conciencia. Es donde se almacenan nuestros recuerdos de dolor, placer, miedo, trauma, alegr&#237;a y celebraci&#243;n. Seg&#250;n algunos cient&#237;ficos contempor&#225;neos, es donde interactuamos con las experiencias colectivas de otros cuerpos. Asimismo, en la visi&#243;n que sustenta la medicina tradicional china, el tratamiento del tejido conectivo (Jin) era un aspecto importante para abordar el dolor.</p><p>Menciono estos aspectos que no contradicen nuestra comprensi&#243;n reduccionista del cuerpo, sino que la enriquecen, ya que nos permiten experimentar nuestro ser f&#237;sico de una manera que no est&#225; separada ni de otros cuerpos y formas ni de nuestro entorno, y que, adem&#225;s, nos permite conectar con nuestra espiritualidad en nuestra propia fisicalidad, sentir empat&#237;a y compasi&#243;n en nuestro cuerpo.</p><p><strong>Vibraci&#243;n e interacci&#243;n</strong></p><p>Comparto una pr&#225;ctica que es una versi&#243;n de una antigua pr&#225;ctica de Qi Gong llamada los Seis Sonidos. Se basa en la conexi&#243;n de nuestro cuerpo con los elementos que normalmente consideramos externos, en el mundo natural que observamos. En esta pr&#225;ctica, vivimos nuestros cuerpos como parte de esta ecolog&#237;a. El Liu Tzu Jue, como se le conoce tradicionalmente, consiste literalmente en cantar las vibraciones de nuestro organismo. Es una forma de lidiar con las vibraciones potencialmente t&#243;xicas generadas por nuestros pensamientos y sentimientos, as&#237; como con las que hemos absorbido de otros y de lo que ocurre a nivel transpersonal: por ejemplo, el sufrimiento de la guerra y la violencia, que nos afecta, aunque no estemos directamente involucrados. Esta liberaci&#243;n es un factor importante para nuestro bienestar. En mi experiencia trabajando con el problema del agotamiento, la forma en que abordamos este aspecto de nosotros mismos puede ser crucial para recuperar nuestra vitalidad y salud. </p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!SqGv!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F7cfa06dc-a015-4a8e-acfa-0bfda47f080e_1500x2000.heic" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!SqGv!, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/w_424, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F7cfa06dc-a015-4a8e-acfa-0bfda47f080e_1500x2000.heic 424w, 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/__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F7cfa06dc-a015-4a8e-acfa-0bfda47f080e_1500x2000.heic 424w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!SqGv!, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/w_848, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/f_auto, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F7cfa06dc-a015-4a8e-acfa-0bfda47f080e_1500x2000.heic 848w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!SqGv!, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/w_1272, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/f_auto, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F7cfa06dc-a015-4a8e-acfa-0bfda47f080e_1500x2000.heic 1272w, 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6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p></p><p>Esta pr&#225;ctica tambi&#233;n es una forma de nutrir y mantener las buenas vibraciones que necesitamos para estar bien y armonizar con el entorno elemental en el que vivimos: los &#225;rboles, la luz, la tierra, el aire y el agua. En este sentido, saber c&#243;mo sintonizar nuestra conexi&#243;n vibracional con nuestro entorno sirve tambi&#233;n como base de nuestro cuidado y responsabilidad hacia el mundo natural.</p><p>(Para ver ejemplos visuales, les remito al video que realic&#233; titulado &#8220;La Serie de 5&#8221;, que pueden encontrar en mis grabaciones de Vimeo).</p><p><strong>Reconexi&#243;n</strong></p><p>La separaci&#243;n entre lo f&#237;sico y lo espiritual, entre lo visible y tangible (materia, cuerpo, sentidos) y lo intangible (conciencia, esp&#237;ritu), es una visi&#243;n com&#250;n que ha llevado a que, en lugar de ser el preciado veh&#237;culo a trav&#233;s del cual podemos experimentar el esp&#237;ritu, el cuerpo, asignado a un rol funcional, se convierta en el dep&#243;sito de todo aquello doloroso y oscuro que elegimos no afrontar ni lidiar. Esta discrepancia, como recalco una vez m&#225;s, es uno de los principales factores detr&#225;s del comportamiento esquizofr&#233;nico que hemos observado a lo largo de la historia. Lo que se necesita es una forma de reconectar el cuerpo y el esp&#237;ritu, y esto no se logra mediante un enfoque filos&#243;fico, ni asistiendo con m&#225;s frecuencia a lugares de culto, ni escuchando palabras sabias, sino aprendiendo a vivir nuestra fisicalidad de una manera diferente, aprendiendo a orar con el cuerpo.</p><p><strong>2 pr&#225;cticas</strong></p><p><strong>La primera</strong> consiste en desenredar los patrones negativos que albergamos en nuestros tejidos conectivos y que generan rigidez y tensi&#243;n.</p><p>Con los pies paralelos y separados a la anchura de los hombros, inhala por la nariz y exhala por la boca, suave y profundamente, pero sin necesidad de coordinarlo con el movimiento. Levanta las manos a ambos lados de la cabeza y luego b&#225;jalas lentamente hasta que los dedos apunten hacia el suelo, con los hombros relajados y sueltos, la cabeza erguida como si estuviera sostenida por un hilo y la columna recta, pero sin rigidez. Al repetir este ejercicio, permite que tu cuerpo se relaje y se abra. El tejido conectivo, la fascia, se deshar&#225; por s&#237; solo; los bloqueos se liberar&#225;n, el flujo de energ&#237;a se potenciar&#225; y la elasticidad se mantendr&#225;. (Esto es lo que se hace en el Tai Chi cuando se practica con fines curativos). Pero si el trauma y el dolor est&#225;n profundamente arraigados, lo que ayuda es concentrarse en la zona del cuerpo que guarda el recuerdo y dirigir all&#237; tu amor y compasi&#243;n.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Ipg0!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F418d94ef-2407-4e6d-bb36-9c32fcb35a75_1862x886.heic" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Ipg0!, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/w_424, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F418d94ef-2407-4e6d-bb36-9c32fcb35a75_1862x886.heic 424w, 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6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p>A menudo extiendo este primer ejercicio para centrarme en el acto de perdonar, con el cuerpo, porque, seg&#250;n mi experiencia, no puede haber paz profunda en nosotros si el cuerpo a&#250;n se aferra a la ira. Seguimos siendo v&#237;ctimas de algo que pudo haber sucedido hace muchos a&#241;os si el dolor a&#250;n permanece en nuestro tejido conectivo.</p><p><strong>La segunda pr&#225;ctica </strong>se realiza en dos partes. Me baso en dos mudras tao&#237;stas cl&#225;sicos que se utilizan para conectar con el Qi, o energ&#237;a vital, y que algunos practicantes de artes marciales internas emplean para fortalecer su poder interior. Sin embargo, para m&#237;, su verdadera utilidad reside en el contexto del aprendizaje de la meditaci&#243;n corporal.</p><p>La primera parte consiste en sentir la expansi&#243;n del cuerpo hacia el espacio que lo rodea y conectar conscientemente con ese espacio. Comienza abriendo los brazos a la altura de los hombros, haciendo una pausa antes de juntarlos muy lentamente formando un c&#237;rculo frente al pecho. La respiraci&#243;n es suave, las articulaciones de los hombros, codos y mu&#241;ecas est&#225;n abiertas, y los dedos relajados. Mant&#233;n esta posici&#243;n hasta sentir la energ&#237;a en la parte interna de los brazos y las palmas. Puede ser un hormigueo o una sensaci&#243;n de elasticidad en el espacio que est&#225;s abarcando. Luego, de nuevo muy lentamente, extiende los brazos y, junto con este movimiento, abre los sentidos y la conciencia. Permite que el cuerpo sienta esta expansi&#243;n a trav&#233;s de toda su estructura, mientras liberas el tejido conectivo. Esto se puede repetir tantas veces como se desee. La sensaci&#243;n de amplitud que proporciona beneficia a nuestros tres niveles.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!d-Bt!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F3a72421b-f042-4d1c-ac47-0df9a1ca8362_434x579.heic" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!d-Bt!, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/w_424, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F3a72421b-f042-4d1c-ac47-0df9a1ca8362_434x579.heic 424w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!d-Bt!, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/w_848, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/c_limit, 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17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p>En la siguiente parte, la intenci&#243;n es integrar todo lo que est&#225; fuera de ti en tu ser. Comienza repitiendo lentamente los movimientos anteriores. Ahora, al abrazar el espacio, junta las manos, ya sea coloc&#225;ndolas una encima de la otra en forma de cruz frente al pecho, o en el gesto familiar de oraci&#243;n con las palmas juntas. Permite que el espacio que has abrazado penetre y llene tu cuerpo, coraz&#243;n y mente.</p><p>Abrirse a aquello que trasciende tu presencia f&#237;sica, junto con la recepci&#243;n de esa energ&#237;a ilimitada, nos brinda un medio para vivir el esp&#237;ritu en nuestros cuerpos y unirnos a &#233;l a trav&#233;s de ellos. Nuevamente, con estas pr&#225;cticas no hay ning&#250;n sistema de creencias en juego, solo la voluntad de abandonar los prejuicios y la resistencia, y permitir que la parte sensible y vibrante de nuestro ser se abra a lo que ya est&#225; presente.</p><p>Ahora s&#243;lo necesitas amor. 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But don't forget the body.]]></description><link>https://tewbunnag.substack.com/p/towards-a-new-spirituality-viii</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://tewbunnag.substack.com/p/towards-a-new-spirituality-viii</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Tew]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 12 Apr 2026 17:17:33 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Qju4!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F874f8739-404f-4901-9d2a-d76938370ad2_2494x3128.heic" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Qju4!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F874f8739-404f-4901-9d2a-d76938370ad2_2494x3128.heic" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source 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8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><h4>The missing link</h4><p><em>Praying the Body </em>was a phrase given to me by a Protestant vicar one summer afternoon in England in the late nineteen eighties after he had been watching our group doing the Taiji form. I have written of the circumstances in a previous Substack series, and of meeting that admirable human being, a Jew who had lost his family in the holocaust. His name was Fred Blum, and you can check him out on the internet if you are interested. I am tempted to go into the details of our encounter again here, but will resist doing so except to say that the phrase has stayed with me ever since. It is directly related to what I would like to share in this chapter.</p><p>If we ask ourselves why religions, with all their noble and uplifting values, have failed to curb the violence that we are seeing enacted in the wars going on in the world, wars decided and perpetrated by people who claim to be religious, who go to the church, the temple, the synagogue, the mosque, and who claim to believe in the teachings of their religions, then it is likely that the discrepancy between the beliefs and the actions that are taken is a factor we can clearly discern: i.e. the incoherence that results in the daily death and destruction and the suffering of ordinary men, women and children in the pursuit of power and dominance. The problem is not in the spiritual values that religions endorse, such as love, peace and forgiveness, wholeness and connecting to the transcendent dimension, but in the fact that they are almost always cast aside in the name of political expediency and economic gain. The challenge is making sure that they are not. This is a matter of urgency according to those who continue to update us on the Doomsday clock, initiated in 1947, which currently puts us at 89 seconds to midnight. Given all that is happening, this sense of doom, depressing as it is, should galvanise us at least into exploring the possibility of avoiding it, and turning the clock back. I still hold onto the hope that we can, which is why I am writing this series. But this will take a fundamental resetting of how we live, and this involves a serious commitment to qualities such as empathy and compassion, not just paying lip service to them. The question, as always, is how to put this into practice, and the key to this, I believe, lies in the role that our bodies play in our spirituality. This is where the contradictions are found. But it is also where a new spirituality can take root, and it can do so if we can learn <em>to pray the body </em>so that our actions are coherent with what we claim to wish for.</p><h4>The body</h4><p>Our bodies are extraordinary organisms consisting of so many parts that have to come together for it to keep working properly. But there are other ways of understanding the body apart from the function. For example, it has been established by modern western science, that our cells vibrate. So we are not just sentient beings, but vibrant entities. This was acknowledged long ago by the ancient Chinese who used the term <em>ganying</em> to describe the vibrational interconnectedness of everything, not in a philosophical sense but quite literally. In modern Chinese <em>ganying,</em> &#8220;stimulus and response&#8221; is used to translate the western term <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electromagnetic_induction">electromagnetic induction</a>, (<em>di&#224;nc&#237; g&#462;ny&#236;ng</em>).</p><p>A recent discovery that reflects the insights found in the vision that underpins Traditional Chinese medicine is the link between the heart and the mind. Xin is the term for this. In modern western medicine, according to the Mayo clinic the heart-mind connection is a bidirectional, scientific, and emotional link where the brain and heart constantly exchange information through neurological, biochemical, and electromagnetic pathways. Mental states like stress and anxiety can directly cause heart issues, while cardiovascular health impacts cognitive function and mood. This interaction is heavily influenced by the vagus nerve and cardiac nerve pathways.</p><p>Another aspect of our bodies that is being recognised is the role that our connective tissues, the fascia play. In recent years, with the imaging made available and the ongoing scientific investigation into its function in our organism, the fascia has become recognized as a crucial, continuous, and sensory connective tissue network, an active organ system that is conscious and that acts as an interface for consciousness. It is where our memories of pain, pleasure, fear, trauma, joy and celebration are stored. It is, according to some contemporary scientists, where we interact with the collective experiences of other bodies. Again, in the vision that underpins traditional Chinese medicine, the treatment of the connective tissue (Jin) was an important aspect dealing with pain.</p><p>I mention these aspects above that do not contradict our reductivist understanding of the our bodies, but enrich it, because they allow us to experience our physical selves in a way that is not separate either from other bodies and forms nor from our surroundings, and that, furthermore, allow us to connect to our spirituality in our very physicality, to feel empathy and compassion in our bodies.</p><p><strong>Vibration and interaction</strong></p><p>There is a practice that I share that is a version of an ancient Qi Gong practice called the Six sounds. It is based on the connection that our bodies have to the elements that we normally think of as being outside of us, in the natural world that we observe. But in this practice, we are living our bodies as part of this ecology. The Liu Tzu Jue, as it is traditionally called, is literally to do with singing the vibrations in our organism. It is a way of dealing with the potentially toxic vibrations generated by our thoughts and feelings, as well as those we have absorbed from others and from what is happening on the transpersonal level: for example, the suffering from war and violence which affect us even though we are not directly involved. This release is an important factor of our well-being. In my experience of working with the problem of burnout, the way that we deal with this aspect of ourselves can be crucial to recovering our vitality and health.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Ke7N!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F20fa5363-b1f6-4108-a365-175a470473e4_1500x2000.heic" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Ke7N!, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/w_424, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F20fa5363-b1f6-4108-a365-175a470473e4_1500x2000.heic 424w, 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In this respect, knowing how to attune our vibrational connection to our surroundings, also serves as the foundation of our care and responsibility for the natural world.</p><p>(For visuals I refer you to the video I made called The Series of 5 that you can find in my vimeo recordings).</p><p><strong>Reconnection</strong></p><p>The separation between physical and spiritual, between the visible and tangible (matter, body, senses) and the intangible (consciousness, spirit), is a commonly held view that has meant that instead of being the precious vehicle through which we can experience the spirit, the body, assigned to a functional role, is the repository of all the painful, dark stuff that we chose not to confront or deal with. This discrepancy, as I emphasize yet again, is one of the main factors behind the schizophrenic behaviour we have seen throughout our history. What is needed is a way to reconnect the body and the spirit, and this is done not through adopting a philosophical approach, or going more often to places of worship, or hearing wise words, but through learning to live our physicality in a different way, learning how to <em>pray the body</em>.</p><p><strong>2 practices</strong></p><p><strong>The first</strong> is to do with disentangling the negative patterns that we hold in our connective tissues and that create rigidity and tension.</p><p>With the feet parallel and shoulder width apart breathe in through the nose and out through the mouth, gently and deeply but no need to coordinate it with the movement. Lift your hands up to both sides of your head and then bring them down slowly until the fingers point down to the ground, the shoulders relaxed and dropped, the head upright as though held by a thread, the spine straight but not stiff. As you keep repeating this allow your body to soften and open. The connective tissue, the fascia will do the work of unravelling by itself; blockages will release, the flow of energy will be enhanced and elasticity maintained. (This what you do in Taiji when it is practised for healing purposes). But if the trauma and pain is deeply embedded then what helps is to focus on the area of the body that holds the memory and direct your loving kindness there.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!qjjB!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F74c8aed4-a91c-4c19-b276-7ae61c7ece8b_1862x886.heic" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!qjjB!, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/w_424, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F74c8aed4-a91c-4c19-b276-7ae61c7ece8b_1862x886.heic 424w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!qjjB!, 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6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p>I often extend this first practice to focus on the act of forgiving, with the body, because in my experience there can be no deep peace in us if the body is still holding onto its anger. We continue to be victims of something that may have happened many years ago if the pain of it is still stuck in our connective tissue.</p><p><strong>The second practice </strong>is done in two parts. I draw on two classic Daoist mudras used to connect with the Qi, or vital energy, and used by some practitioners of internal martial arts to build up their internal power. But to me it is in the context of learning how to pray the body that they are truly useful.</p><p><strong>The first part</strong> is to feel the expansion of your body into the space that surrounds it and to consciously connect to that space. Begin by opening the arms out wide at shoulder height, pausing before very slowly bringing them in to form a circle in front of your chest. The breathing is soft, the joints in the shoulders, elbows and wrists are open, the fingers relaxed. Hold this position until there is a sensation of the energy in the inner arms and the palms. This may be a tingling or a feeling of elasticity in the space you are embracing. Then, again very slowly, spread the arms out and along with this movement open the senses and your consciousness. Let the body feel this expansion through its whole structure, as you release the connective tissue. This can be repeated as many times as you like. The sense of spaciousness that it brings is beneficial to all our three levels.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!ZgqQ!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F24e0e355-75af-4fb8-a0de-af00240adf05_434x579.heic" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!ZgqQ!, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/w_424, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F24e0e355-75af-4fb8-a0de-af00240adf05_434x579.heic 424w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!ZgqQ!, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/w_848, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/c_limit, 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17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p><strong>In the next part</strong> the intention is to include all that is outside of you into your being. Begin by slowly repeating the previous movements. But now when you embrace the space touch your hands together either by placing one on top of the other in an x shaped cross in front of the chest, or in the familiar gesture of prayer with the palms together. Allow the space that you have embraced to penetrate and to fill the body, heart and mind.</p><p>The opening out to that which transcends your physical presence, combined with the receiving of that boundless energy, gives us a means of living the spirit in our bodies and to join with the spirit through our bodies. Again, with these practices there is no belief system in operation, just the willingness to drop the prejudices and resistance and allow the sentient, vibrant part of our being to open up to what is already there.</p><p>Now love is all you need. 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obst&#225;culos]]></description><link>https://tewbunnag.substack.com/p/hacia-una-nueva-espiritualidad-vii</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://tewbunnag.substack.com/p/hacia-una-nueva-espiritualidad-vii</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Tew]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 24 Mar 2026 08:35:13 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!b03n!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F551ee24c-c695-453b-b449-95a5541e8e8e_2499x2665.heic" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p></p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!b03n!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F551ee24c-c695-453b-b449-95a5541e8e8e_2499x2665.heic" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source 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8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p>Idealmente, pasar&#237;a directamente del &#250;ltimo cap&#237;tulo y de las pr&#225;cticas de respiraci&#243;n del coraz&#243;n al tema de c&#243;mo cultivar la empat&#237;a y la compasi&#243;n que nos dan la base para vivir una buena vida: no hacernos da&#241;o a nosotros mismos ni a los dem&#225;s ni al medio ambiente; comprometernos con el bienestar de todos los seres sintientes, incluidos los no humanos; contribuir a la sanaci&#243;n y la paz en nuestro mundo; celebrar nuestra riqueza com&#250;n. En otras palabras, tener un conjunto de valores &#233;ticos que no est&#233;n dictados por una estructura de creencias externa ni por un conjunto de imperativos religiosos, sino que provengan de la conexi&#243;n que experimentamos directamente al abrir nuestra conciencia y conectar con el esp&#237;ritu.</p><p>Pero hacerlo ser&#237;a precipitarse. Recuerdo que, en mi juventud, cantaba el mantra de los Beatles: &#171;<em>Amor, amor, amor&#8230; el amor es todo lo que necesitas</em>&#8230;&#187;. La canci&#243;n vuelve a mi mente de vez en cuando. La sencilla emotividad y la verdad de las palabras a&#250;n resuenan, as&#237; como la euforia que evocan. Pero aprend&#237; hace mucho tiempo que poner las palabras en pr&#225;ctica no es solo cuesti&#243;n de cantarlas y sentirse euf&#243;rico. Hab&#237;a asuntos que resolver y no hab&#237;a forma de evitarlos.</p><p>En el cap&#237;tulo anterior mencion&#233; que la conexi&#243;n del coraz&#243;n con el esp&#237;ritu es vital para nuestro bienestar y que existen tres factores que la perturban o la rompen: el miedo, el duelo y el agotamiento. Es posible experimentar los tres en alg&#250;n momento de nuestro camino. Si no se tratan, pueden causarnos da&#241;o a nosotros mismos y a quienes nos rodean. Generalmente, cuando se reconocen, se tratan con sustancias qu&#237;micas para suprimir los s&#237;ntomas que generan. Pero existe un enfoque m&#225;s compasivo que no implica control ni supresi&#243;n y que permite que la negatividad se transforme, se sane y se integre, y que el amor fluya.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!rzCl!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ff7d60b0f-be1a-42d9-bbc5-ae80e4721f8d_3024x4032.heic" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!rzCl!, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/w_424, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ff7d60b0f-be1a-42d9-bbc5-ae80e4721f8d_3024x4032.heic 424w, 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12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p>Aqu&#237; abajo presento dos enfoques que utilizo para superar estos episodios dif&#237;ciles, cuando el miedo nos separa y genera ira, cuando el dolor nos abruma, cuando el cansancio nos arrebata toda alegr&#237;a. Ambos tienen que ver con la recuperaci&#243;n de la conexi&#243;n con lo espiritual.</p><p>El primero se deriva de la segunda de las dos pr&#225;cticas que describ&#237; en el cap&#237;tulo anterior.</p><h4><strong>Sanando el coraz&#243;n</strong></h4><p>Comienza de nuevo con la mano derecha tocando el pecho. T&#243;mate tu tiempo para permitir que todo lo oscuro, doloroso y negativo aflore. No hay an&#225;lisis ni juicio, simplemente un acto suave de permitir que lo que est&#225; ah&#237;, lo que te quita la paz y el bienestar del coraz&#243;n, salga a la superficie en lugar de seguir reprimi&#233;ndolo. Ahora, conecta con lo que ha aflorado con una inhalaci&#243;n corta y luego abre el brazo derecho con una exhalaci&#243;n larga y el sonido A&#256;H, deja que el dolor y la oscuridad fluyan hacia el aire y el espacio. Al final de esta exhalaci&#243;n, coloca la mano izquierda sobre el pecho y luego realiza un amplio movimiento circular hacia un lado con una inhalaci&#243;n larga. Mientras lo haces, conecta con lo que est&#225; m&#225;s all&#225; de tu fr&#225;gil ser, nombra lo que necesitas para traer paz y bienestar a tu coraz&#243;n, y con la exhalaci&#243;n corta y el sonido H&#467; recibe esta cualidad sanadora en tu coraz&#243;n. Luego repite la pr&#225;ctica alternando las manos y los movimientos durante tantos ciclos como necesites para encontrar la paz en tu coraz&#243;n.</p><p>Esta es una pr&#225;ctica que he realizado a lo largo de los a&#241;os con personas que experimentan un profundo dolor, ya sea por duelo, p&#233;rdida, miedo, conmoci&#243;n, ira o agotamiento extremo. A veces hay resistencia a realizar la segunda parte. La gente pregunta: &#191;c&#243;mo puedo pedir lo que necesito? &#191;Qui&#233;n me lo dar&#225;? Mi respuesta es que, para nuestra mente racional, esto es solo un deseo. Pero la clave est&#225; en que se trata de una pr&#225;ctica del coraz&#243;n, y en el coraz&#243;n todo es posible. Lo que sucede all&#237; es en otro nivel de conciencia que trasciende los l&#237;mites de la raz&#243;n. Es donde el perd&#243;n es posible, incluso cuando no hay raz&#243;n para perdonar, donde se puede encontrar esperanza y coraje incluso en la m&#225;s profunda desesperaci&#243;n. Esta pr&#225;ctica no pretende ofrecer soluciones. No es una cura milagrosa. Pero, seg&#250;n los comentarios que he recibido de quienes la han utilizado, he visto c&#243;mo les ha ayudado a sanar, transformando la energ&#237;a negativa, desbloqueando el coraz&#243;n y reconectando con el esp&#237;ritu.</p><h4><strong>Acompa&#241;amiento y acogida</strong></h4><p>Ya he descrito esta segunda pr&#225;ctica e inclu&#237; un breve video en mi serie sobre la muerte, explicando que, en mi trabajo acompa&#241;ando a quienes se encuentran en el proceso de morir y temen lo que les depara el futuro, a menudo me piden una pr&#225;ctica que les brinda paz. La comparto aqu&#237; porque es posible realizarla, no solo en el contexto de la muerte y el morir, sino tambi&#233;n para vivir en comuni&#243;n con el esp&#237;ritu. Es una pr&#225;ctica que he basado en uno de los mudras budistas que nos ayudan a cultivar la confianza. Como la mayor&#237;a de los trabajos del coraz&#243;n, se realiza mediante una combinaci&#243;n de intenci&#243;n, respiraci&#243;n y movimiento.</p><p>La pr&#225;ctica consta de cuatro fases. Comienza con las manos cruzadas sobre el pecho (normalmente cruzo la izquierda sobre la derecha, pero no es importante). Luego, abre los brazos hacia afuera y espera hasta sentir la conexi&#243;n entre el coraz&#243;n y el espacio infinito que te rodea. Una vez establecida esa conexi&#243;n, inhala profundamente mientras abrazas ese espacio con tu coraz&#243;n, doblando las manos de nuevo sobre el pecho. Al exhalar, no te muevas. Simplemente siente el coraz&#243;n y d&#233;jalo descansar, soltando la resistencia y el control. Al inhalar, conecta con lo que has abrazado. Al principio, esto puede resultar dif&#237;cil. Deja que tu imaginaci&#243;n visualice tu espacio interior lleno. Con la &#250;ltima exhalaci&#243;n, abre los brazos una vez m&#225;s y, al hacerlo, permite que el coraz&#243;n se una al espacio infinito.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!4c6N!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F4c358d6b-6f1f-488a-b642-77eb52fbf0ff_2111x3109.heic" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!4c6N!, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/w_424, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F4c358d6b-6f1f-488a-b642-77eb52fbf0ff_2111x3109.heic 424w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!4c6N!, 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A veces, cuando practico con alguien, le sugiero que, al exhalar finalmente, conecte con la &#233;poca de su infancia en la que era recibido en los brazos de alguien que lo amaba. Aqu&#237; no solo entra en juego la imaginaci&#243;n, sino tambi&#233;n la activaci&#243;n de recuerdos arraigados en el coraz&#243;n y los tejidos conectivos del cuerpo. Para los moribundos a quienes he acompa&#241;ado, esta pr&#225;ctica permite que el esp&#237;ritu abrace su coraz&#243;n y su ser. El miedo puede transformarse en confianza. Esta es la aceptaci&#243;n de la que hablaba el Dr. K&#252;bler-Ross: una paz profunda y una sensaci&#243;n de gracia. Pero, como todas las pr&#225;cticas, esta tambi&#233;n nos ayudar&#225; a vivir nuestras vidas confiando en que el esp&#237;ritu siempre est&#225; con nosotros, acompa&#241;&#225;ndonos en los momentos dif&#237;ciles de nuestro camino.</p><p>Pr&#243;ximo cap&#237;tulo: <em>El amor es todo lo que necesitas</em>.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Xw43!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F44b85d96-77ea-481a-add7-dc3747a4ac7a_3607x2599.heic" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Xw43!, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/w_424, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/q_auto:good, 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obstacles]]></description><link>https://tewbunnag.substack.com/p/towards-a-new-spirituality-vii</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://tewbunnag.substack.com/p/towards-a-new-spirituality-vii</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Tew]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 24 Mar 2026 08:34:07 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!FSo-!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F6767711b-2567-4086-9d0d-41c8fbd2c5d2_2499x2665.heic" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!FSo-!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F6767711b-2567-4086-9d0d-41c8fbd2c5d2_2499x2665.heic" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" 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ourselves or others or to our environment, being committed to the well-being of all sentient beings, including non- human beings, contributing to healing and peace in our world, celebrating our common wealth. In other words, having an ethical set of values that are not dictated by a belief structure outside of ourselves, nor a set of religious imperatives, but that come from the connection that we experience directly by opening our consciousness and embracing the spirit.</p><p>But doing this would be jumping the gun. I remember back in the day chanting the Beatles. &#8216;<em>Love, love love&#8230; love is all you need</em>&#8230;&#8217; The refrain comes back to me every now and then. The simple poignancy and truth of the words still resonate as well as the euphoria they evoke. But I learnt long ago that putting the words into practice is not just a matter of singing them and feeling high. There was stuff to be dealt with and no way to bypass it.</p><p>I mentioned in the previous chapter that the heart&#8217;s connection to the spirit is vital to our well-being and that there were 3 factors that either disturb or rupture it : Fear, Grief and Burnout. All three may be experienced at some point or other in our journey. Left untreated they can cause harm to ourselves and to those around us. Usually if they are recognised they are treated with chemical substances to supress the symptoms they generate. But there is a kinder approach that does not involve control or suppression and that allows the negativity to be transformed, and integrated, and love to flow.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!-yRz!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F48284c93-53ee-4441-b6a4-63776c4c81de_3024x4032.heic" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!-yRz!, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/w_424, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F48284c93-53ee-4441-b6a4-63776c4c81de_3024x4032.heic 424w, 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12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p>Here I offer two approaches I use to work through these difficult episodes, when fear separates us and creates anger, when grief overwhelms us, when weariness takes away all joy. They both have to do with the recovery of connection to spirit.</p><p>The first leads on from the second of the 2 practices that I described in the last chapter. Here we are dealing with the obstacles and the negative energy and vibrations they generate, within ourselves as well as what we put out.</p><h4><strong>Healing the heart</strong></h4><p>Start once more with the right hand touching the chest. Take time to allow all the dark, painful, negative stuff to come up. There is no analysis or judgement, merely a gentle act of permitting what is there &#8211; the stuff that takes away the peace and wellbeing of your heart &#8211; to surface instead of continuing to suppress it. Now, engaging with what has surfaced, take a short inbreath, and then opening the right arm with a long exhalation and the A&#256;H, let the pain and the darkness flow out into the air and space. At the end of this outbreath put your left hand on the chest, and then make the large circular movement to the side with a long inhalation. As you do so connect to what is beyond your fragile, wounded being, name what you need to bring back peace, stability, joy, confidence&#8230;and with the short outbreath and the H&#467; sound receive this healing quality into your heart. Then repeat the practice alternating the hands and the movements for however many cycles that you need to restore well - being in your heart.</p><p>This is a practice I have done over the years with people carrying deep pain, from grief and loss, fear, shock and anger, deep exhaustion. Sometimes there is resistance to doing the second part. People ask: how can I ask for what I need ? Who will give it to me? My answer is that to our rational minds this is just a wish fulfilment. But the point is that this is a practice of the heart, and in the heart all is possible. What happens there is on another level of consciousness that cuts through the boundaries of the rational. It is where forgiveness is possible, even when there is no reason to forgive, where hope and courage can be found even in the depths of despair. The practice is not supposed to provide solutions. It is not some miracle cure. But from the feedback received from those who have used this practice, I have seen how it has helped them to eventually heal by shifting the negative energy, by unblocking the heart and by reconnecting to spirit.</p><h5><strong>Accompanied and Embraced</strong></h5><p>I have already described this second practice, and included a short video in my series on Dying, explaining that in my work accompanying those who are in their dying process and are afraid of what lies ahead, I am often asked for a practice that will bring them peace. I am sharing it here because it can be done, not just in the context of death and dying, but so that you can live with the spirit both within you and accompanying you. It is a practice I have based on one of the Buddhist mudras that help us to cultivate trust and confidence. Like most of the heart work it is done with a combination of intention, breathing and movement.</p><p>The practice has 4 phases. It begins with the hands again crossed at the chest. ( I usually have my left one over the right, but it is not important). Then open the arms outward and wait until you sense the connection between the heart and the unbounded space that is around you. When that connection has been made take a long inbreath as you embrace this space into your heart folding the hands back onto the chest. There is no movement with the next outbreath. Merely feel the heart and let it be at rest, letting go of resistance and control. With the next inbreath connect with what you have embraced. At the beginning this may not come easily. Allow your imagination to visualise your inner space filled up. 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Sometimes, if I am doing the practice with someone, I suggest that when they open out with the final exhalation, they connect with when they were a child being welcomed into the arms of someone who loved them. In this way not only is the imagination at work but it is an activation of memories held in the heart and the connective tissues of the body. For the dying whom I have accompanied this practice allows their heart and their being to be embraced by spirit, which helps their fear turn into trust. This is the acceptance that Dr. K&#252;bler-Ross talked about: deep peace and the sense of grace. But, like all the practices, this will also help us to live our lives trusting that spirit is always with us, accompanying us, and guiding us through the challenging moments of our journey.</p><p>Next chapter: <em><strong>Love is all you need.</strong></em></p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!dIa0!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F850c64d4-adfa-4dcf-8a1c-4c5ff8ad02f5_3607x2599.heic" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!dIa0!, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/w_424, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/q_auto:good, 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coraz&#243;n]]></description><link>https://tewbunnag.substack.com/p/hacia-una-nueva-espiritualidad-vi</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://tewbunnag.substack.com/p/hacia-una-nueva-espiritualidad-vi</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Tew]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 15 Mar 2026 09:08:19 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!yjgo!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9aede99a-9de5-4912-9b3f-fad877b34c48_1287x1329.heic" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!yjgo!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9aede99a-9de5-4912-9b3f-fad877b34c48_1287x1329.heic" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" 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forma a la que se le conoce con tantos nombres. Que este esp&#237;ritu toque e impregne todo es fundamental para la nueva espiritualidad que me interesa. Implica universalidad y conexi&#243;n, no basadas en la creencia ni en la confianza en la experiencia de m&#237;sticos de diversas tradiciones espirituales, sino una experiencia directa, accesible a cualquiera que est&#233; abierto a descubrirla. Esto no se logra mediante el proceso cognitivo habitual del pensamiento. De hecho, nuestros prejuicios intelectuales a menudo dificultan el acceso a ella. La pr&#225;ctica permite que la mente racional d&#233; cabida a lo que se ha denominado metacognici&#243;n, un conocimiento incondicionado. Para quienes est&#225;n convencidos de que la consciencia se produce en y por el cerebro, y siguen siendo esc&#233;pticos respecto a la existencia de algo m&#225;s all&#225; de lo material y lo replicable en un laboratorio, la ciencia moderna ofrece ahora la idea de un campo cu&#225;ntico de energ&#237;a que conecta y penetra todo, incluy&#233;ndonos a nosotros mismos. La idea de que existe una consciencia m&#225;s all&#225; de nuestra mente y nuestra funci&#243;n cerebral es lo que el reconocido cardi&#243;logo holand&#233;s, el Dr. Pim Van Lommel, denomina consciencia m&#225;s all&#225; de la vida. Este es el t&#237;tulo de su libro sobre sus investigaciones acerca de las experiencias cercanas a la muerte. No es el &#250;nico entre un n&#250;mero creciente de cient&#237;ficos y profesionales de la salud que, si bien no rechazan las extraordinarias capacidades de nuestra mente cognitiva normal, est&#225;n convencidos de que nuestros cerebros podr&#237;an ser receptores sofisticados que responden a una dimensi&#243;n inteligente y consciente que los trasciende: el esp&#237;ritu.</p><p>Es a trav&#233;s del coraz&#243;n que nosotros, como seres sensibles, vivimos el esp&#237;ritu, esta interconexi&#243;n universal, a veces llamada entrelazamiento. Considero &#250;til mencionar que, en la medicina tradicional china, el coraz&#243;n se considera la morada del esp&#237;ritu en cada uno de nosotros, as&#237; como el portal a esa dimensi&#243;n. Esto no es una creencia filos&#243;fica. La conexi&#243;n entre Hsin (coraz&#243;n/mente) y Shen (esp&#237;ritu), entre lo personal y la fuente inmensurable, es vital para nuestro bienestar. Cuando se pierde o se altera, nuestra salud emocional y mental se ve afectada, y las manifestaciones son, por ejemplo, la intensa ansiedad y depresi&#243;n que estamos viendo en nuestros tiempos.</p><p>La paz interior no es solo un concepto filos&#243;fico deseable. Es una condici&#243;n indispensable para vivir bien y afrontar todos los desaf&#237;os que enfrentamos, tanto individual como colectivamente. No es algo que se d&#233; por sentado. No podemos simplemente desear que est&#233; presente. El coraz&#243;n es sensible. Las circunstancias externas nos afectan: estar envueltos en un conflicto o una situaci&#243;n amenazante, perder a un ser querido, vivir en la adversidad y la miseria. Pero lo que nos ayuda a no derrumbarnos, incluso cuando parece imposible continuar, es la capacidad del coraz&#243;n para mantenerse conectado con el esp&#237;ritu. Esto puede llamarse fe, que no depende de creencias religiosas, sino de una energ&#237;a activa que nos da valor, un sentido de prop&#243;sito y significado a lo que tenemos que vivir. Lo he visto muchas veces en los barrios marginales de Bangkok, donde trabaj&#233; con personas que manten&#237;an su bondad, integridad y generosidad en un entorno duro e insalubre; y con aquellos que se acercaban a la muerte, a quienes he acompa&#241;ado en los &#250;ltimos a&#241;os: la profunda paz interior que sana, incluso al final de la vida. Esto es posible cuando la conexi&#243;n entre el coraz&#243;n y el esp&#237;ritu est&#225; presente y es fuerte. Entonces, la pregunta es: &#191;c&#243;mo se puede mantener esto?</p><p>Una vez m&#225;s, la pr&#225;ctica es fundamental. Aqu&#237; les presento dos pr&#225;cticas para quienes necesitan sentir esa conexi&#243;n o restaurar su equilibrio y armon&#237;a si la han perdido.</p><p>La primera consiste en trabajar directamente con la energ&#237;a del coraz&#243;n y se realiza en tres partes.</p><h4>Respirando el coraz&#243;n.</h4><p>1. <strong>Hacia afuera</strong></p><p>Tras adoptar una postura tranquila, junte las manos sobre el pecho y t&#243;mese un tiempo para conectar con su interior, simplemente escuch&#225;ndolo y permitiendo que aflore lo que hay en su coraz&#243;n: alegr&#237;a o dolor, experiencias vividas o lo que est&#225; arraigado en &#233;l. En esta primera pr&#225;ctica del coraz&#243;n, no se aborda el contenido. Se trata de resuscitar el coraz&#243;n.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!JPjC!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F8445ed4f-7eef-4485-bb07-4671b9084088_1848x2744.heic" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!JPjC!, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/w_424, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F8445ed4f-7eef-4485-bb07-4671b9084088_1848x2744.heic 424w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!JPjC!, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/w_848, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/f_webp, 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/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!JPjC!, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/w_1456, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/f_auto, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F8445ed4f-7eef-4485-bb07-4671b9084088_1848x2744.heic 1456w" sizes="100vw" loading="lazy"></picture><div class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image"><svg aria-hidden="true" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><g><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 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Para quienes cargan con una pesada carga o mucho dolor, suelo sugerir que, junto con el movimiento y la exhalaci&#243;n, canten una s&#237;laba larga de <em>A&#256;H</em>, como un suspiro prolongado. Luego, al inhalar por la nariz en silencio, las manos vuelven al pecho</p><p>.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Dhxj!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F34d22fcd-13c8-4af7-815a-4154746648cd_2613x3241.heic" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Dhxj!, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/w_424, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F34d22fcd-13c8-4af7-815a-4154746648cd_2613x3241.heic 424w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Dhxj!, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/w_848, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/c_limit, 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/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Dhxj!, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/w_1456, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/f_auto, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F34d22fcd-13c8-4af7-815a-4154746648cd_2613x3241.heic 1456w" sizes="100vw" loading="lazy"></picture><div class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image"><svg aria-hidden="true" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><g><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p>Permitir que el coraz&#243;n se abra a la amplitud libera las tensiones y permite sentir la conexi&#243;n con el esp&#237;ritu.</p><p>2. <strong>Hacia adentro</strong></p><p>Este es el complemento de lo que acabas de hacer. Mientras que en la primera parte la inhalaci&#243;n es corta y la exhalaci&#243;n con <em>A&#256;H </em>es larga, en esta parte la inhalaci&#243;n es larga y la exhalaci&#243;n es corta. Las manos comienzan cruzadas sobre el pecho de nuevo, y al inhalar se abren, formando un gran c&#237;rculo para abrazar el espacio que te rodea antes de volver a colocarse sobre el pecho al exhalar. Esto se acompa&#241;a de un sonido corto: <em>H&#467;.</em></p><p>Al hacer esto, recargas el coraz&#243;n con la energ&#237;a del esp&#237;ritu.</p><p>3. <strong>Hacia afuera y hacia adentro</strong></p><p>En esta parte final, comienza de nuevo con las manos cruzadas sobre el pecho, inhalando brevemente y exhalando profundamente, mientras extiendes los brazos y cantas el <em>A&#256;H</em>. Ahora, al inhalar, regresa al centro del coraz&#243;n y haz una pausa con las manos cruzadas durante hasta 4 segundos sin respirar. Luego, contin&#250;a con la inhalaci&#243;n profunda, describiendo un c&#237;rculo con los brazos para conectar con el esp&#237;ritu y recibir la energ&#237;a en el coraz&#243;n con el breve <em>H&#467; </em>al exhalar.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!btRa!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F1c74ef04-6f47-4d7a-9aec-a02a7ef2e1c1_2422x2441.heic" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!btRa!, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/w_424, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/q_auto:good, 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coraz&#243;n</h4><p>Esta pr&#225;ctica contin&#250;a de forma natural la anterior, combinando la liberaci&#243;n externa con la recepci&#243;n interna. El objetivo es sanar las heridas y promover la paz interior.</p><p>Comienza con la mano derecha tocando el pecho y permitiendo que todo aquello que perturba tu bienestar y la paz de tu coraz&#243;n aflore. Puede tratarse de oscuridad, negatividad, dolor o sufrimiento acumulado durante mucho tiempo, o un conflicto o disgusto reciente. No se trata de analizar ni comprender, sino simplemente de reconocer con honestidad y amor las heridas, en lugar de buscar estrategias para evitarlas.</p><p>Cuando te sientas listo, inhala brevemente y, al exhalar, abre y extiende el brazo derecho. 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Con una inhalaci&#243;n larga, dibuja un c&#237;rculo en el aire y regresa al coraz&#243;n. La intenci&#243;n es conectar el coraz&#243;n con el esp&#237;ritu, reconociendo lo que necesitas para sanar tus heridas y estar bien, y recibi&#233;ndolo en tu coraz&#243;n con la exhalaci&#243;n breve y el sonido <em>H&#467;</em>.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Mdmw!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ffc74f5ae-d943-4ef0-b72a-23282d30a704_2397x3161.heic" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Mdmw!, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/w_424, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/tewbunnag.substack.com/q_auto:good, 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Generalmente, sugiero al menos 9 ciclos.</p><p>A lo largo de los a&#241;os, he ofrecido las dos pr&#225;cticas descritas anteriormente a quienes buscan ayuda porque han perdido la conexi&#243;n entre el coraz&#243;n y el esp&#237;ritu. He identificado tres razones b&#225;sicas para esta ruptura. El duelo: el luto por un ser querido que a menudo cierra el coraz&#243;n. O el shock cuando la p&#233;rdida fue repentina o brutal, sin tiempo para prepararse. En ambos casos, ocurre algo que los cient&#237;ficos ahora reconocen como el s&#237;ndrome del coraz&#243;n roto. La energ&#237;a del coraz&#243;n se contrae para llenar el vac&#237;o. El agotamiento o el s&#237;ndrome de burnout. Esta es la sobrecarga emocional y f&#237;sica que no se ha reconocido: el estr&#233;s acumulado producido por conflictos y contradicciones en el hogar o en el trabajo que no se han resuelto. Pero no se trata solo de cansancio. Con la p&#233;rdida de la conexi&#243;n con el esp&#237;ritu, el coraz&#243;n pierde su vitalidad y la energ&#237;a se agota. Por &#250;ltimo, el miedo en todas sus formas, desde la ansiedad, la duda paralizante y la paranoia hasta el p&#225;nico; real, justificado o imaginado y proyectado. El coraz&#243;n temeroso tiende a reaccionar sobrecarg&#225;ndose de trabajo, corriendo y latiendo r&#225;pido, mientras que la manifestaci&#243;n externa puede ser de violencia e ira.</p><p>En todos estos casos, he observado que la reconexi&#243;n con el esp&#237;ritu, junto con los enfoques psicol&#243;gicos y f&#237;sicos necesarios, puede ser de gran beneficio al tratar el s&#237;ndrome postraum&#225;tico, la depresi&#243;n profunda y el agotamiento. Adem&#225;s, la armon&#237;a y el equilibrio del coraz&#243;n, y la energ&#237;a pac&#237;fica que fluye desde all&#237; a trav&#233;s de todo nuestro organismo, constituyen la base de otros dos principios que he mencionado respecto a una nueva espiritualidad: la responsabilidad y el sentido de prop&#243;sito. 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