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Gatherings

09 May

Meetings

Spirituality

Meditation

Satsang

Manu Mariño

Gatherings of the Heart with Manu Mariño

  • Friday, 9 May 2025, from 7:00 to 9:00 PM
  • Location: Espai Buit
Summary
"Who needs life to have meaning? ""A tree does not ponder the meaning of its existence, it simply grows and bears fruit"". Who is the “me” that longs to give life a meaning? Life, in itself, does not need to have a meaning beyond being lived and experienced. I believe the meaning is found in just living, not wanting it to be something else, not seeking transcendence. In reality, if we deeply understand, it is each of us who gives life its meaning. Belief, hope, transcendence are human needs that help us ease suffering. If we are unaware of why we assign meaning, we disconnect from the experience and drift into projection instead of presence. Trying to give life meaning can actually separate us from living it. We often believe that finding meaning helps us live better. We think it can lighten the burden of our suffering. In my experience, it does not work that way. When we bond with others, we build a narrative, an identity, and that is how we relate to them. We do the same with life: we shape its meaning based on our experiences and beliefs. The more fully I live life, the less I need it to have meaning. Because the act of living itself is enough. Not missing a single moment, being fully present is more than enough. Let us not get lost in the search for meaning. Let’s live each moment without weaving a story beyond the experience. If the experience is full, it needs no embellishment. Each moment stands on its own and is not tied to the one before or the one after, except through the story we choose to tell. Perhaps our hunger for meaning arises from our need to soothe suffering. When we stay focused on the future, we avoid facing the suffering of the present and we hold on to hope. When we try to assign meaning to the experience of being human, of being alive, we are actually detaching from it. When we are fully immersed in it, we are the experience. There is no need to transcend anything or give it meaning. It simply unfolds. A tree does not ponder the meaning of its existence, it simply grows and bears fruit. It is we who might say the tree exists to give us fruit and oxygen. But this is our mental creation, something we have made up and chosen to believe in. Who is the “me” that longs to give life a meaning? Who is it that needs life to have meaning? When we give it meaning, we are limiting it, and we disconnect from the experience. However, there is nothing wrong with giving life meaning, as long as we are aware that we are the ones assigning that meaning, and that it does not come built-in. Similarly, while my biographical self might need a name, a job, a family, a story, deep down we know that we are not the stories we tell about ourselves. Turning attention to that illusory self helps us realise what we truly are: consciousness. No beginning, no end. No story. Always present in the now: consciousness experiences itself through us, yet it does not need us in order to BE. It simply IS."

Friday, 9 May 2025, from 7:00 to 9:00 PM
Bio

Manu Mariño


Born in 1966 in Riveira, Galicia.

Walker.

Through his experience he has been in contact with different mystical and contemplative traditions such as Christian mysticism through contact with Cistercian monks and hesychasm and Inner Prayer, the Sufi tradition within the Naqsbhandi order, the Theravada Buddhist tradition of which he is a meditation master of Insight - Vipassana having received the transmission from the Venerable Ajhan Dhiravamsa.

In 1992 he made the Camino de Santiago for the first time from Roncesvalles to Compostela. Great expert on the Camino de Santiago which he says is an experience of personal transformation and a contemplative practice in itself. He has made the Camino on numerous occasions, some of them in Silence.

Guides retreats of Silence, meditation and inquiry.

He considers Silence to be the Greatest contemplative practice and when you walk in silence for days it permeates your entire Being.

He has developed the practice of Conscious Listening, which he teaches in courses and seminars.

He has a Master's degree in Mindfulness from the University of Zaragoza.

He has taught Summer Courses on Mindfulness and Full Attention at the University of Santiago de Compostela.

Speaker at International Congresses on Mindfulness and Compassion in Zaragoza and Sao Paulo (Brazil) and at the Congress of Contemplative Sciences at the University of Zaragoza.

In 1992 he had an experience that changed his perception of reality, which arose spontaneously and was an experience of non-duality that lasted approximately nine days. This led him to make the Camino de Santiago for the first time, having made the Camino on countless occasions to date; some of them in complete silence, investigating the different non-dual states that arise as a consequence of inhabiting silence.

He has developed the practice of "Conscious Listening," which he facilitates in retreats, gatherings, and programs through inquiry and mindfulness, leading to non-dual states and a deeper understanding of reality and conditioned states.

He holds a Master's Degree in Mindfulness from the University of Zaragoza, where he currently facilitates the Estercuel Mindfulness Retreat with the Director of the Master, Dr. Javier García Campayo. He is co-author of the book Mindfulness Day by Day - The Joy of Practice (Ed. Singlantana, 2020).

He facilitates retreats and gives lectures, courses, and workshops, in addition to offering individual support related to different forms of contemplative practice, self-knowledge, well-being, mindfulness, meditation, non-duality, conscious listening, and inquiry.

As well as individual or group support on the Camino de Santiago.

He is co-director of Quietud: Institute of Contemplative Sciences and creator of the Quietud Training on Mindfulness, Compassion and Contemplative Sciences, which is now in its eighth edition.

You can contact Manu for individual sessions via Zoom or in person, as well as for him to participate in an event, conference, or congress.


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