Seen from behind and above, a person with long gray hair sits on pale granite at the edge of a rushing river, bare back to the camera. One arm arcs over the head and the other reaches open toward the white water. Green trees and boulders fill the background in bright sunlight.photo: Alex Mendo Poem Amma Thanasanti

Dancing Who I Am

A dance in which cancer surgery became gender-affirming surgery. The loss of breasts revealed who I am. The scars are lines the light passes over. Nothing to grip. Nothing to push away.
A tall, weathered driftwood stump rises from sandy coastal dunes covered in golden grasses. A dark bird soars beside it with wings outstretched against an expansive, clear blue sky.

Die Before You Die

He described how his journey through loss and despair had brought him to a place of not caring. But as he stayed with that experience, something had shifted. He came into contact with what he called “the carefree knowing.” A knowing that was simply present, not dependent on things being a certain way. It had been there all along, underneath the despair, untouched by it.
Stylized illustration of four nested human figures, each gently turning inward toward a smaller figure at the center, symbolizing contemplative inquiry, self-awareness, and the unfolding journey into deeper layers of experience.© 2026 Amma Thanasanti / Awakening Truth

Awareness, Relationship, and Inquiry

By Amma Thanasanti Recently, someone asked me if I looked…
Cracked dry earth in the foreground leading toward a still body of water, with dramatic storm clouds and breaking light in the sky above a mountain range at sunset.

The Mariana Trench: What Healing the Narcissistic Wound Actually Took

The first drop just rolls off. Then another. Still nothing.…