Just as our lungs and bodies exchange old for new, humanity is currently full-on doing the same. The truth of that is not only displayed in demonstrations or places where plastic bags are being limited in use but in each … Continue reading →
There are many English words to describe the activity of contemplation. Muse, ponder, reflect, wonder, consider are a few. Did you know that contemplation can be a rich form of meditation? Or a platform from which to dive into a … Continue reading →
Breathing is both the first act of a living being and its last. Walking is not; talking is not; maybe thinking is not either. But, breathing is. Breathing is the first sensuous experience a being has, followed -if brought into … Continue reading →
Breath is the foundation of all meditation practices around the world. the breath of God or Divine Feminine Mother Nature breathing the heart’s beat due to the breathe one takes breath as flow, flawless and constant breath as tantra – … Continue reading →
Happiness or hardship all have causes. We human beings have the unique capacity to change causes of hardship, generate and support causes of well-being, and truly affect the world.
Every moment every sentient being is living from subjectivity, one’s own subjectivity. Let’s explore this.
We begin with a quote: “One acts when action is required, yet one is inseparable from peace.” Trungpa Rinpoche We contemplated the word “required” and how subjective it is. Then, we meditated – luminous peace tincturing collective consciousness.
Life is in constant flux, everything in life. One feature of existence is change. In other words, change is the constant. Observing this as: seasons change each of us grows from embryo in a womb to the person we are … Continue reading →
Distraction is a curious activity, curious as in strange. Nothing gets done with distraction: responsibilities are shirked, living beings are not engaged with, and no one is made happy; not the person engaged in a distraction nor anyone else. So, … Continue reading →
A couple of weeks ago, practitioners were encouraged to observe their preferences. It was a ‘notice the usually not noticed’ exploration of how our preferences for or against direct us through a day. Last week practitioners were invited to observe … Continue reading →
Change. Transition. Impermanence. These words refer to ongoing processes all around us and in our lives. Rather than a concept which might seem abstract and not worth much contemplation, we reflect on change catalyzed by something within the last month … Continue reading →
Namaste. Honoring one another somehow, almost magically, opens the mind and it settles. In putting others first, the self is quietened through appreciation. How marvelous!
It is of great value to notice what distracts one or how one chooses distraction. It is also significant to wonder “what is distraction?” , what is happening within one’s self? Thursday’s meditation: This morning we began gazing at this … Continue reading →
Saturday’s sitting invited wholeness. Intrinsic, natural Being. Tuesday (today) I brought a musing from my early morning sitting: the mind I had as a young child, which had few concepts. My dawn musing did not become a longing for that … Continue reading →
We meditate with moment, with compassion, with all beings, with spacious Presence.
Effortlessly, we expanded into Present-Moment-Awareness. No more need be said.
Changing one’s perceptions transfigures one’s reality. How is this accomplished? Incrementally, like filling a jug with water; but at some point the jug is full and overflows. Same with us. Little by little, beginning with noticing the usually not noticed, … Continue reading →
We return to the quotation “Listen! Understand! Meditate! Experience!” from the Kunjed Gyalpo tantra. Listen! Right now, what sounds are you hearing? Outer sounds: birds, or cars, sirens, or laughter, each sound is an invitation for practice. Inner sounds: thoughts, … Continue reading →
On Saturday, through our experience of intrinsic unity, we meditated on and with the vast potential that one’s essence of Being is. Beautiful meditation. Today, we contemplated the natural experience of all beings on Earth that unfolding occurs within the … Continue reading →