Awakening
Wednesday, June 30th, 2010“Ipseity” is the “suchness” of an emerging self. Being and becoming is rooted in our impermanence.
Archive for June, 2010
Awakening
Tuesday, June 29th, 2010Don’t turn away from what you truly are. We grow and develop from where we stand.
What is This?- Moments of Distress
Tuesday, June 29th, 2010The questions we ask help us to look deeply into our experience. The question- What is this?– cannot be answered by the thinking mind- the answer only comes from entering directly into the physical experience of the present moment. Ask yourself this question right now- even without distress- and it can be applied to whatever […]
Exercise- Infinite, Expansive Nature of Body
Monday, June 28th, 2010[audio:MM-Infinite-Expansive-Nature-of-Body-Audio.mp3] Adapted from “Boundless Healing”~ Tulku Thondup Preparation: This is a sitting meditation. You want to sit in a position that is stable and comfortable- allowing yourself to be physically at ease and mentally alert. Your spine should be more or less straight- holding your upper body erect as if you were pulling it up […]
Awakening
Monday, June 28th, 2010We cannot care for what we cannot approach.
Relatedness & Mindfulness
Monday, June 28th, 2010Parts of us may be broken, sick, or shattered yet we are still whole… Degree of connectedness- degree of association and kinship with self and others. What is our particular manner of connectedness? How does our relationship with one another- with our own being become defined? What isolates us from ourselves and from others? What […]
Awakening
Sunday, June 27th, 2010When overwhelmed with sadness, simply place one hand over your heart, and one hand over your abdomen- breathe naturally and normally into your feelings. Cradle your sadness and observe how your feelings begin to transform even in the subtlest of ways as compassion opens your awareness for healing.
Awakening
Saturday, June 26th, 2010Our “mirror” circuitry can reflect and project a resonance of both illumination and darkness. Resonance builds and binds through collective attraction. The universe sees us as we are, but do we?
Awakening
Friday, June 25th, 2010Can you open your inner world without trying to control it?
Uncertainty & Direct Experience
Thursday, June 24th, 2010Mindfulness is life’s direct connection to experience… Dwelling in the world of the unknown- filled with uncertainty and the looming presence of helplessness, the body contracts with swelling tension and restlessness- “calls to duty- to action”- as we move to avoid or distract the uncertainty. In our practice the act of doing nothing only seems […]