Two Truths: The Superposition of the Ultimate and Relative Perspectives
“Everything is perfect”, she said to me. “There’s no need to worry, all will be just as it needs to be.” I sat in meditation allowing the words to wash over me. Then I heard a question arise in the room. “But if everything is…
Formless Realm Exploration
There I was, laying in the dark, as everything around me began to dissolve. It first started with my vision, objects became faint then like a dream dissolved into nothing, not even blackness. All the senses followed, and it was at this point I realized…
The 5 Hindrances to Meditation
If you’ve ever tried to meditate, in all likeliness you’ve experienced some sort of difficulty. Whether it was falling asleep, a busy mind, or something else, it will fall into one of the 5 major categories of problems that meditators frequently encounter. We call these…
The Elephant and the Rider: A story about the narrator, subconscious, and awareness
Most of us believe that we are in control of our lives, actions, thoughts and emotions. I’ve previously spoken about how this is an illusion, and today I’m going to use an ancient Tibetan thankgka as the illustration for a story. I’m naming the story…
Where is your sense of self quiz: Answer these questions to find out!
Did you know that people behave very differently, depending on where their sense of self is? Much of today’s culture wars is related to a mismatch between the self identity, and how people engage in the world as a result. If you want to skip…
#001: Drilling through the Illusion
In this video / podcast I talk about the illusion we all live in; with expressive passion I take you on a journey through your own mind. We explore the biases and discarded information that may be creating self-limiting views. I discuss some of the…
Competing with sadness: how to stop driving yourself into the abyss
Modern society teaches us that in order to succeed, we must look out for ourself, and climb that ladder. School instilled this in us by making all of us compete with each other for “grades” that ended up rather meaningless in the grand scope of…
From Holon to Super Consciousness
Today as I sat listening to my teacher talk, the talk took me into a vision. The vision culminated in allowing me to see how Super Consciousness comes about. When it started, It was just with the four foundations of mindfulness. Amazing how something so…
Light bubble
Powerful meditation this morning. I was doing tonglen, a healing meditation for my friends. By the end of it I was literally crying in compassion for those I had connected with. It was such a strong connection I could feel the darkness as I pulled…
Reflections
The moon on the water is nothing other than water. Therefore the appearance of the moon is but water. What you “see” of the world around you is nothing other than mind. Therefore the appearances you see are mind. We see the world as we…
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