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Five Hindrances – going beyond emptiness
I have recently watched this talk on five hindrances to self-mastery by Master Shi Heng Yi. I read about Five Hindrances, a concept new to me – desire, anger, restlessness and worry, sloth, torpor and boredom and doubt (I memorised … Continue reading
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Tagged amitabha, anger, fear, kleshas, buddhism, desire, emptiness, happiness, happy, hindrances, mantra, meditation, nomad, Shi Heng Yi, ted, universe
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Non-doing does not mean inaction. Love yourself through stuckness.
While there will always be a part of you that finds comfort in complacency and overwhelm in the presence of change, the key is to encourage yourself in every step, and to be patient when results may vary, so you … Continue reading
Change the world by being yourself #happiness #selflove
What is it with us and self-love? Even the most advanced practitioners and spiritual seekers seem to struggle with it and specifically the thought of being judged by others. The infamous “what will people think” is a big one. For … Continue reading
The light of the void. The void of the light #RamDassMusic
Where do you stand in relation to hope? Are you hopeful? Or is it hopeless? Both of them are traps. Best place to stand is half way between hope and hopelessness. Standing nowhere, being everywhere. Doing what you do. — … Continue reading
When you change the way you see things…
…which is why I call the game Levels and Lenses 😊 if something is not going right, if I am stuck or suffering, and I can snap out of the victim mode and become aware, I change change the lenses, … Continue reading
Silent illumination – the meditation month challenge with Tricycle.
At the moment I am working through the Tricycle Meditation Month as a 30-day meditation challenge. I am working through 4 stages of the silent illumination practice as taught by Chan Buddhist teacher Guo Gu. The links for each week … Continue reading
Posted in buddhism, meditation
Tagged breath, buddhism, challenge, chan, happiness, happy, illumination, meditation, nomad, relaxation, sit, tricycle, universe
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Emptiness as freedom. The Void by Alan Watts.
Posted in buddhism, video & film
Tagged alan watts, buddhism, emptiness, happiness, happy, liberation, nomad, talk, universe, void, zen
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Have a smartphone? Now you can trip on light #psychedelic #consciousness
I heard about stroboscopic light and its ability to induce psychedelic like states before but never had a chance to try it. It had to be done in person with an expensive machine. Well, hail the age of technological disruption, … Continue reading
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Tagged app, light therapy, lumenate, psychedelic, trip
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When you realise you are stuck… surrender into the hopelessness #RamDass
When you realise you are stuck… you be stuck. You really be stuck. In the moment of stuckness is the key to the next liberation. It is the denial… trying to get unstuck that is feeding the stuckness. If you … Continue reading
Emptiness Survival Kit. Part 1: Face The Emptiness. Day 1: The sun rises in the evening.
Ride your horse along the edge of the sword Hide yourself in the middle of the flames Blossoms of the fruit tree will bloom in the fire The sun rises in the evening. – Zen Koan
You Are It All Already
I love who I am and what I have attracted to myself up until now. I do not need another thing or even one tiny change in order to be happy or complete. I know in my heart that I … Continue reading
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Tagged abundance, attraction, happiness, happy, love, nomad, universe, wayne dyer
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Ways to celebrate Winter Solstice and Great Conjunction online – today and tomorrow
Below are 3 events that I am aware of and am taking part in to mark these two great events. I will be watching solstice at Stonehenge live (today 16:01 GMT and tomorrow 08:09 GMT). I am not an astrologist … Continue reading
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Tagged christmas, conjunction, festival, happiness, happy, holiday, jupiter, meditation, nomad, peace, saturn, solstice, stonehenge, universe, world
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