Category Archives: emptiness

Finding enlightenment in the in-between state

Posted on July 3, 2022 by lolkin

It takes some training to equate complete letting go with comfort. But in fact, “nothing to hold on to” is the root of happiness. There’s a sense of freedom when we accept that we’re not in control… This may lead … Continue reading →

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The Emptiness Survival Kit is finally here. Happy positive disintegration!

Posted on June 4, 2022 by lolkin

How is your June going, fellow nomads? I am dealing with the opposite of empty. We have received a call and are hosting a Ukrainian refugee family. That required quite a bit of prep and paperwork. Suddenly there are 3 … Continue reading →

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The Emptiness Mantra

Posted on July 10, 2021 by lolkin

I read about this mantra in one of the books about Buddhism. I instantly had to look it up. Now it is my daily companion reminding me “to keep cool”, to remember, to see beyond phenomena and people behaviours. Om … Continue reading →

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Goodbye, the winter of the soul. Blessed, we sing a song to spring.

Posted on May 16, 2021 by lolkin

Last year was hard. Many of my friends are mystics or psychonauts, both of which often come with existential crises, dark nights of the soul, depression and unemployment. As the social roles and identities fall off, the soul reawakens and … Continue reading →

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Five Hindrances – going beyond emptiness

Posted on May 8, 2021 by lolkin

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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The light of the void. The void of the light #RamDassMusic

Posted on April 26, 2021 by lolkin

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 →

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When you realise you are stuck… surrender into the hopelessness #RamDass

Posted on March 21, 2021 by lolkin

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 →

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Emptiness Survival Kit. Part 1: Face The Emptiness. Day 4: Super Void.

Posted on January 5, 2021 by lolkin

“Just as stars clump into galaxies and galaxies into clusters, so clusters of galaxies congregate into even larger superclusters, hundreds of millions of light years across. Between these superclusters are equally enormous voids, containing almost no matter at all. One … Continue reading →

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Emptiness Survival Kit. Part 1: Face The Emptiness. Day 3: Invite chaos.

Posted on January 4, 2021 by lolkin

If you want change, you have to invite chaos. 

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Emptiness Survival Kit. Part 1: Face The Emptiness. Day 2: Form is emptiness.

Posted on January 3, 2021 by lolkin

“Form is emptiness; emptiness is form.” —  Heart Sutra 

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