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Learning to love my anger/ rage as a practice
Burning Desire, Mariko Mori Anger appears as a faint buzz in the back of my brain, a mild irritation, a barely noticeable ticking noise growing louder. A high pitched detonator inside my brain. Me, me, me. Hate, hate, hate. Instead … Continue reading
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Tagged anger, fear, kleshas, buddhism, happiness, happy, light, love, nomad, path, pms, rage, shadow, soul, universe
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Watching the watcher meditation
This is pretty advanced and only best to try if you have an established meditation practice, are familiar with ego death or have experienced it before. If you are stuck in the emptiness practice, this is also a good next … Continue reading
“My soul drifts light upon a sea of trees” — a film about a Zen priest helping depressed, suicidal people.
After losing two friends and an uncle to suicide, Zen priest Ittetsu Nemoto made it his life’s mission to support those struggling with depression and suicidal behavior. My Soul Drifts Light upon a Sea of Trees follows three of the … Continue reading
Posted in buddhism, death, video & film
Tagged anxiety, buddhism, depression, documentary, film, happiness, happy, japan, nomad, suicide, trailer, tricycle, universe, vimeo, zen
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Don’t push away the fear
Source: Ram Dass Fellowship (Facebook)
Burn baby burn. What can we do with ourselves in times of coronavirus.
Who is up to what these days? I volunteer with the Hear Me App where I talk to folks from all over the world who need someone to talk to. And everyone is struggling, myself included. I’ve spent the first … Continue reading
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Tagged buddhism, coronavirus, happiness, happy, lockdown, mental health, nomad, quarantine, ram dass, universe
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⚠️ “Becoming Nobody” with Ram Dass is finally streaming in the UK (and worldwide) 🙏
I consider Ram Dass to be my guru. He has been one of my most important spiritual mentors. His teachings led me to psilocybin, further study of Buddhism and radically changed how I see myself, other people and reality, and … Continue reading
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Tagged buddhism, documentary, film, free, guru, happiness, happy, love, meditation, nomad, ram dass, teaching, universe
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What if not knowing what next is an achievement?
I’ve been mini-retired for 6 months. Retirement is a great way to practice emptiness. Six months of non-doing and facing uncertainty is when I usually hit the psychological threshold and the monkey brain spirals into anxiety. You know the script … Continue reading
Posted in emptiness
Tagged achievement, anxiety, buddhism, calm, desire, emptiness, happiness, happy, in between, nomad, peace, success, universe
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Do you feel lonely tonight? #happiness #quora
I write about happiness and meaning here but also on Quora. I wanted to re-post my answer below (source). When you feel the familiar chill breeze of the void opening within you, the deafening vibration of the growing vacuum, the … Continue reading
If it’s not fun, don’t do it! And if you must do it, make it fun!
What do you do when you are mini retired? Well, art, of course. In the Episode 94 of the Here and Now podcast Ram Dass tells a hilarious story about cooking a lobster with his father as a buddhist (from … Continue reading
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Tagged art therapy, buddhism, happiness, happy, lobster, nomad, podcast, ram dass, universe
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Kafka on stillness
I have left my corporate job recently and have been on a mini retirement mainly exploring and embracing emptiness from a buddhist perspective (or as my husband puts it, doing not much 🙂 ). I am reading books on stillness … Continue reading
How to deal with people who unleash the anger or rage in you
Ram Dass has been my guru for the past couple of years. I love this quote of his. I finally understand that when someone yells at me or is angry with me, it’s their self hatred, their pain with themselves … Continue reading
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The dragonfly story #grieving #loss
One of my best friends has recently lost her father. When she told me, I burst into tears – so strong was her pain and my grief. I shared with her the dragonfly story that I heard as a German … Continue reading
Spiritual fitness — the Tibetan practice of 100,000 prostrations
I am not a big fan of exercise. But make it spiritual exercise like Tibetan yoga or prostrations and suddenly I am all for it. I’ve recently started a Tibetan practice of 100,000 prostrations. I do it while reciting the … Continue reading
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