Judging? Yes, yes, yes, “I” suppose we could invest time and energy judging, condemning and resenting those who’s decisions we could find inconvenient....
Self-medication? Fear, sadness, anger, pride and impatience are potent emotional habit energies. Hoping to merely suppress them with an iron will or steely...
Pretty Lies? Oh the pretty lies we tell in order to protect our self-esteem. There is only so much time, there is only so much energy, there are only so many...
Sadness Sucks! Sadness sucks, doesn’t it? Sadness can feel as if we are lying on our backs, upon a hard, cold floor, with an NFL linebacker standing on our...
Genie’s Revenge! As a child I considered my self a connoisseur of cartoons, a Rex Reed of the animated, so to speak. I didn’t care for the Flintstones and...
Meditation and the Spiritual path - idea # 109 from your Buddhism expert Choosing Humility? Could it be safe to admit, “I don’t know”? There could be...
Meditation and the Spiritual path - idea # 110 from your Buddhism expert Two Voids? It has been said that during formal meditation sessions we are to...
Meditation and the Spiritual path - idea # 111 from your Buddhism expert Two Voids pt 2 As devotees of the Buddha of Compassion, sometimes known as Kwan Yin,...
Meditation and the Spiritual path - idea # 112 from your Buddhism expert Two Voids pt 3 During the period of our day between formal meditation sessions we...
Meditation and the Spiritual path - idea # 113 from your Buddhism expert Suffering’s Resource pt 1 Each suffering is dynamic and we can harness it’s energy...
Meditation and the Spiritual path - idea # 114 from your Buddhism expert Suffering’s Resource pt 2 What are some of the ways we could often dissipate,...
Meditation and the Spiritual path - idea # 115 from your Buddhism expert Suffering’s Resource pt 3 Our job is NOT to purge out unpleasant emotions, {like a...
Meditation and the Spiritual path - idea # 116 from your Buddhism expert Meditative Gaze pt. 1 If one were to meditate with their eye-lids closed one could...
Meditation and the Spiritual path - idea # 117 from your Buddhism expert Meditative Gaze pt. 2 If we attempt to meditate with our eyes wide open, and our gaze...
Meditation and the Spiritual path - idea # 118 from your Buddhism expert Meditative Gaze pt. 3 With the eye lids only half closed, one could focus one’s gaze...
Meditation and the Spiritual path - idea # 119 from your Buddhism expert Bliss and Openness pt. 1 Like the strong thread that pierces every bead on a mala {a...
Meditation and the Spiritual path - idea # 120 from your Buddhism expert Bliss and Openness pt. 2 Most meditation systems are bliss-obsessive. “Got to get...
Meditation and the Spiritual path - idea # 121 from your Buddhism expert Bliss and Openness pt. 3 Buddha taught that Nirvana was NOT so much freedom from the...
Meditation and the Spiritual path - idea # 122 from your Buddhism expert Bliss and Openness pt. 4 The first step on the four phase path of mastery is...
Meditation and the Spiritual path - idea # 123 from your Buddhism expert Bliss and Openness pt. 5 The SECOND step on the Four-phase path of mastery is...
Meditation and the Spiritual path - idea # 124 from your Buddhism expert Bliss and Openness pt. 6 The THIRD step on the Four-fold path of mastery is...
Meditation and the Spiritual path - idea # 125 from your Buddhism expert Bliss and Openness pt. 7 What is this “Contrived” business? That means that once...
All my advanced students know that this is Impermanence-tuesday. So... Happy Impermanence-tuesday! Meditation and the Spiritual path - idea # 126 from your...
Meditation and the Spiritual path - idea # 127 from your Buddhism expert Bliss and Openness pt. 9 Both “Contrived Competence” and “Spontaneous Mastery”...
Meditation and the Spiritual path - idea # 128 from your Buddhism expert Bliss and Openness pt. 10 While “Contrived Competence” is all about using effort...
Meditation and the Spiritual path - idea # 129 from your Buddhism expert Bliss and Openness pt. 11 How are we to transform our experience of Buddha’s...
Meditation and the Spiritual path - idea # 130 from your Buddhism expert Bliss and Openness pt. 12 Patrul Rinpoche, the Tibetan, devotee of the Buddha of...
Meditation and the Spiritual path - idea # 131 from your Buddhism expert Bliss and Openness pt. 13 To really appreciate the first line of the passage: One...
Meditation and the Spiritual path - idea # 132 from your Buddhism expert Bliss and Openness pt. 14 So who was this “Atisha”? Many centuries ago, he was a...
Meditation and the Spiritual path - idea # 133 from your Buddhism expert Bliss and Openness pt. 15 Many centuries ago, when the great Bengali, Buddhist monk...