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  • Impermanence IV

    Carl Jung said “One does not become enlightened by imagining figures of light, but by making the darkness conscious.” Every time we welcome rather than push away what we have…

  • Handshake III

    As you know, we are working through the 5 points of Handshake (Compassionate Presence to Feelings) practice. Recall that the first two points were: Now we get to the heart…

  • Handshake Practice

    One of the most powerful practices that I have learned, and that we use in our practice, is called Handshake Practice, developed by Tsoknyi Rinpoche, a Tibetan Lama. We know…

  • Emptiness

    Here is a quote from Doug Kraft for easingawake.com: We tend not to notice emptiness because there is nothing to pay attention to. It’s hard to focus on a blank…

  • Fluidity

    Let’s explore the fluid nature of awareness with some simple exercises focusing on different aspects of our experience. We can easily focus the attention on any of the sense experiences:…

  • Bigger Container: Equanimity

    How do we cease suffering in life? The Buddha offered an analogy using salty water as an example. If we put a teaspoon of salt into a glass of water, it becomes…

  • Awe-some Practice II

    From the late Tibetan teacher Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche: The only way to acquire the great qualities of Enlightenment is to repeat many times the short moment of recognizing mind essence.…

  • Absolute & Relative I

    We are now exploring the “absolute” practices of open awareness. These practices of “letting be” and “allowing” lead us closer to our true nature, the natural openness of the mind:…