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Confessing neurotic actions đ
The second of the four practices is to confess evil actions, or lay down neurotic actions. In Buddhist monasteries, this is done...
The Dalai Lama's Cat đť
This was a fun, delightful and inspiring book. Some quotes that were especially inspiring for me: Practicing bodhicitta with a cat (from...
Cosmic Consciousness đŞ
The individual is an illusion. An individual is only a manifestation of the one reality that the individual cannot comprehend that is...
99% of your thoughts are useless đ¤
Stop âThinkingâ So Much. I know something about you without knowing you. I bet you spend A LOT of time in your head. You know, thinking,...
Small Acts of Love đ
Small acts of kindness and love have great power.
Saints who love animals đť
A list of Catholic saints who love and protect animals. Including some prayers. St Basil the Great: Feast Day â 2 January St Basil (330...
Listen to your heart đ
When you stop living by other people's judgments or expectations, you start doing what you need to do. In trying to decide what you want...
Bad Days and Ego Transcending đŞ
As my devotee you no longer have the right to your âbad days or your âphases". They will inevitably occur as part of the process of ego...
Metta Sutta from Ginger đ
From Ginger: After our conversation I thought about my notes from Sanskrit class this past Wed: Metta sutta: loving kindness. What is to...
The Bucket List đ
"When he died his eyes were closed and his heart was open." Quote from The Bucket List, a movie about friendship, an inspiring journey,...
Drop the storyline đ
When shenpa arises, drop the storyline, stop the thoughts, and breathe. Fear is my habit, reinforced over decades. It is nothing but a...
Allow Yourself to Be Beautiful đ§ââď¸
To live consciously you must have the courage to go inside yourself to find out who you really are, to understand that behind all of the...
How to Grow and Let Go đ
It's very hard to grow, because it's difficult to let go of the models of ourselves in which we've invested so heavily. If weâre going to...
Love them đ
Frank Ostaseski from the Metta Institute. Rest in Love. Make space for the pain and it will reduce. Working with a patient in pain after...
Wild Flower Living đ¸
No one plants them, fertilizes or waters them. They just spring forth, wild, ungroomed, spontaneous, delightful, beautiful, fanciful,...
Cherry Blossom Living đ¸
Be a cherry blossom every once in awhile.
Hermitage of Change đ
A peaceful, purposeful, dedicated lifestyle inspires us every day as we continue to make a hermitage of our changing circumstances and...
Curing Mental Aloholics đˇ
Today's reading at Self Realization Fellowship in Pukalani was from Yogananda's book Man's Eternal Quest, page 199. He gave this talk in...
Love and Serve đž
Serving the animals, serving family, serving Arjuna, serving friends, serving strangers. I am privileged to serve and care for animals...
Ram Dass Course on Courage đŚ¸đťââď¸
A free online course with Ram Dass, Roshi Joan Halifax, Frank Ostaseski, Robert Thurman and Krishna Das. Suppose we didn't live in fear...
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