Monthly Archives: November 2023

Meditation: may all beings …

Posted on November 30, 2023 by Donna Mitchell-Moniak

may all beings have happiness and the causes of happiness; may all beings be free from suffering, from suffering; may all beings awaken the wisdom that is within; may all beings live from equanimity. Beginning with “our” little song invoking … Continue reading →

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Meditation: tonglen 2

Posted on November 25, 2023 by Donna Mitchell-Moniak

“Mind, no mind, mind is luminous.” Buddha Shakyamuni We are still working with foreground/background as a technique to enter “no mind”, and some of its many meanings. Tonglen, which means “taking and giving”, considers what is in one’s experience of … Continue reading →

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Meditation: tonglen giving on Thanksgiving

Posted on November 23, 2023 by Donna Mitchell-Moniak

To those in the U.S., Happy Thanksgiving! That is said knowing the history of the First Peoples of this land, being ashamed of it as a person of mostly European stock, and doing what I can -as a person with … Continue reading →

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Meditation: no mind 10, integrate awareness

Posted on November 21, 2023 by Donna Mitchell-Moniak

The two slides on the video read: The aim is awareness. Awareness of what? Anything (emotion, thought, projection, desire, assumption, label, categorization, aggression or forcefulness, contentment, ease, Presence, gratitude, analysis, contemplation, fear, hope, and so forth); anytime, more and more. … Continue reading →

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Meditation: no mind 9, review of the technique

Posted on November 18, 2023 by Donna Mitchell-Moniak

active contemplation on something in the moment such as “I am here.” or “The sky is clear.” Active contemplation is not an analysis of something or discursive thought process but rather an open, buddhic one. which leads to or opens … Continue reading →

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