Author Archives: Donna Mitchell-Moniak

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Meditation: freshly 12, be the lotus

The simplicity of our meditations often masks how powerful and useful they are, only because each moment is the teaching.

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What is mind?

A few of us will be doing a short meditation retreat on the nature of mind. A statement from Je Tsong Khapa came to my mind with a smile: “the nature of mind so difficult to penetrate,” and was followed … Continue reading

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Meditation: freshly 11, lotus emptiness

There are so many ways to transform our sense of self. Creative visualization is one. Why? Because the mind interacts with what is visualized. When the visualized is resonant with and/or reflective of truth of Being and qualities of Essence, … Continue reading

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Meditation: freshly 10, lotus

A guided meditation today using the Crown Lotus as a throne. Beautiful.

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Meditation: freshly 8, dependent

A short inquiry into what it takes to cook an egg leads to a full meditation on our sense of reality being dependent.

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