Author Archives: Donna Mitchell-Moniak

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The root of all phenomena is the mind because the mind is a phenomenon. How can one verify that the mind, itself, is a phenomenon? By recognizing that every thought, emotion, sensation or sense process, memory, plus specific memories, perception, … Continue reading →

Three qualities: luminosity, dynamism, continuity. Each is within the others, and all experience -inner and outer- is also one or all of these three qualities. More on the podcast!  

Essence, Presence, experiencing present moment. It sounds simple, reads as so, anyway. Why is it so easy to be distracted? Distracted from innate excellence, innate peace. Let’s meditate  

Why the current focus on deepening one’s shamatha practice and one’s capacity of abiding in the light, clarity, and peace of Essence of Being? Because these qualities are real and true. A human being IS essence of Being, called by … Continue reading →