Author Archives: Donna Mitchell-Moniak

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Garden: Happy Spring! 2 – prep and cold weather plants

Posted on April 16, 2024 by Donna Mitchell-Moniak

The remaining soaker hoses plus 5ft length connection hoses should arrive later this week. The plan is that, Friday, the full experiment in irrigation will be laid and tested, then square-foot lines of twine laid in all raised beds and … Continue reading →

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Video: meditation, next phase – spacious concentration

Posted on April 14, 2024 by Donna Mitchell-Moniak

Coming into the qualities of Being through the next phase of our meditation practice.

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Meditation: a fresh approach 9

Posted on April 13, 2024 by Donna Mitchell-Moniak

What does “at rest” mean to you? What do you experience when you mind is at rest, when your emotions are at rest, when ego is at rest? How about when perception is at rest? Contemplate. Then meditate.

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Meditation: a fresh approach 8, pause

Posted on April 13, 2024 by Donna Mitchell-Moniak

Flowing from Listen! Understand! Meditate! Experience! from the Kunjed Gyalpo tantra we will use and be guided by a quote from Milarepa. As with several quotations that we have used, this one is chock full of instruction, meaning, and guidance. … Continue reading →

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Meditation: a fresh approach 7

Posted on April 9, 2024 by Donna Mitchell-Moniak

What “stands” “under” your thinking and responses, even your sense of reality? We begin this session with musing on the word “understand”. Human cognition is predicated upon pattern recognition and associations made instantaneously based upon the particular patterns in a … Continue reading →

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