Category Archives: Human-ness

Meditation: heart essence 16 – unobstructed

Posted on February 8, 2022 by Donna Mitchell-Moniak

This image displays your nuclear essence of Being just as it evinces the expression of a star coming into its fullness. The nature or essence that the star is learning to manifest was already present in space; it had to … Continue reading →

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Non-deceptive 4: we go round and round

Posted on February 5, 2022 by Donna Mitchell-Moniak

Let me be upfront: I love the BuddhaDharma. It comprises the majority of my day and night. It is my practice, entertainment, enjoyment, and that which constantly helps me be non-deceiving with myself, non-deceptive about anything in any moment. At … Continue reading →

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Non-deceptive 2: the mirror of the mind

Posted on January 17, 2022 by Donna Mitchell-Moniak

She gazed at nothing. Eyes half open, a Himalayan vista in every direction, yet she saw nothing distinct. Sameness was her mind-state. She abided in the equanimity of Awareness. Her mind was awakened. I was blessed five lifetimes ago with … Continue reading →

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Meditation: heart essence 4

Posted on January 11, 2022 by Donna Mitchell-Moniak

Growing in confidence with something takes time and repetition. An infant gains confidence in learning how to walk by repeating tentative first steps near furniture or with  loving hands nearby. A child establishes trust in holding one’s breath, not sinking, … Continue reading →

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For your health and well-being: herbal and fungi remedies

Posted on January 7, 2022 by Donna Mitchell-Moniak

My heart is saddened by the prolonged non-health journey that a couple of my friends have been on. They are now hopelessly caught in the revolving door of the American medical model, and no good is coming of it. As … Continue reading →

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