Category Archives: Human-ness

Three words for a year-end review

Posted on December 27, 2020 by Donna Mitchell-Moniak

Translation, transmutation, transformation. Use these three words for a year-end self reflection. Hold them in your heart and mind in the days as the year ends. Translation: Translation doesn’t change something’s truth or existence, it simply uses different words to … Continue reading →

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Worthy screen-time

Posted on December 22, 2020 by Donna Mitchell-Moniak

I don’t own a TV. Haven’t binge watched anything ever. Meditation and contemplation, watching the birds and the sky, reading Dharma, praying for the well-being of all beings – these entertain me. Yet, while eating or often on Sunday, I’ll … Continue reading →

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Humble and noble

Posted on December 14, 2020 by Donna Mitchell-Moniak

photograph: Star of Zion by BlackGryphon (Gabriel Brown) on DeviantART

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Meditation: red AH 2

Posted on December 11, 2020 by Donna Mitchell-Moniak

The words magnetize and attract were added to meanings associated with the element fire which is represented by the color red. Sitting around a campfire, sooner or later, everyone gets quiet. They are mesmerized, lulled into a comfort and peace. … Continue reading →

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Meditation: red AH 1

Posted on December 8, 2020 by Donna Mitchell-Moniak

Slowly, slowly. That’s how we’re building and engaging this technique. OM AH HUM is a fairly traditional mantra and focus in Tibetan Buddhism. We’re learning and practicing it as a technique to blend shamatha and vipashyana thereby embody or come … Continue reading →

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