Category Archives: Human-ness

Meditation: nature of mind 1

Posted on April 15, 2025 by Donna Mitchell-Moniak

Core to the Eastern metaphysical traditions is the nature of mind. What is mind? What is included in the human response mechanisms that all filter through the cognitive processes? Is mind only cognition? What about sensations, perception, empathy, respect, anger, … Continue reading →

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Meditation: in support of demonstrations: equanimity, light, and the power of the heart

Posted on April 5, 2025 by Donna Mitchell-Moniak

Our meditation this morning is dedicated to and an invocation for right relations and warm-heartedness on this day of demonstrations across the U.S. and the world. We align as pure Being, wisdom-compassion, with all beings: those who will physically be … Continue reading →

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Food thoughtfulness in our collective now

Posted on March 11, 2025 by Donna Mitchell-Moniak

Do you sometimes feel like everything is swirling? Climate disruption has most likely come to where you live, and is not an abstract reality being lived somewhere else on Earth. The psychic currents of humanity are dizzying. War, betrayal, abnegation … Continue reading →

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Meditation: namaste 2

Posted on February 13, 2025 by Donna Mitchell-Moniak

These days are difficult times, all over the world, for every kind of being. Therefore, it is soooo important to be Present to love and to the light that is sparkling within, sparkling within someone else, and sparkling in a … Continue reading →

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What is mind?

Posted on December 16, 2024 by Donna Mitchell-Moniak

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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