Category Archives: Life’s Insights

Dying: some deeper understandings

Posted on December 10, 2025 by Donna Mitchell-Moniak

Did you know that all human beings experience light as they die? For those who have been malevolent, the light is stark and shocking, giving that person no place to hide. Yet, for the vast majority of human beings, the … Continue reading →

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Meditation: causes and heart essence

Posted on November 18, 2025 by Donna Mitchell-Moniak

“May all beings have happiness and the causes of happiness.” What kind of happiness is referenced here? personal happiness that inflicts harm on others? political happiness to win an election using dishonesty to do so? the happiness of a dessert … Continue reading →

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Meditation: breath 12, shared

Posted on November 16, 2025 by Donna Mitchell-Moniak

As you breathe this current breath remember that it is shared. Shared with you by plants, shared with all beings. Our entire existence is completely due to sharing. Let’s think on it, then meditate.

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Meditation: individuation and distraction

Posted on September 17, 2025 by Donna Mitchell-Moniak

A couple of weeks ago, practitioners were encouraged to observe their preferences. It was a ‘notice the usually not noticed’ exploration of how our preferences for or against direct us through a day. Last week practitioners were invited to observe … Continue reading →

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Meditation: change 5, present mind – liberation

Posted on May 9, 2025 by Donna Mitchell-Moniak

As said in the video introduction, all discoveries simple display that which already is and was to someone. Lewis and Clark did not discover the lands west of the Mississippi; the Native Peoples who lived there knew their lands very … Continue reading →

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