Category Archives: Life’s Insights

Meditation: joy 6, heart field

Posted on July 16, 2023 by Donna Mitchell-Moniak

People have been meditating on and with the heart forever. What it is, if anything can energetically be defined, is presented in a variety of ways through the traditions of contemplation and meditation in the world and human history. To … Continue reading →

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Meditation: exploring joy 2, sharing it

Posted on July 6, 2023 by Donna Mitchell-Moniak

First, is learning that joy has many qualities. Those will become more familiar and obvious as we “notice the usually not noticed” that is within a moment of joy, happiness or delight. Second: when in a moment of joy, happiness, … Continue reading →

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Meditation: mind making it so 1

Posted on April 25, 2023 by Donna Mitchell-Moniak

Which do you like more: Indian food or Italian? What toothpaste do you use; and is it with or without fluoride? Such personal choices are examples of “everything exists in the mind. The mind makes it so.” I don’t own … Continue reading →

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Meditation: mind makes it so 1

Posted on April 11, 2023 by Donna Mitchell-Moniak

Any object, internal or external, personal, natural, cultural, historical, and so forth, can be an object of contemplation. Limitlessly.

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Meditation: limitless goodness and possibilities

Posted on December 20, 2022 by Donna Mitchell-Moniak

After meditation, I prepared a garden pumpkin for cooking. Inside it, two seeds had sprouted. Long probing tendrils were making their way through the body of the pumpkin to find the two spots on the shell softening with age. I … Continue reading →

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