Category Archives: Life’s Insights

Meditation: taste and awareness 2

Posted on April 22, 2021 by Donna Mitchell-Moniak

Perceiving things more correctly is the result of a well-serving meditation practice. Relaxation or a peak experience are benefits, and they might initially entice someone to develop a practice, but these fleeting results are not the purpose of meditation. Those … Continue reading →

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Meditation: taste and awareness 1

Posted on April 20, 2021 by Donna Mitchell-Moniak

The sense of taste includes far more than the flavors crossing our tongue. To set the tone of discovery for this week via the sense of taste, this meditation session guides us through contemplations on things most often not thought … Continue reading →

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April Day of Meditation webcasts

Posted on April 3, 2021 by Donna Mitchell-Moniak

The newness of each moment.

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Astrology never gets old: reread some past posts

Posted on March 4, 2021 by Donna Mitchell-Moniak

Blazing Light has numerous articles/posts that, though written with a particular alignment or conjunction or planets in sign in mind, are timeless. For example, a post about Pluto aligned with Sirius provides insight into Pluto, Sirius, as well as how … Continue reading →

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upcoming: March 6 Day of Meditation for the World

Posted on February 26, 2021 by Donna Mitchell-Moniak

Some ideas are timeless. Some aspirations are too. Bodhichitta is one such idea and aspiration. The word bodhichitta is Sanskrit. It predates Patanjali and existed before Buddha Shakyamuni. And, though the term bodhichitta is usually partnered with Tibetan Buddhism, it … Continue reading →

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