Category Archives: Vajrayana

Essential points on why the breath is a primary focus in meditation

Posted on July 8, 2020 by Donna Mitchell-Moniak

Some points on why breath regarding shamatha outer breath is light, as in weightless breath is unadorned, simple, and ordinary breath is continuous and a continuity Awareness, essential Being, mind, the nature of mind (all the same essence) {repeat each … Continue reading →

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… how about Five Wisdoms

Posted on October 28, 2019 by Donna Mitchell-Moniak

Soul on its own plane is a demonstration of All Accomplishing Wisdom. The function of the illusory Soul is to bring forward and accomplish the compassion and wisdom of innate profound Awareness through the illusion of form and its dimensions. … Continue reading →

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Advice to myself

Posted on January 26, 2019 by Donna Mitchell-Moniak

Advice to Myself Stop living a false and empty life. Drop those deceptions of your own mind And endless projects that you don’t need! Don’t make your head spin with the burden Of strings of ideas that never come true … Continue reading →

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Aries: the unstoppable force of Awareness

Posted on March 29, 2018 by Donna Mitchell-Moniak

One of the highest meanings of Aries energy is that Aries is rigpa – naked, raw, awakened Awareness. This associates well with Uranus hierarchically ruling, and with the crown center -highest of the head centers- implied by  Uranus whose “head … Continue reading →

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A Host of Samantabhadra Offerings

Posted on December 28, 2017 by Donna Mitchell-Moniak

To offer one’s body, speech and mind is a powerful commitment. It renders whatever we think, say or do to as an energetic gift, an offering to the divine in all. In 2011, more than 30 of us from the … Continue reading →

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