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No clouds

Bird flitting Mind flitting. Bird landing Mind abiding. Sky open Sky-like mind No clouds No clouds Trees reach into always perfect space Mind realizes its nature. Photograph: Incoming by Matthew Pacunas on DeviantART verse: donna repost from April 2014

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the nature of …

photo link first posted in January 2014

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Three words for a year-end review

Translation, transmutation, transformation. Use these three words for a year-end self reflection. Hold them in your heart and mind in the days as the year ends. Translation: Translation doesn’t change something’s truth or existence, it simply uses different words to … Continue reading

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Words are Vibration

Invite new words.  Expanding one’s vocabulary makes the mind more supple and thoughts more precise. Words have roots, history, ambiance, and meaning. Words are vibration sounding, whether inside our head or being spoken. Articulation is the art of word-vibration. So, … Continue reading

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advancing meditation: the ordinary essence of mind

“Meditate on the ordinary essence of mind.” How does one do that? There are countless ways, and we have been doing many of them since the very first meditation within The Practice of Living Awareness years ago and here within … Continue reading

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