Tag Archives: liberation

History, Causes, and the power of Light

Posted on June 14, 2016 by Donna Mitchell-Moniak

If there is an enemy in the world today, it is within. It is in the sense of entitlement, the desire for convenience, and in the divisions that these create within humanity. Aggression of one faction, party, or nation upon … Continue reading →

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Light of the Soul, Patanjali’s Yoga Sutras, final session Sutras 23-34

Posted on August 31, 2015 by Donna Mitchell-Moniak

The final week’s discussion brought forward some extremely clear, succinct, and pure understandings of Patanjali’s final sutras. In those he, once again, reminds the practitioner of the final hurdles or snags to realization: the very nature of Mind itself and … Continue reading →

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Correct perception 2

Posted on July 30, 2014 by Donna Mitchell-Moniak

What is correct perception? Correct means that which is done without error. To perceive is to cognize and have something become known through internal sense apparatus. Correct perception, then, is correct knowing accomplished through accurately using the internal senses. The … Continue reading →

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Wake Up. Rise Up. Participate. 4

Posted on November 8, 2013 by Donna Mitchell-Moniak

I have every thing that I need. Yet, like a hungry ghost, something inside me says it wants more. But I have every thing that I need. A smile, a long slow deep breath, and I ask inside “what is … Continue reading →

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The How-to of it: Naropa 11

Posted on September 19, 2012 by Donna Mitchell-Moniak

Naropa’s journey, like our own, is the Path to Enlightenment. Everyone one day, in an instant never anticipated, will experience that which could not be sought but has been desired since the beginning of time: liberation. Those who have experienced … Continue reading →

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