Tag Archives: meditation

The Perfect Way, Takakusu

Posted on September 27, 2014 by Donna Mitchell-Moniak

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Deconstruction, new View

Posted on August 29, 2014 by Donna Mitchell-Moniak

To base desires about one’s death (how it will unfold, when it will come, what it will entail), or designs about the afterlife (heaven, bardos, purgatory, pure lands, or the design that there is no afterlife at all), or wishes … Continue reading →

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Silence and silence

Posted on August 17, 2014 by Donna Mitchell-Moniak

Below is a short TED Talk  on choosing to speak, meaning to speak out, speak up, speak for, and speak to. And it made me reflect on silence when it is avoidance, or complicity, or out of fear versus when … Continue reading →

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A second gestation

Posted on June 2, 2014 by Donna Mitchell-Moniak

A year ago, I left Spirit Fire for a personal meditation retreat and sabbatical. Isolation, emptying my mind, and understanding more of my heart called with such power that I was packed and gone within three days. It was completely … Continue reading →

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Reset your reality

Posted on March 8, 2014 by Donna Mitchell-Moniak

What is needed to reset one’s reality? A new mind. Two things easily support that: meditation and the exploration of metaphysics. Meta-what?? Yes, metaphysics. Metaphysics used to be taught at universities such as Cambridge, Oxford, the Sorbonne, and Harvard. Why? … Continue reading →

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