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Learning to Rest with it All

“Let go of what has passed. Let go of what may come. Let go of what is happening now. Don’t try to figure anything out. Don’t try to make anything happen. Relax, right now, and rest” Tilopa

Category: acceptance

Into the Now

‘This is all there is’ and ‘this is it’ have been resounding this morning as I find myself somehow sort … More

being present, here and now, letting go, mindfulness, thoughts, trusting life

Bumpy Start

I’ve got a crow pal who has befriended me in the park. Recognisable by a few white feathers. As soon … More

acceptance, being present, nature, painful times, resistance, shame, surrender experiment

Feeling Blessed

Another day, and perhaps one of allowing this peace inside and presence to continue, let’s see what I do with … More

Appreciation, being present, Eckhart Tolle, feeling safe, here and now, inner peace, letting go, non-duality, trusting life

Absence of Fear

Here I am again in this moment. Always this moment, and everything seems to slow right down and extend out. … More

Appreciation, being present, feeling safe, gratitude, letting go, mindfulness, surrender experiment, trusting life

Open to Feelings

I’m listening to Tsoknyi Rinpoche’s Open to Feelings 13 minute guided meditation. Must be over 40 times I’ve watched that … More

anxiety, beauty of nature, being present, here and now, Intimacy, letting go, self compassion

Changing Vistas

I’m in the shower and the mind goes this way and that. There’s so much action ahead this week, the … More

anxiety, being present, breathing, dzogchen, mindulness, present moment awareness, surrender experiment, trusting life, wellbeing

Strong Healing Medicine

The will to remain conscious is strong just now. Thank you very much to the pain of imagined adversity for … More

being present, building resilience, gayatri, here and now, letting go, mindfulness

Note from the Edge

I had a sense/vision of myself in the future. I was dead and it was a post death ‘life review’. … More

anxiety, being present, fear, feeling safe, gratitude, letting go, mindfulness, thoughts, trusting life

Relaxing the Resistance

Relaxed the resistance a few notches and then find that solutions appear. With a lot of help which I asked … More

anxiety, being present, breathing, dzogchen, fear, feeling safe, gratitude, letting go, love, mindfulness, mindulness, open awareness, surrender experiment, thoughts

Hell Realms – A Welcome

For as long as I can remember, fearlessness has been my goal. This is what happens. All the fears come … More

acceptance, anxiety, fear, gratitude, letting go, self soothing, thoughts, worry

Sunny Day

A good day surprisingly after that news. Yes I have some fear. Life goes on…other stuff doesn’t seem to become … More

love, beauty of nature, letting go, anxiety, asking for help, surrender experiment, equanimity

Riding Highs and Lows

The frosty fresh air and unique smells and energies of the early morning hit me in my face and it’s … More

anxiety, being present, business, iChing, letting go, self care, self soothing, surrender experiment, thoughts, trusting life, worry

Starving thoughts of Attention

Brain is saying any old shit. Any number of comments on life or about this or that, me and how … More

mindfulness, self care, self compassion, self soothing, thoughts

I love you, I appreciate you, I value you….

Said a few times gently with a hand on the chest, while generating kindness and compassion….after a deep breath. Change … More

Appreciation, breathing, feeling safe, love, self care, self compassion, self love, worry

Good Cheer

Friend N called me by mistake at 3.30am and it’s now at 5.30 still awake. But happily drinking tea and … More

acim, feeling safe, Gay Hendricks, gratitude, mindfulness, self care, self love

The Company I Keep

Woke up having a dream I was fighting with robots, (and winning!). Had watched iRobot last night with Will Smith. … More

Appreciation, being present, building resilience, dzogchen, feeling safe, gratitude, here and now, letting go, mindfulness, present moment awareness, stillness, surrender experiment, thoughts, trusting life

Being in the Body

Sleep scored an ‘excellent’ 92/100 by the Fitbit last night. Early to sleep and early to awake at 6am. This … More

beauty of nature, being present, breathing, friends, letting go, nature, nature walks, relaxing, self soothing, wellbeing

Choosing what Company to Keep

And this weekend as I was alone, that meant the company I chose to keep online. I chose to spend … More

Appreciation, being present, gratitude, letting go, mindfulness

Scarcity and Abundance

I dance between the two. If I allow myself to be hauled by my mind with its fearful thoughts into … More

abundance, Appreciation, gratitude, money, noticing, present moment awareness, scarcity

In the shower noticing

In the shower noticing the feeling of the water spraying on my head, the little rivulets running over the skin, … More

anxiety, being present, trusting life, worry

Exploring Fear

All future focussed, the fear. In the present, I don’t feel it. That’s why I get that ‘beside myself’ sense … More

acceptance, covid, fear, habits, thoughts, worry

5am

I started this day in such a lovely calm way. Arranging the pillows for sitting up and leaving the light … More

Appreciation, building resilience, feeling safe, letting go, mindfulness, self soothing, thoughts, trusting life

Emerging from Turbulence

I think was resisting it, and trying to get a control thing going. My mind was saying You’re just not … More

being present, fear, feeling safe, letting go, self compassion, self soothing, worry

Reconnecting – List

The changes, leaps and new realisations require time and space to settle in. So I’m just having a simple little … More

Appreciation, being present, building resilience, dzogchen, mindfulness, nature walks, self care, self compassion, self love, self soothing, surrender experiment, thoughts, trusting life

Calming the Nervous System

A nine hour sleep last night and as I awoke I put my hand on my heart and said I … More

anxiety, being present, feeling safe, self care, self compassion, self soothing

Surrendering

It’s pouring right now, windy and dark outside. Leaves flying off the trees. Inside it’s still and warm and cosy … More

being present, building resilience, feeling safe, letting go, self compassion, self love, stillness, surrender experiment, trusting life

The Smooth and the Hard times

It was a pretty serious session with the first client in the morning, with death as a theme. Of her … More

mindfulness, self care, self compassion, self love, self soothing, surrender experiment, trusting life, worry

Updated Positive Self Talk list

I love you I respect you I care about you I want the best for you I appreciate you I … More

feeling safe, flourishing, gratitude, inner peace, peace, relaxing, self compassion, self love, silence, trusting life

Surrendering back into Love

Working away on my irritated reactiveness to noises, noticing that crucial tension point of decision…. ….to ally myself with the … More

feeling safe, self care, self compassion, self love, self soothing, surrender experiment

Handing over Objections

Playing with the order of positive self soothing affirmations this morning. I have been introducing this manner of of talking … More

acceptance, being present, letting go, resistance, self care, self compassion, self soothing, suffering

Love Bombs

I’ve been dropping these love bombs on my beleaguered conditioned psyche recently. Think there’s quite a lot of inner adjustments … More

Appreciation, being present, building resilience, feeling safe, gratitude, letting go, self care, self compassion, self love, self soothing

You are held, you are cared for, you are loved

Out into the Sunday morning sunshine, a slow amble along the swollen river to the now rather muddy edge of … More

beauty of nature, building resilience, dzogchen, feeling safe, freedom, letting go, present moment awareness, self care, self compassion, self love, self soothing, surrender experiment, trusting life

Flow of Experience

Being carried along by the morning’s experiences Noticing the way the early sunshine beams through the room. Bending down to … More

being present, letting go, mindfulness, self compassion, thoughts

Navigating Feelings and Thoughts

Windy wet start out there this morning. Dog curled up happy beside me. Nearly always open and happy she is, … More

Surfing the Constant Fluctuations

Same again this morning, woke with disturbance inside, anxiety while coming out of a dream of being in the middle … More

anxiety, being present, feeling safe, here and now, letting go, self soothing, thoughts, worry

Noticing and Dissolving Fears

Some fear and dread appeared again this morning, I could feel the sensation of the constriction in the throat and … More

anxiety, Appreciation, being present, dread, self care, self soothing, thoughts, trusting life, worry

Turning Towards Feelings

Awoke with the start of some little nippy worry thoughts arising in between sleep as I surfaced. The ones that … More

anxiety, being present, fear, feeling safe, self care, self compassion, self soothing, thoughts, worry

The Truth at any Price

A glimpse of sun after all the rain yesterday enticed me out for an early walk this morning which was … More

fear, self compassion, self soothing, thoughts, trusting life

Resistance and Suffering

Today a big rain arrived after weeks of dryness. It added exciting new sensory elements to walking up the river. … More

building resilience, letting go, resistance, stress, suffering, trusting life

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