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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: aloneness

Tightness in the Throat

This morning for a couple of hours drifting in and out of sleep….when I awake I immediately take my awareness … More

Appreciation, being present, breathing, dzogchen, fear, here and now, mindfulness, non-duality, self compassion, stillness

Resistance

The fleeting nature of it all, and to be here for, and with, and in all this range of flavours … More

acceptance, attachment to preferences, beauty of nature, being present, Michael Singer, painful times, thoughts, upper limit problem

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

Gnarly Knots

8am. I’m amazed at the perfect choreography of it all, how well designed it is for my individual resistances. In … More

anxiety, dread, gratitude, pain, refuge, stress

Forgiveness

Forgiveness in ACIM states that the ‘sin’ never happened so there’s nothing to forgive. Just an error that wasn’t real … More

fear, feeling safe, freedom, letting go

The Little Things

The little experiences. The ordinary moments. I notice clearly that if I take care of those with care and love … More

building resilience, fear, feeling safe, letting go, self soothing, thoughts, trusting life, worry

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

Happy February!

All happening again this morning. 2 therapy clients followed by a possible new construction client right after. Husband has a … More

friends, letting go, money, non-duality, old friends and family, Recovery, resistance

Love to the Inner Child in Us

I enjoy being awake in bed between about 5am to 7am, especially during these dark winter days. Several cups of … More

anxiety, fear, feeling safe, refuge, self love, silence, success, worry

Secret business stresses

I just need to get this all out, mostly business related. Secret because I don’t share this much with anyone, … More

anxiety, fear, feeling safe, suffering, thoughts, worry

Celebrating Achievements

My son Tobie and his gf J are still here and she cooked a wonderful Portuguese duck and rice dinner … More

feeling safe, inner peace, living abundantly, self love, trusting life

Socialising

Bit of a round up summary of the last few days. The journey continues into the New Year, it’s all … More

building resilience, inspiration, Recovery, self love, trusting life

Aloneness (in relation to Covid)

Bit of a long one today. And maybe controversial if you support the conventional approach to the vaccines and other … More

anxiety, covid, fear, feeling safe, love, self soothing, suffering, worry

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

Angst

Back ‘in it’ again. Not exactly a ‘dark night of the soul’ level but anxious a lot. I wasn’t able … More

dzogchen, fear, self compassion, stress, suffering, worry

Active Not Passive

Was listening to James Low talking about Dzogchen on and off all night. I fall asleep listening to these talks. … More

being present, letting go, nature, success

Fun and Sharing day

Been loving the depth of sharing from my son T. Some of it quite hard for a mother to listen … More

business, fear, stress, suffering, thoughts, worry

Worry Thoughts

The more I practice dropping into the feelings in the body, the more pain I uncover. There’s a whole lineup … More

anxiety, fear, stress, suffering, thoughts, trusting life, worry

Gratitude Balm

Further in I go, a feeling of falling and of desolation of hope – no less 😂 oh I do … More

anxiety, Appreciation, enlightenment, gratitude, letting go, pain, painful times, solitude, suffering, surrender experiment

Being Open and Feeling Low

Being somewhat unravelled, undone and deconstructed just now, I’m not shining my usual note. There’s a low mood visiting and … More

compassion, fear, honesty, loneliness, solitude, suffering

Aloneness

I just read an excellent article summing up why reading the news is bad for us. It really spoke to … More

Appreciation, friends, painful times, silence, solitude, stillness, suffering, surrender experiment

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