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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: authenticity

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

A dream and meaning

Thoughts on the dream below. I watched a couple of videos last night of people who’d had near death experiences … More

anxiety, fear, self compassion, stress, trusting life

Ruffled up a Bit

Bit ruffled up inside again this morning. Though I started the day on awakening in bed with a hand on … More

anxiety, fear, letting go, self compassion, self love, thoughts, trusting life, worry

The land that is nowhere

And the deeper secret of the secret. The land that is nowhere, that is your true home. iChing Don’t look … More

family relationships on the spiritual path, letting go, living abundantly, old friends and family, self love, trusting life

Nothing is Wrong

Almost all day up I was noticeably comfortable in my own skin, and at ease with life. Couple of trigger … More

Appreciation, feeling safe, gratitude, letting go, living abundantly, love, mindfulness, self compassion, surrender experiment, trusting life

Quickening

It’s happening. Inside definitely expansion and expansion and outside…. I hope, I think I sense…that a critical mass of people … More

Appreciation, family relationships on the spiritual path, friends, fun, gratitude, living abundantly, love, self love, success

Facing Reactivity

Bang bang bang…all that surrendering to love then back ‘in it’. Triggered on several fronts. Hello again reactivity. It rained … More

aversion, dread, fear, fear of success, guilt, misophonia, painful times, resistance, self defence, shame, stress, suffering, thoughts, upper limit problem, worry

Saturday Morning

Blissful spacious love, I surrender into you. I give myself full permission to relax further and further into a backdrop … More

Appreciation, being present, breathing, building resilience, dzogchen, feeling safe, gratitude, inner peace, letting go, living abundantly, mindfulness, relaxing, self care, self compassion, self love, self soothing, success, surrender experiment, trusting life

Back to Love

Tired this morning, 4 hours sleep after staying up exceedingly late into the night watching series 5 of the Handmaiden’s … More

Appreciation, feeling safe, letting go, love, resistance, self care, self compassion, self love, self soothing, surrender experiment, trusting life

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

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

I love, I respect and I like Myself

Breakfast in the park and walk with a friend in the morning, then a deeply restful afternoon yesterday. After that … More

Appreciation, being present, building resilience, childhood damage, feeling safe, flourishing, gratitude, inner peace, letting go, Michael Singer, mindfulness, peace, Recovery, refuge, self care, self compassion, self love, self soothing, success, surrender experiment, trusting life

Monday Morning Healing

Yesterday a new pine woodland to explore beyond the city. The vibration of driving calmed the nervous system, new sights, … More

anxiety, building resilience, self care, self compassion, self love, self soothing, shame, surrender experiment

Shadow Work

Day started with one friend inviting me for breakfast at the local bar/restaurant. I didn’t enjoy it. There was a … More

building resilience, childhood damage, guilt, letting go, resistance, shame, suffering, surrender experiment

Smoothness

Ease of being the last while. Not wanting much I notice and that seems to be a secret of well-being. … More

Appreciation, being present, feeling safe, letting go, self compassion, trusting life, wellbeing

Tantric Sex Dream

Dream last night. A sacred encounter no less, and the ultimate slow sex experience. We were completely and utterly in … More

being present, feeling safe, freedom, here and now, Intimacy, letting go, non-duality, surrender experiment, trusting life

Enlightenment, what is it?

Another ordinary day with its guest star ⭐️ beauty ⭐️ present much of the time yesterday. Went to the park … More

anxiety, being present, dzogchen, enlightenment, flourishing, letting go, nature walks, non-duality, resting in awareness, separation, stillness, trusting life

Dream Help

It’s great to just dream experiences and get the lessons instead of having to live through the actual experience! Though … More

asking for help, dzogchen, letting go, refuge, thoughts

Expanding and Contracting

While I’ve been feeling way more like the waves than the ocean recently, it was a lovely day yesterday, despite … More

anxiety, letting go, mindfulness, surrender experiment, trusting life

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

Honesty Dose

I want to put these down before my ego, which doesn’t like remembering these kind of uncomfortable things, shuts it … More

business success, fear, fear of success, letting go, money, money fears, resistance, thoughts, worry

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

Abundance of Miracles

Gosh what a joy and an honour and privilege to witness the abundance and the multiple miracles around in nature. … More

Appreciation, beauty of nature, being present, honesty, nature walks, present moment awareness, Recovery, self care, thoughts

Self Doubt, Self Confidence

No headache today and it’s my birthday. Woohoo. Got dinner tonight with 2 friends at their place. Did the usual … More

business success, gratitude, mindfulness, money, Money Issues, success, thriving, trusting life

Dip of a Morning

Not sure why. It was a stressful day yesterday with more minor bad news from another project – easy to … More

childhood damage, letting go, trusting life

Friends (Long One)

I suppose we need these times of feeling unhappily squeezed to face some things, we wouldn’t face them if we … More

childhood damage, feeling safe, letting go, old friends and family

Non-duality, Love and Running a Business

Curious about running a business from a non-dual perspective and if it’s even possible. Gosh this has come up so … More

abundance, being present, business, business success, dzogchen, freedom, letting go, mindfulness, mindulness, money, non-duality, separation, surrender experiment, trusting life

What Self?

I’ve spent all these years developing and improving this ‘self’ called Susan only to discover that the secret all along … More

being present, dzogchen, here and now, inner peace, letting go, present moment awareness, stillness, trusting life

Shadow work

Sitting by the river alone. That is indeed where I found myself yesterday. Walked up the road over the lane … More

being present, dzogchen, fear, letting go, recapitulation, resistance, suffering, surrender experiment, worry

A Day in the Life – Wednesday

Not sure what this recording of daily detail is about here. Other than I feel chatty sometimes and I also … More

Appreciation, beauty of nature, being present, dzogchen, feeling safe, flourishing, freedom, gratitude, inner peace, inspiration, letting go, nature, nature walks, relaxing, self compassion, success, trusting life, wellbeing

Savouring

Really savouring the good times when they arise, communicates the message that it is allowed, it is welcome and it … More

Appreciation, beauty of nature, building resilience, feeling safe, gratitude, living abundantly, relaxing, self love, trusting life

More Feelings to Process

Allowing my feelings to be felt more, I have more material to work with, again appearing in a dream. In … More

anxiety, fear, self sabotage

Dropping down into Feelings

A thrill of anticipation this morning as I was getting up. I know how to deal with anxiety at last … More

anxiety, feeling safe, inner peace, letting go, love, self care, self compassion, self soothing

Jittery Edge Territory

Circling the edges surrounding the new unexplored territory and physically experiencing the jitters. Joyful jitters though, excitement and anticipation of … More

Appreciation, fear of success, feeling safe, gratitude, inner peace, letting go, mindfulness, money, self love, self sabotage, self soothing, trusting life, upper limit problem

Breaking Free of the Social Shackles

I’m still thinking about how we overall as a society keep each other (and ourselves) retarded and held back in … More

family relationships on the spiritual path, fear of success, friends, habits, letting go, old friends and family, self compassion, self love

A Moment of Grace

I was pondering in a moment of appreciation, that this is a period of relative peace inside. A sense of … More

Appreciation, feeling safe, freedom, gratitude, living abundantly, mindfulness, success, thoughts, trusting life

Lost at Sea

Yes that’s a perfect description for my felt experience at the moment. After weeks of family visits and dinners I’m … More

beauty of nature, breathing, feeling safe, kindness, nature walks, peace, Recovery, relaxing, self care, self compassion, stillness, worry

Sensual

I was kissed gently and confidently last night by a close friend in a dream. It was the perfect moment. … More

Appreciation, being present, feeling safe, here and now, Intimacy, love, trusting life, unity

An Awake Day

A whole day nearly of being wide open and wide awake. The thought, ‘this is what enlightenment feels like’ arrived … More

attachment to preferences, beauty of nature, being present, dzogchen, feeling safe, flourishing, gratitude, here and now, inner peace, letting go, mindfulness, nature walks, old friends and family, present moment awareness, separation, stillness, stress, surrender experiment, thoughts, trusting life

Testing the Wings

Up super early today and sitting gratefully cosy and comfy here on this December morning. Cold and dark outside. All … More

anxiety, being present, building resilience, curiosity, fear, feeling safe, gratitude, mindfulness, peace, resistance, self compassion, stillness, worry

Thoughts Suggest what we should be Feeling

Thoughts come in continuously giving me suggestions of what I should be feeling. A thought can often be a suggestion … More

Appreciation, dzogchen, feeling safe, inner peace, letting go, love, mindfulness, mindulness, Recovery, refuge, relaxing, self care, self love, self soothing, stillness, suffering, thoughts, trusting life, wellbeing

Walking to the Edge

All day yesterday the phrase ‘walk to the edge and the edge will come to meet you, and then you … More

beauty of nature, being present, dzogchen, feeling safe, gratitude, here and now, inner peace, letting go, peace, stillness, surrender experiment, thoughts, trusting life, worry

Loving Ourselves – a reframing

We don’t have to learn how to love ourselves. We already love ourselves. All we have to do is to … More

being present, building resilience, childhood damage, flourishing, living abundantly, mindfulness, mindulness, self care, self compassion, self love, self soothing, success

Very Wise Quote – HH Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche

“The everyday practice of dzogchen is simply to develop a complete carefree acceptance, an openness to all situations without limit. … More

being present, building resilience, fear, freedom, here and now, inner peace, mindfulness, mindulness, present moment awareness, quotes, refuge, silence, stillness

Just Sitting in Discomfort

Without doing something distracting to make myself feel better or taking something to make it go away or reduce the … More

anxiety, building resilience, self compassion, suffering, surrender experiment, thoughts, worry

Enlightened Mentor

I had my second session last night. I had been making big leaps and bounds out of my shackles into … More

being present, fear of success, freedom, letting go, mindfulness, refuge, resistance, self compassion, thoughts, upper limit problem, worry

Opening up to and Allowing the Love in

This week I have had several powerful opportunities to receive love. I’ve watched my openness to this, and I expected … More

Appreciation, feeling safe, flourishing, gratitude, living abundantly, love, self care, self compassion, self love

Took a Risk

Quite a big one for me with my conditioning to please others. Risking another’s wrath. And experiencing the fall out … More

breathing, business, letting go, money fears, stress

Pondering Progress and Success

What does success mean and where does it appear in my life? What do I feel about it? Recently I’ve … More

freedom, living abundantly, self care, success, trusting life

Personal Growth and Lockdown

I think we have to strip ourselves of the tactical responses that we have learned that hide the truths and … More

self compassion, self defence

Uncomfortable realisation…

I’ve told the story many times about how my increasing self compassion and flourishing self worth caused me to let … More

childhood damage, friends, guilt, letting go, old friends and family, self care, self compassion

Choosing What to Give Attention to

Removing attention from some people and activities and making a conscious choice of where to focus attention has been a … More

being present, gratitude, mindfulness, Recovery, self care, self compassion, self soothing

What’s with all the Anxiety?

I’m noticing so many are reporting feeling anxiety and I’m wondering if perhaps we have actually always felt anxious and … More

anxiety, asking for help, authenticity, Recovery, self care, self soothing, unity, wellbeing

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