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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: enlightenment

Luxury Waking Up

The experience of awaking this morning was delightful. As soon as I realised I was awake I started saying a … More

building resilience, feeling safe, gratitude, letting go, Recovery, self care, self compassion, self love, self soothing, 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

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

dzogchen, enlightenment

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

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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

Really really Free

Yesterday – was such a joy of a day. There was a therapy client first thing on Zoom. Every session … More

Appreciation, beauty of nature, being present, dzogchen, feeling safe, flourishing, letting go, living abundantly, non-duality, open awareness, present moment awareness, resting in awareness, stillness, surrender experiment, trusting life

Relaxing and Contracting

I just sent the price over to the (potential) next client. The job that is due to start in a … More

being present, feeling safe, letting go, relaxing, self love, surrender experiment, trusting life

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

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

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

Safe and Home

Again this morning, the Gayatri ‘tat savitur varenyam, bargo devasya demahi, diyoyo naprachodyaat’ and peace, peace and more peace. Then … More

Appreciation, dzogchen, gayatri, nature walks, self soothing, surrender experiment, trusting life

Appreciating the Small

Awake at 5, I open the window and the fragrant rainy fresh air rushes in, and my body says thank … More

being present, building resilience, feeling safe, gratitude, letting go, self soothing

New Vibe in the Air

Out early today to bathe in the morning sunshine – up the river to the woods and into the field. … More

being present, enlightenment, fear, letting go, relaxing, surrender experiment, trusting life

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

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

Chat with an Enlightened Person

And they would say there is no person and all of us were never not enlightened. The Marc Leavitt conversations … More

Appreciation, being present, fear, Intimacy, letting go, peace, resistance, stillness, surrender experiment, trusting life

Veneration

I don’t know where veneration fits in or if it is the right word. Sounds religious. Or who to write … More

Appreciation, dzogchen, enlightenment, freedom, gratitude, letting go, non-duality, trusting life

Becoming Everything

Reading a post this morning was realising that when the ‘I’ disappears, there’s no place to take a position from, … More

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Asking for Help

4 hours in the sunshine and birdsong at the allotment yesterday. Was good to do some physical work and have … More

Appreciation, asking for help, building resilience, childhood damage, feeling safe, inspiration, Recovery, resistance, suffering, wellbeing

Surrounding Suffering

I had another night of listening to the centuries old Dzogchen texts read out by Samaneri Jayasara. I’ve got her … More

anger, being present, compassion, covid, love, painful times, stillness, suffering

Trusting Safety

Another day in the life with some of my inner processes. Again written for my future self. Who I imagine … More

being present, feeling safe, freedom, letting go, love, mindfulness, non-duality, peace, refuge, self care, self soothing, stillness, surrender experiment, trusting life, wellbeing

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

Adversity as a Friend

One of the most exciting discoveries of the last couple of turbulent years for me is that personal adversity can … More

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An Awake Day

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

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Waking up Happy

More accurately, I woke up NOT feeling scared or anxious at all which allowed my natural state of being to … More

anxiety, Appreciation, attachment, being present, dzogchen, fear, feeling safe, gratitude, inner peace, present moment awareness, self compassion, surrender experiment, trusting life, worry

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

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Faith, Trust, and Surrender

Still here deep in the folds of the current cycle – my little dark night of the soul raging away, … More

anxiety, Appreciation, dzogchen, feeling safe, gratitude, refuge, resistance, self compassion, self soothing, worry

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

A reply

My hand holder through all this, this is how he responded to my latest round of earthly crisis. Sharing in … More

dzogchen, enlightenment, non-duality, surrender experiment, trusting life

Life Update

A new motorhome has materialised. Heard about a neighbour selling it on Tuesday by yesterday it was paid for, a … More

breathing, compassion, gratitude, living abundantly, nature walks, present moment awareness, Recovery, refuge, self compassion, self love, silence, trusting life

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

Feeling of Infinity

The sense of it pervading and enveloping everything including me arrives each day these days. I have responses to it, … More

anxiety, being present, breathing, love, self soothing

A quick Messiah Netflix review

This series had a very positive effect on me. It was spiritually uplifting, and I am non religious. I binged … More

compassion, here and now, love, mindfulness, Netflix Messiah series, peace, stillness, thriving, trusting life, unity

Short Wise Quote – Adayashanti

being present, stillness

Anxiety came back – Radical Action required!

And I spent days experiencing some level of fear – of nothing in particular, well not that I could identify. … More

compassion, fear, unity

Listening to the Force

I sit here waiting for life to start a new flow and rhythm again. It has been some months now, … More

Surfing the fear today (and most days)

Awoke cosy and snuggled up in the new tartan brushed cotton duvet, leant over and switched on Chris’s guided meditation. … More

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