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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

Tag: anger

Triggered

I feel the cold of the key as I turn it in the lock. Then the wondrous smell of the … More

anger, being present, feelings, gayatri, nature walks, non-duality, old friends and family, self care, self sabotage, suffering, thoughts, upper limit problem

Negative Reactions

A beautiful time waking up in till I realised that I need to intervene with work not being done correctly … More

anger, Michael Singer, painful times, resistance, suffering, surrender experiment, thoughts

Therapy Session

Light rain bringing such wonderful smells. It was lovely to walk in the fields and woods in the rain yesterday, … More

anger, childhood damage, compassion, Recovery, self care, suffering

A Little Drama

I’ve been submerging back into the teachings of Longchenpa the last couple of days, after weeks of being unable to … More

anger, being present, letting go, mindfulness

Low Mood Morning

The colourful visual zigzags started yesterday signalling the start of a migraine and then it arrived. Mildly painful only but … More

anger, asking for help, building resilience, gratitude, letting go, misophonia, self compassion, suffering

“Stop being jerked like a puppet”. Marcus Aurelius

I watch myself being jerked like a puppet by events in my environment that my ego has decided ‘should’ not … More

anger, aversion, emotions, letting go, Michael Singer, misophonia, resistance, shame, surrender experiment

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

A Tightening

I have been tightening up and up and up, and it’s damn painful. A whole set of triggering factors ricocheting … More

anger, anxiety, business, fear, guilt, money fears, pain, painful times, resistance, shame, stress, suffering, thoughts, worry

Don’t like my Mum

Dear Friends, I was not a happy bunny yesterday. My mum who had sprained her ankle and suspected it might … More

anger, childhood damage, mother issues, old friends and family

Travel to the wild coast

A bit of geographical movement helped to shift the mood last week. I took myself and a friend’s delightful 16 … More

anger, friends

Letting the shoots sprout…

…without pulling them prematurely out of the ground. This is a time of taking small steps in a consistent definite … More

anger, stress, thoughts

Seeing myself in Donald Trump

It took me by surprise how judgemental, negative, arrogant, dismissive and even hateful some of my thoughts have been recently. Who … More

anger, charles eisenstein, compassion, thoughts

The more I trust, the more life works out

So after my fear was screaming at me yesterday about socialising during work hours, I did in fact end up … More

anger, being present, fear, self compassion, thoughts, worry

Standing up for Ourselves

I am noticing with some curiosity how my changing relationship with myself is causing some immediate changes in my relationships with … More

anger, self abuse, self love, upper limit problem

The alternative to fear, anger and worry

It is always here. Instant wellbeing is just waiting for us. It never left us, we just forgot it was … More

anger, fear, guilt, mindfulness, present moment awareness, refuge, self compassion, shame, suffering, wellbeing, worry

Sinking into non-separation ahhhhh…..home.

Fabulous mindfulness class last night, and extra turbo power received from practising mindfulness with a group. I have no idea … More

anger, fear, mindulness, nature, open awareness, resting in awareness, thoughts

It feels like a tightrope walk this

And I almost fell off it this morning in bed, when my thoughts started generating worry. And even when I … More

anger, attachment, aversion, being present, dzogchen, enlightenment, fear, here and now, mindfulness, non-duality, open awareness, self defence, separation, worry

Observing the nature of the mind

So I’m vacuuming the living room carpet and I notice my mind has started generating fierce thoughts about my neighbour … More

anger, being present, mindfulness, nature of mind, relaxing, ugly thoughts
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