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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: mindfulness

Worry Hijack Dissected

I’ve been communicating about and celebrating my successes here lately so here’s an example of different type of success, a … More

being present, business success, fear, mindfulness, money fears, self compassion, self soothing, worry

Life Update in the Here and Now

Steeped in the practice of being.right.here.in.this.moment.every moment as often as I remember which is a lot more often now. I … More

beauty of nature, being present, here and now, mindfulness, relaxing, self soothing

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

Screen Time

Endless Twitter and Facebook scrolling, meetings and courses on Zoom, work on the computer, hours spent binge watching, and lots … More

being present, breathing, feeling safe, living abundantly, mindfulness, refuge, resistance, stillness, thoughts

Welcoming the Obstacles

Its 6am. Lying in bed newly awake and the head kicks in and starts to think it’s thoughts. I notice … More

anxiety, attachment to preferences, being present, dzogchen, fear, feeling safe, inner peace, mindfulness, present moment awareness, self soothing, thoughts, trusting life, worry

Thinking it into Existence

Continuing with dropping the thoughts and just trusting the Ground, over and over…..though less requirement recently, and it’s more automatic … More

building resilience, dzogchen, fear, letting go, mindfulness, relaxing, thoughts, trusting life

We got This!

I’m feeling optimistic that many more of us are finding the remarkably simple formula for expanding our awareness and increasing … More

anxiety, Appreciation, being present, building resilience, feeling safe, gratitude, mindfulness, Recovery, self care, self compassion, self love, self soothing, trusting life

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

“Shouldn’t I be Doing Something Else?“

“Something more important, more urgent”. This is a voice that comes to me quite regularly. And I answer it with … More

anxiety, building resilience, feeling safe, mindfulness, mindulness, Recovery, refuge, resistance, self care, self compassion, self soothing, suffering, thoughts, worry

Emotions – They are Temporary

Quick one to remind us that it is helpful to keep in mind that emotions are largely temporary. It’s particularly … More

anxiety, asking for help, being present, building resilience, habits, mindfulness, mindulness, Recovery, self care, self compassion, self love, self soothing, support, thoughts

Sitting Back Inside

Sitting right right back as far as I can for a few seconds and noticing the thoughts that arrive. Then … More

being present, fear, feeling safe, mindfulness, self soothing, thoughts

Mindfulness and Surprising Spontaneity

Dropping each thought as I notice them and trusting over and over here. Drop and trust drop and trust. Through … More

anxiety, being present, fear, Michael Singer, mindfulness, present moment awareness, surrender experiment, thoughts, worry

Useful Adversity

I’m enjoying the daily and hourly beauty of relinquishment and the giving up of what I want to happen. That’s … More

being present, building resilience, feeling safe, mindfulness, self soothing, thoughts, worry

Collapsing the Stickman

When I allow thoughts to arrive unnoticed, my mind can build them into little stories in my head that I … More

dzogchen, habits, inner peace, mindfulness, mindulness, present moment awareness, stillness, stress, thoughts

Awakening help

I’ve benefitted greatly from listening to Angelo DiLullo. I’m listening to this podcast this morning with Viking Guru (who asks … More

asking for help, being present, dzogchen, feeling safe, mindfulness, peace, self care, self compassion, silence, stillness, surrender experiment, thoughts, trusting life, worry

Thoughts – Dropping and Trusting

I’m a walking, sitting, lying in bed, showering, shopping, chatting, bill paying, getting dressed and undressed, dog walking, ‘drop and … More

being present, dzogchen, mindfulness, present moment awareness, refuge, thoughts

Shower Meditation

Today my foray into ‘dark night of the soul’ is on pause (woohoo) and it could just be due to … More

Appreciation, being present, breathing, feeling safe, gratitude, Intimacy, living abundantly, mindfulness, self care, self compassion, self love, self soothing

Testing

Yesterday was a pretty meaty test – the ‘demons’ came hard and fast. Demons as in scary thoughts tempting me … More

anxiety, being present, mindfulness, self compassion, self soothing, worry

Peace

I’ve been submerging myself in fully surrendering to the vibrant emptiness and silence of me. All emphasis on happenings on … More

being present, dzogchen, enlightenment, freedom, here and now, inner peace, letting go, mindfulness, silence, stillness, trusting life

Keeping it Simple

Life is made up of mostly small things and little tasks. I used to find myself rushing through these to … More

breathing, gratitude, mindfulness, self soothing, trusting life

Finding Treasure

My treasure is the discovery of a powerful ever present completely safe refuge, the surrendering to spacious expansive silence. Whenever … More

being present, building resilience, mindfulness, present moment awareness, relaxing

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

A few Positives to this Pandemic

Call me a ‘Pollyanna ’ but I find myself saying yes to a lot of what is happening. Of course … More

Appreciation, building resilience, mindfulness

The World is a Feeling

I feel the leaves gentle float through the air to the ground, the crows high in the tree roosting, the … More

beauty of nature, being present, breathing, feeling safe, letting go, mindfulness, peace, stillness

Facing the fear of not Interpreting

To face the fear of not interpreting and stay with the experience is a big beautiful ongoing lesson for me. … More

being present, feeling safe, love, mindfulness, nature walks, surrender experiment, thoughts

Long Wise Quote

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

being present, here and now, inner peace, inspiration, living abundantly, love, mindfulness, present moment awareness, relaxing, stillness, trusting life

Happiness Visits

I’m little by little getting used to this new sense of expansiveness and openness of heart. I presume it’s due … More

anxiety, being present, fear, feeling safe, gratitude, love, mindfulness, self care, self compassion

Trying to Avoid Pain

How timid I’ve been about feeling emotional pain. I have spent decades trying to control my environment so that I … More

breathing, fear, feeling safe, mindfulness, self compassion, thoughts, worry

Opening and Closing

To not close my heart and to instead remain open (and free). That sums it all up. The Mission. I … More

anxiety, being present, love, mindfulness, refuge, self compassion, self soothing, thoughts

Returning to the Seat of Self

Whew, I got lost there for a couple of days in angst, bargaining with reality and rumination. My mind couldn’t … More

beauty of nature, being present, breathing, here and now, mindfulness, nature walks, present moment awareness, Recovery, surrender experiment, thoughts, trusting life

Inner Dialogue

It started in 1979 when I found a Carlos Castaneda book on my dads bedside table. It said that the … More

being present, breathing, Carlos Castaneda, dzogchen, mindfulness, self compassion, self love, self soothing, worry

10/10 experiences

It’s been an almost anxiety free time this last 4 weeks or so which has allowed the rest of me, … More

anxiety, Appreciation, being present, inner peace, mindfulness, thanks, thoughts

Fine fizzling energy

I’m slowly breathing in and out from low down the body many times a day to stay grounded, and walking, … More

anxiety, fear, letting go, mindfulness, self care, surrender experiment

Surrender Experiment Day 11

Now firmly in the swing of surrendering when the annoyance from hearing banging and creaking upstairs appears. I notice occasionally … More

anxiety, being present, mindfulness, relaxing, self care, self soothing, surrender experiment, worry

Happiness up, Anxiety down

Largely as a result of taking my ego on, taking a stand and not adjusting the world to make it … More

anxiety, being present, dzogchen, fear, love, mindfulness, misophonia, self compassion

Sticky thoughts This Morning

The thoughts are random and fearful this morning. Bombarded from many angles of threat and suggestions to be fearful. You … More

being present, bullying, business, business success, dzogchen, freedom, mindfulness, money, self defence, success, thoughts

Straddling two Worlds

There’s one world in which we help and care for each other. We cooperate freely and giving is not perceived … More

Appreciation, fear, gratitude, love, mindfulness, nature, thoughts, worry

Hard weather

Literally, it’s been pouring and blowing a gale with only minor breaks for weeks and weeks, unrelenting. What a metaphor … More

anxiety, being present, building resilience, fear, fear of success, fight or flight reponse, mindfulness, self care, self soothing, thoughts

Trusting Yourself

Quite often a strong inner prompting suggests a course of action that is contrary to the one we have made … More

anxiety, desire, inner peace, mindfulness, self compassion, silence, stress, success, thoughts, trusting life, worry

Swan feather in the Breeze

Appreciation, being present, feeling safe, here and now, inner peace, mindfulness, nature, nature walks, open awareness, peace, Recovery, self care, self soothing, stillness

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

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

Daily Vicissitudes

Was awoken prematurely mid dream by the dog needing out, a brain foggy start. I remembered the dream and in … More

breathing, fight or flight reponse, mindfulness, nature walks, Recovery, self care, self soothing, suffering

Riding Worry

I ride the potentially fear producing thoughts these days with greater ease than before. This is what I do. ‘Oh … More

mindfulness, money, money fears, Money Issues, nature walks, Recovery, self care, self compassion, thoughts, worry

Celebrating Bad things that Haven’t Happened!

Part of reprogramming my mind towards noticing more ‘good facts’ is reminding myself of some of the adversity that isn’t … More

Appreciation, building resilience, feeling safe, mindfulness, painful times, peace, Recovery, self care, self compassion, self soothing, support, thriving, trusting life

Perspectives

One very important reminder that the recent spate of suicides has given me is that how I feel and how … More

anxiety, being present, living abundantly, mindfulness, self care, thoughts, worry

Loving Yourself

Where does the taboo against loving ourselves come from, this belief that it is wrong to have high self esteem? … More

being present, mindfulness, Recovery, self care, self compassion, success, trusting life, worry

Thoughts effect our Feelings

I was walking along in the park and I noticed a sharp drop in my mood. Then I realised that … More

anxiety, being present, letting go, mindfulness, ugly thoughts

Easing gently into Self Care

And how to integrate it into my life, and how I do it. Firstly I take note that there is … More

anxiety, being present, breathing, building resilience, childhood damage, compassion, feeling safe, here and now, kindness, mindfulness, present moment awareness, Recovery, resistance, self care, self defence, self love, self soothing, stillness, trusting life

Stable week amid Storms

Mostly due to keeping myself on track with actions that make me feel good and avoiding those that don’t. A … More

being present, here and now, mindfulness, self love

Building Resilience

I have many small practices that together contribute to my resilience against succumbing to an overwhelm of stress and even … More

anxiety, mindfulness, self compassion, self love

Juggling

The new course Finished the first 3 full days of the training in psychodynamic counselling. It was very intense in … More

change, fear, mindfulness, thoughts

Wishes of Others or Mine?

When to put my own feelings aside with the aim of being of service to others? When to listen to … More

fear, mindfulness, self love

Today’s recovery Plan

I’m aware I’m not out of the woods yet, and vulnerable to descent into gloom and anxiety. So for a … More

anxiety, mindfulness, resistance, self compassion, self sabotage, self soothing, stress

The Gift of Opening up to Others

Something quite beautiful happened as a result of my meltdown this week. No longer able to display the coping strong … More

anxiety, friends, mindfulness

The portal

There is a portal I can go through any second of any day. It has taken me a lifetime to … More

Appreciation, Complaining, mindfulness

Today’s Process, fear of freedom, facing hatred.

Been doing so much reading that thrills, soothes and entices and then remembered, ‘oh yes, you have to actually DO … More

fear, freedom, love, mindfulness

Just Being

I arrived back from the South of France yesterday. Some welcome warmth and sunshine, medieval architecture, good food, flowers. I’m … More

being present, fear, mindfulness

Sameness

Getting to accept this stability, calmness, quiet, aloneness. Drama will appear no doubt, but for now it is lacking though … More

addiction, being still, healing, letting go, mindfulness, nature

More Peace, less Strain

A few days more have passed of living without my favourite bad habits, alcohol, sugar, overeating and Facebook. And all … More

addictions, aloneness, ease, habits, mindfulness

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