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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: nature

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

Wednesday Diary Entry

Had a lovely evening at G and M’s. I appreciated the elaborate meal they made for my birthday, though I … More

nature, nature walks, suffering

Into and Through Suffering

Yesterday turned out to be unexpectedly social. I was glad for the company on what was an odd, out of … More

anxiety, building resilience, fear, freedom, nature, nature walks, resistance, self soothing, stress, suffering, surrender experiment, worry

Grounding

I write this down after reading a couple of posts on a forum on “Awakening’ on Facebook. It made me … More

Appreciation, beauty of nature, being present, feeling safe, gratitude, grounding, mindfulness, nature, self care

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

And Happy Again

Noticing a pattern here. You look right at the disowned feelings, allow them to be felt, let disturbance in and … More

feeling safe, here and now, inner peace, inspiration, letting go, love, nature, non-duality, relaxing, stillness, trusting life

Another Day of Peace

It lasted all day the feeling of at-ease-ness. I had one therapy client then another, some garden business work, then … More

acceptance, beauty of nature, being present, building resilience, dzogchen, feeling safe, flourishing, here and now, letting go, longchenpa, mindfulness, nature, open awareness, peace, present moment awareness, Recovery, silence, stillness, thriving, wellbeing

I can’t get no…

That’s not a complaint. Just recording the changing scenery here. Vast impersonal space opens up, inside me and around me. … More

dzogchen, feeling safe, freedom, letting go, nature, silence, stillness

Savouring

I’m savouring my positive happy experiences more and more these days as I realise the huge importance of learning to … More

being present, compassion, freedom, gratitude, nature, nature walks, self compassion, self soothing, stillness, thanks, thriving, wellbeing

Guarding our Mental Health

How am I doing this? Firstly, I’m not succeeding all of the time. I spent the last 48 hours making … More

being present, kindness, mindfulness, nature, Recovery, self care, self compassion, self love

Seeking Refuge

Life continues to teach me about the futility of seeking refuge where there is none to be found. In material … More

being present, dzogchen, friends, letting go, nature, nature walks, refuge, silence, trusting life

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

Caterpillars

They have been a source of joy recently, on discovering huge amounts of Peacock butterfly caterpillars on a nettle patch … More

being present, nature, nature walks

What a Rollercoaster

The world is changing before our eyes and not only are we witnessing changes we are also having to participate … More

anxiety, Appreciation, asking for help, beauty of nature, building resilience, gratitude, nature, self care, self compassion, self love

A Positive side of This Pandemic

I was just pondering that if the planet were an intelligent being it might design something like this the way … More

Appreciation, being present, building resilience, friends, gratitude, habits, inspiration, kindness, nature, nature walks, old friends and family, Recovery

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

Relax with Bubbles

Appreciation, beauty of nature, inner peace, nature, nature walks, open awareness, Recovery, relaxing nature, self care, self soothing

Reframing the Past

I have written a lot about the less than ideal aspects of my past and their effect on me. Looking … More

acceptance, Appreciation, childhood damage, family relationships on the spiritual path, feeling safe, gratitude, letting go, love, nature, self soothing

Changes Made – and more Needed

Mostly business. I’ve now only got one team instead of two which means only one project at a time, half … More

asking for help, building resilience, feeling safe, nature, Recovery, self care, self compassion, self soothing, thoughts, worry

Welcoming the Good Times

For a start I went on a date and it lasted 7 hours, is that good sign or what?! Intelligent … More

Appreciation, being present, feeling safe, gratitude, inspiration, nature, present moment awareness, Recovery, self care, self soothing

Celebrating Ourselves

Sometimes, when encouragement from others is not available, it can be really useful and helpful just to encourage ourselves! I … More

business, inspiration, love, nature, Recovery

Quiet Poise and Pondering

A glimpse of what stability feels and looks like recently. Smoothness. Not getting in my own way. Allowing the perfection … More

kindness, love, nature, silence, thoughts

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

Curiosity and Inspiration

Externally these days life is very stable and lacking in adversity, chaos or drama. This is great! Big changes need time … More

curiosity, enthusiasm, inspiration, love, nature

Just observing

I am watching this recovery process day by day, as well as being fully submerged within it too. I feel … More

love, nature, resistance

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
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