Skip to content

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: old friends and family

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

Taking risks, trusting…

The dissolution of individual self, as that happens I am more free to be really myself. Free of fear running … More

being present, building resilience, fear, letting go, old friends and family, self compassion, trusting life

Relationship with Mum

I will maybe explore this over a few days as it will be too long. First I’ll lay out the … More

childhood damage, family relationships on the spiritual path, old friends and family, painful times, resistance

Monday Mornin’ Rain

Awoke not well rested, an odd sleep again full of vivid dreams. In one a friend had sacked their nanny … More

habits, letting go, old friends and family, resistance, surrender experiment, trusting life, wellbeing

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

Another Beautiful day

Homage to those first few breaths of the fresh morning air outside! It is a daily precious miracle experience I … More

Appreciation, being present, family relationships on the spiritual path, letting go, mindfulness, old friends and family, trusting life

Processing about of Self Judging

Here sitting at the kitchen table right now, where real life happens through the senses in this present as it … More

childhood damage, guilt, old friends and family, shame, stress, suffering, worry

Letting Go

I’m struggling today, migraine started yesterday and lying on the sofa now. Feeling low energy and mood. Can’t find anything … More

family relationships on the spiritual path, friends, letting go, old friends and family, resistance, surrender experiment

Arising Stuff – Recapitulation

Long one today…more of a personal diary entry on the childhood recapitulation and letting go trail. They keep arriving – … More

childhood damage, fear, letting go, memories, old friends and family, self compassion, self defence, shame, worry

Another Round of Processing

The angry call from my mum triggered some old childhood memories and feelings. The way our mum used to brush … More

anxiety, feeling safe, letting go, mindfulness, nature walks, old friends and family, self care, suffering

Tibetan Dream

I have been falling asleep listening to 1000+ year old Tibetan Dzogchen texts recently, and last night with Vairotsana. These … More

building resilience, feeling safe, old friends and family, self care, self compassion

Breaking free of the Social Shackles Continued

I have been exploring how we can be held back by others and motivated to hold ourselves back by our … More

acceptance, family relationships on the spiritual path, fear, flourishing, letting go, old friends and family, resistance, self compassion, self sabotage, success, thriving, 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

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

Emotion from the Past

I went for one walk with Michael, a beautiful open sharing interaction and he even apologised for the anger outbursts/ending … More

being present, friends, old friends and family, pain, stress, thoughts

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

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

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

Clear out the Dead Wood

“If your heart is thirsty for Love  then turn around now and go back to where you came from back to the … More

Carlos Castaneda, de-cluttering, eliminating personal history, family relationships on the spiritual path, old friends and family, recapitulation
Follow Learning to Rest with it All on WordPress.com

Recent Comments

Edimatech on The Revolution is an Inside…
Susan on Recovery Time
Karin on Recovery Time
Susan on Recovery Time
Karin on Recovery Time

Top Posts & Pages

  • Bitcoin
  • Surrounding Suffering
  • What’s with all the Anxiety?
  • Leaning into Feelings
  • A Thank You
  • A Selection of True Awakening Experiences Part II
  • So far so good...
  • Bit Frazzled Today
  • Always at Home
  • Flow of Experience
Blog at WordPress.com.
  • Follow Following
    • Learning to Rest with it All
    • Join 324 other followers
    • Already have a WordPress.com account? Log in now.
    • Learning to Rest with it All
    • Customize
    • Follow Following
    • Sign up
    • Log in
    • Report this content
    • View site in Reader
    • Manage subscriptions
    • Collapse this bar
 

Loading Comments...