Tag: Dzogchen

One Piece at a Time
Just prior to this haiku coming through, I had written in my journal: Find the space within that grasps at resolution. You can see it so clearly in others. Release judgement around that. Breathe space into your body.

Listening to Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche speak about Healing with Form, Energy, and Light: The Five Elements in Tibetan Shamanism, Tantra, and Dzogchen , I was again fascinated by the connection of breath, mind and body. In part one of the recorded talks, he gave a short guided breathing exercise that begins on the exhale. (See all of the talk at Healing with Form, Energy and Light.)

…. Just breathe out. Exhale any tensions or discomfort that you are feeling in your body, that you are feeling in your breath, or that you are feeling in your mind. (He directs you from the outer (body), to the inner (breath), and then to the sacred (mind).)

Be aware of your body; the stillness of your body, as you continue to breathe deeply. Be aware of your silence; not speaking, feel the silence; much better to feel the silence than just being quiet. Connect with that silence. Awareness is much better than just being silent. Be aware of the spaciousness of your mind; rest in the space of your open mind.

Every day I learn of someone who is experiencing depression or anxiety. Many equate those emotions to the many months of the pandemic and the loss of familiar activities. When I feel my mind spinning, putting together jigsaw puzzles helps me to be present with my body, breath and thought.

I put together this 1,000 piece puzzle in one day!

You might appreciate part or all of Robert Waldon’s take on using affirmations to clear the mind and release tension in the body.

Affirmation Basics

The mind is the driving force in determining our experience in this world.

Affirmations are meant to “show up” any limiting beliefs so they can be erased or deleted, leaving us with a “clean slate”, in a state of health and wholeness—physically, mentally, emotionally and spiritually. They clear unconscious programming that tends to guide our thoughts, feelings and behavior.

The purpose of affirmations is to erase from the mind all negative thought forms or beliefs which we have falsely learned. Thoughts of limitation, lack and littleness are released and replaced with thoughts of freedom, abundance and magnificence.

SEEING THE BEST IS SEEING THE TRUTH.

Do not focus on what is not working. Just recognize where you are “off purpose” by lack of joy experienced, then focus on more joy.

Every thought creates a result. Negative or fearful thinking creates a negative life experience. Positive or happy thinking creates a good life and happy outlook. Some of both may create a neutral or conflicted effect on our life experiences. Negative experiences can be changed as a result of consistent positive thinking.

My favorite way to do affirmations is to divide the lined page down the middle.

The affirmation is written on the left side and your mind chatter or contradictory thought is written on the right side. Then cross off the negative.

Continue writing the affirmation 20 times and listen for the resistant thought after each one. 20 times daily for 14 days or until there is no resistance.

They will always feel like a lie in the beginning and you may find great resistance to doing them! Things may change dramatically, so be prepared to notice big difference.

Writing, speaking and hearing us say the affirmation aloud clears the false beliefs through our sense of sight, sound and touch.

It is essential that we keep writing and saying the affirmations until there is no longer resistance to the empowering beliefs.

Remember: Affirmations are not to be used to develop a new belief, but only useful to clear false limiting programs.

Once there is quiet, clarity and no resistance, we are complete.

LIFE WORKS WHEN WE ARE WILLING TO DO THE WORK.

Visit Robert Waldon at Reunion Center for Counseling, Healing and Growth.

How do you live life? One breath at a time.

How do you put together a 1,000 piece puzzle? One piece at a time….
February 9, 2021
Hari Om, Holy Spirit

Whoa…. fear can spread like wildfire. We can put that fire out.

A friend/colleague is part of several groups I attend here in Florida. She has cancelled the meditation group she hosts in her home and has reached out to another of our mutual groups suggesting the meetings be cancelled because “at least one, and possibly two, deaths in the county from corona virus.”

Her closing line in the email message is quite telling: I’m sorry to miss the group if you do go ahead and meet on Monday.

Admittedly, her husband is an epidemiologist, and we do not yet know the extent of risk.

But we do already know the results of fear.

Last evening I received (and passed along) a very mindful message from the Dzogchen Center and Foundation:

Dear Dharma family,

Lama Surya has asked that we lend our energetic support tomorrow morning. He will be leading a prayer ceremony in Northampton, Massachusetts, and has asked that, if possible, we take the hour from 9 AM to 10 AM EDT (Sunday, March 8th) to chant or pray with the clear and specific intention of pushing back on this destructive coronavirus, COVID-19, and purifying and supporting all those who have been / will be infected or otherwise impacted.-19,

He has specifically asked that we practice where we are, rather than trying to participate in person.

We look forward to holding the energetic space with you tomorrow as we lift our body, speech and heart-minds in unison, in support of our beloved Lama, on behalf of all beings.

Don’t forget to put your clocks forward tonight before you go to bed if you are in a place that uses daylight savings time. Oh, and don’t forget to wash those hands!

Warmly,

The Dzogchen Center and Foundation

I got up in plenty of time to chant for the hour with this group. I have recorded voice memos of many of the chants we do on retreat. Hari Om is one of the chants I did this morning. In Sanskrit, “Hari” is a mantra to remove troubles and pain. In Hindu, Hari references the god Vishnu, remover of bondages.

Omniscience (/ɒmˈnɪʃəns/) is the capacity to know everything. In monotheistic religions, such as Sikhism and the Abrahamic religions, God is omniscient. “God” has the capacity to know everything. In Jainism, omniscience is an attribute that any individual can eventually attain.

Since the 6th century BC, and continuing today, Jainism has three guiding principles: right belief, right knowledge, and right conduct.

Here is another of the chants I sang this morning: Seems like such a long time, Holy Spirit, waiting, since I’ve drawn your breath in, silent and all pervading.

It is important that we DO something with the energy of fear that can get stirred up. We can sing, pray, chant. We can dance. I clean. My sister sleeps.

It is vital to remember we are able draw in the breath of the holy spirit and extinguish the raging wildfire of fear.

Life depends on us….

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March 8, 2020

Tag: Dzogchen

One Piece at a Time

Hari Om, Holy Spirit