sorry i haven't responded sooner; hadn't checked in with the site.
how to expand???? okay, if you are experiencing the pattern of avoidance, what's one of it's most common expressions? passivity. if you are experiencing passivity at this level of p…
one thing you might try -- put yourself in your friend's place. just like in taking and sending, imagine yourself in his world and feel what he feels. then you might get insight into his suffering and a knowing of what to do can arise.
janaki
leslie,
the description of your experience is quite vivid and there's no doubt that you touched the core of a deeply held pattern. fully experiencing a reactive pattern has an ecstatic quality to it and it's power creates the conditions where you c…
i agree with the 'serious meditator' that usage of words like should are counter productive to exploration. even saying that you are responsible for your own suffering adds a judgement that inhibits opening to what's really going on.
in the example…
margaret, yes i did understand you were speaking only of water and void. and who can tell how traditions emerge which may even be further evidence that it doesn't matter if you transpose the colors while utilizing the kagyu approach
in teaching this practice, i've strayed from it's traditional formulation in an effort to allow the images and experiences to arise more spontaneously. for instance, we begin with imagining the enlightened form of the element internally, letting it…
i have practiced and am currently teaching dakini practice. it's quite a powerful practice, one that deals directly with energetic transformation of patterns as they appear through the elements and, by extension, the realms.
i just joined and i'm adding you as a friend - it looks bad to have no friends at all, and you're the only one i know. hope you are well. robert merchasin