Sep
07
Not this, not this.
The foundation of our practice is doing the hard inner work of understanding and recognizing our true nature.
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true nature
Sep
05
A Life's Work in One Sentence.
Recognize your true nature, share your gifts, and build the better world we know is possible.
Jul
15
Affirmations.
I've been reading The Artist's Way the past week and started doing some of the practices in the book. This
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Jun
23
May your true nature grow and flourish.
In the Mahayana Buddhist traditions there is a common dedication prayer that we say at the end of most practices
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Mar
14
Resting in our true nature.
Modern life insulates us from the natural world. Despite the comfort and luxury
of our current lifestyle, we often find
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Dec
13
Innate value vs. earned value
In the Mahayana Buddhist traditions, there are two ways of speaking about our
true nature: the naturally abiding disposition (Tib.
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Nov
08
The blocked artist.
In Dzogchen your true nature is introduced as the primordially liberated state
of natural freedom. It can be hard to
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Oct
18
Pointing out your true nature.
Sitting here,
resting in the myriad display of appearances,
the unceasing luminosity of the ground
appears as the infinite play
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Jul
12
Connecting the Inner Work to the Outer Work.
Each of us has gifts we can share with the world- gifts of kindness, compassion,
understanding, dignity and respect. Our
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Apr
24
Setting the angel free.
> I saw the angel in the marble and carved until I set him free.
-Michelangelo
Michelangelo, perhaps the greatest sculptor
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