
From Ocean of Dharma; Chogyam Trungpa When you feel depressed, when you feel bad, it is sometimes for no reason at all. You wake up in the morning and feel hopeless, terrible. We may use our experiences to justify that feeling. I feel bad…because I don’t have any money. I ...

From Ocean of Dharma: Chogyam Trunpga The point of the Shambhala training is to get out of the cocoon, which is the shyness and aggression in which we have wrapped ourselves. When we have more aggression, we feel more fortified. We feel good, because we have more to talk about...

From Ocean of Dharma; Chogyam Trungpa The disciplined technique of practicing meditation amounts to putting yourself into an inconceivable situation in which the analytical mind doesn’t function anymore. ...

From Ocean of Dharma; Chogyam Trungpa Fearlessness contains a feeling of joy and relaxation or well-being. From the goodness of simply being yourself, a quality of upliftedness arises, which is not overly solemn or religious...

We think the American Revolution stopped with the dethroning of King George, but if we look around clearly we can see that it has just shifted to a psychological, even spiritual level where the institutional powers are still falling...

Somebody asked me that on FB his morning and I'm sure my answer created some argument as it is not the conventional yes or no response. Without getting into what I said, basically I said Yes, but not the Jesus others might know. So the question is this: Is there one Jesus or many...

From Ocean of Dharma: Chogyam Trungpa Fearlessness will also be punctuated by occasional fear, uncertainty, and confusion. Fearlessness comes from fear. The logic is quite simple. You might ask, for example, why someone takes a shower. You shower because you feel dirty...

From Swami Satchidananda: Words of Wisdom “The Bible said, ‘Love thy neighbor as thy self.’ To love my neighbor as my own self, I should see my own self in him or her and I should know what my own self is. The ...

From Ocean of Dharma; Chogyam Trungpa When mind and body are joined together properly, there is a sense of joining heaven and earth. This comes from the sitting practice of meditation, to begin with. We have to sit and slow down...

Form Ocean of Dharma: Chogyam Trungpa When we have a feeling that life is worthwhile and we are worthwhile, from that, a sense of softness or gentleness begins to develop. It is like watering the seeds in a garden...

We are all captains of our ship and we sail by the stars and reading the sea that supports our trip. But what are the best signs and how can we quickly log our correct position on the chart...

From Swami Satchidananda Words of Wisdom “Your original nature is peace. You are neither happy nor unhappy. If this is so, then why don’t you always feel peaceful? The answer is simple. Le...

From Ocean of Dharma: Chogyam Trungpa Our opinions and attitudes about ourselves are very important. We cannot ignore the slightest tendency to feel wretched, inadequate, or fundamentally distrustful of ourselves. Those feelings always show through...

Halloween is coming and we purchase costumes, mostly scary for our kids and/or ourselves, to get ready for the one night of the year when death and fear are tamed and given to children for play...










