like a tiny fish flashing about in a lucid pond … a Mahamudra Root Text by The First Panchen Lama

October 1, 2008

  A ROOT TEXT FOR THE PRECIOUS GELUG/KAGYÜ TRADITION OF MAHAMUDRA The Main Road of the Triumphant Ones by The First Panchen Lama Lozang Chökyi Gyeltsen   Namo mahamudraya: Homage to Mahamudra, the Great Seal of Reality.I respectfully bow at the feet of my […]

Secrets are hidden in plain sight!

June 11, 2008

When we start a sincere practice, if we must be honest with ourselves. Honest as in beyond any sort of self-deception. Honesty is the beginning of Objectivity. Most of us, are very rarely truly Objective. Objectivity is one of the hidden doorways to the Self. However the way is […]

Empower yourself!

April 27, 2008

Empower yourself!
Tell yourself this from time to time …
Right now, this moment, I confer upon myself the power to make decisions, right or wrong about what is right for me. No one else truly understands what I need!
The seeker has to perform the operations and look for the conditions that will further his growth. […]

Not Madness, but Freedom!

April 27, 2008

Recently I’ve been reading a fascinating book called “Buddhahood Without Meditation, by Dudjom Lingpa (about 1895) This book de-constructs the notion that we have a separate Self in a series of visions, dreamings. It uses a number of logical arguments to perform the deconstruction process. It’s different than anything else […]

Hurling oneself on the pyre. The Phoenix flies into the Unknown.

April 11, 2008

Today’s message is somewhat cryptic. Occasionally I find myself beset by information that I don’t fully understand.
Today I am doing Alchemy. We have two ideas, Fire and the Unknown, if we mix them properly we understand the metaphor of the Phoenix. Let’s just hope we don’t blow up the lab!
One of the […]