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Do something useless once a week. See that's a min

Do something useless once a week. See that's a mind training already

- Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche
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Unless you see the truth there will always be stre

Unless you see the truth there will always be stress

- Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche
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Don't even think for a moment that you are not goi

Don't even think for a moment that you are not going to die

- Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche
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Being present in the moment may initially trigger

Being present in the moment may initially trigger fear. But by welcoming the sensation of fear with complete openness, we cut through
the barriers created by habitual emotional patterns

When we engage in the practice of discovering space, we should develop the feeling of opening ourselves out completely to the entire universe. We should open ourselves with absolute simplicity and nakedness of mind. This is the powerful and ordinary practice of dropping the mask of self-protection

- Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche
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Wisdom is the capacity to remain grounded and bala

Wisdom is the capacity to remain grounded and balanced in the midst of life. It is centred without being centred in or on anything. Present and available, yet not off balance, it remains calm and clear whatever is going on, for it has infinite stability of being inseparable from emptiness and of knowing that everything occurs is similarly inseparable from emptiness

- James Low
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We should experience everything totally, never wit

We should experience everything totally, never withdrawing into ourselves as a marmot hides in its hole. This practice releases tremendous energy which is usually constricted by the process of maintaining fixed reference points. Referentiality is the process by which we retreat from the direct experience of everyday life

- Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche
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It is with consider excitement that I can announce

It is with consider excitement that I can announce that from tomorrow we are once again open for face to face sessions

So if for any reason you or anyone you know would like to come and join me to discuss anything and everything with perhaps a little meditation thrown in then you are most welcome. Most welcome

Please remember that the practice is nothing special and most importantly you lack nothing

Each moment is a wonderful opportunity to relax💀
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How do you cheat yourself C.R. Lama #meditation #

How do you cheat yourself

C.R. Lama
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Belief requires a sales job of relentless repetiti

Belief requires a sales job of relentless repetition
#meditation

All animals are equal but some are more equal than

All animals are equal but some are more equal than others
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We should realise openness as the playground of ou

We should realise openness as the playground of our emotions and relate to people without artificiality, manipulation or strategy

Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche
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Let movement move. Let stillness be still. If you

Let movement move. Let stillness be still. If you try to make movement still this is very exhausting. This is what samsara is. It's the effort to maintain the stability of that which is unstable. It's not wrong that it is unstable movement is moving. Stability is stable. What is stable - awareness. What is moving - participation in the field of disclosure. Disclosure is occurring all the time. This is revealed, this is revealed, this is revealed. What is being revealed is the potential of stillness. Stillness is the ground of movement. Movement is the display of stillness. Sound is the display of silence. Silence is the ground of sound. And these two are inseparable, they are not two different things. This is non-duality, they are not one thing, they are not merged into one but neither are they inseparable. You cannot take the reflection out of the mirror. You would be wrong to say the mirror is defined by the reflection. They are non-dual, not two, not one.

- James Low
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How should we live? Nobody knows. Everything is a

How should we live? Nobody knows. Everything is a gamble. So how do you live with a gamble? The ground of everything is open and empty. Nothing is guaranteed. If nothing is guaranteed the past cannot tell me what to do. That is to say the past, which is for me and idea of what I remember how it was before, that can't guarantee how I should be now. So how will I live? With your eyes open and your ears open and your nose open receiving the world and respond to the situation

- James Low
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The everyday practice of dzogchen is simply to dev

The everyday practice of dzogchen is simply to develop a complete carefree acceptance, an openness to all situations without limit

- Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche
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Remembering everything you experience is created b

Remembering everything you experience is created by mind is also the direct antidote to pride and ego, and once it becomes second nature, you will no longer cling to your dharma activities. This does not mean you will not practise. On the contrary, in the same way someone dying of thirst cannot resist taking large gulps of water, once you know everything is an illusion, your only thoughts will be about the dharma. Of course, the dharma itself is the antidote to ego, but for those who take pride in being good practitioners, dharma activities can be just another means of boosting their egos. And this is why it is so important to remember that absolutely everything we experience is just a product of mind, even if it’s only for five minutes a day

- Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche
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Shouldn’t we all try to contemplate the inevitab

Shouldn’t we all try to contemplate the inevitability of our own death at least once this lifetime? Particularly as every one of us will die - itself a crucially important piece of information. Doesn’t putting some effort into processing the inescapable fact of our own death make sense?

- Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche
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The appearances of the world are not the problem,

The appearances of the world are not the problem, it's clinging to them that causes suffering

- Tilopa
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If you are receiving you are quiet - James Low #

If you are receiving you are quiet

- James Low
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Think about how much time you spend in the cemeter

Think about how much time you spend in the cemetery of your mind

- James Low
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