At our meditation centre Quinta Quixote we often do shamanic circles with drumming and shamanic singing and also we do individual sessions. Those sessions can be pretty intense. Shamanic healing has undergone a profound transformation over the last 25 years in the West. What was once seen as an esoteric or exotic practice has gradually … Continue reading Shamanic Healing Session: what happens…
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Meditation: Surrendering to the Vastness of Being
Meditation is often misunderstood as something we must do—a task to accomplish, a state to achieve. But true meditation, as it reveals itself, is not an act of doing; it is an act of surrender. This surrender is not passive, nor is it an escape. It is the gentle yielding of effort, allowing the natural … Continue reading Meditation: Surrendering to the Vastness of Being
Conceptual Mind and Rigpa Wisdom: A Teaching by Venerable Khenpo Tsewang Dongyal Rinpoche
On April 1, 2013, during the One Month Dzogchen Retreat at Padma Samye Ling, Venerable Khenpo Tsewang Dongyal Rinpoche delivered a profound teaching on the nature of conceptual mind and Rigpa, or wisdom awareness. Drawing from the Vajra Heart teachings of Jamgon Mipham Rinpoche, Khenpo Rinpoche illuminated the distinction between the compounded, ever-changing nature of … Continue reading Conceptual Mind and Rigpa Wisdom: A Teaching by Venerable Khenpo Tsewang Dongyal Rinpoche
Identification as the source of war and misery, a talk by J. Krishnamurti
Identification is blindness. Krishnamurti invites us here to go deep and see the source of all identification. Together with OSHO, Krishnamurti was my most revered teacher. I learned a lot by listening and absorbing his talks. He always asks for active participation in his thinking. He is a real Jnana yogi! https://youtu.be/aZPa-BNNjiU?si=aPlBiIQwmx2oyYjf Jiddu Krishnamurti, a … Continue reading Identification as the source of war and misery, a talk by J. Krishnamurti
The Timeless Wisdom of Mahamudra: Teachings of His Holiness Chetsang Rinpoche
As I regard myself Mahamudra as the quickest and easiest path to reach insight in the essence of my mind and find there luminosity and spaciousness, I looked for good teachings to give more context to this ultimate path, and thus found this teaching. https://youtu.be/7_8Df7BsKlg?si=Dizjd7ylcm8kRoMI His Holiness Chetsang Rinpoche, an esteemed master of the Drikung … Continue reading The Timeless Wisdom of Mahamudra: Teachings of His Holiness Chetsang Rinpoche
Mahamudra: direct insight in the Essence of Mind
I sit and meditate. Long, short. One time I experience this, other time that. Often many spaces of empty mind. Than once I see phosphenes coming. All kinds and after some time bluring in a white light, a light beyond light, you could call it surrealistic and directly also dimension-less and I am in that … Continue reading Mahamudra: direct insight in the Essence of Mind
Dzogchen Insight: Brief Direct Introduction to Rigpa by Tulku Urgyen – a must see and read
The Practice of Recognizing Natural Awareness This is a chapter based on the direct teachings you can see in the video attached. I am very happy I found this video. I think this is a very important video, showing how poor our mindfulness is and how rich meditation can be. I will comment later. Tulku … Continue reading Dzogchen Insight: Brief Direct Introduction to Rigpa by Tulku Urgyen – a must see and read
Gyatri Mantra in the Eye of ChatGPT
I asked ChatGPT the following: "can you make a design of the Gyatri mantra explaining every word on a tree-like structure?" He produced this: I said: "that is an interesting diagram can you explain what brought you to depict it, what is the message…" He explained: The diagram is inspired by the profound structure and … Continue reading Gyatri Mantra in the Eye of ChatGPT
The Tsa Lung Breathing Workout: a real Breath4Balance Tibetan Heat Yoga approach
The Tsa Lung Breathing Workout is a ancient practice in the Tibetan Buddhist and Bon traditions, focusing on the flow of the energy of the body, energy you can feel moving around. Metaphorically speaking if you conduct this yoga it really feels as if the purification of the body's energy channels (tsa) happens, via the … Continue reading The Tsa Lung Breathing Workout: a real Breath4Balance Tibetan Heat Yoga approach
The Esoteric Psychology of Phowa: Dissolving into Luminosity
The Esoteric Psychology of Dissolving into Luminosity At the heart of all spiritual practice in the tantric tradition lies a single, transformative truth: the recognition of who and what we are. Not the body, not the mind, not even the stream of thoughts that endlessly narrates our days. Beneath these lies something luminous, spacious, and … Continue reading The Esoteric Psychology of Phowa: Dissolving into Luminosity
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