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Hildegard von Bingen, a 12th-century Benedictine abbess, mystic, composer, and polymath, left an extraordinary legacy in theology, music, and science. Among her achievements is "Liber Divinorum Operum" ("The Book of Divine Works"), a visionary text featuring a depiction of a spherical Earth experiencing different seasons…

Complete relaxation maintaining alertness has many levels. We can relax the body, while remaining alert, not falling asleep, while keeping the body still. We can relax our talking. This gives our jaw, tongue, and voice-box muscles a break. Here we enter the realm of silence. Even though vocally silent, our thinking mind may still be…

Earth teach me quiet ~ as the grasses are still with new light.

Earth teach me suffering ~ as old stones suffer with memory.

Earth teach me humility ~ as blossoms are humble with beginning.…

A wish for a brighter world.

Happy New Year!

Let the thousand-year-old oak tree grow green again

Let the earth have crocus skies and white shooting stars in the grass

Let the people and animals breathe out

from…

TOADSTOOL TEA

It's not often you find, a red and white spotted…

I am not sure how or when I began my apprenticeship with sorrow.

I do know that it was my gateway back into the breathing and animate world.

It was through the dark waters of grief that I came to touch my unlived life...

There is some strange intimacy between grief and aliveness, some sacred exchange between what…

Ernest Hemingway once said: In our darkest moments, we don’t need solutions or advice. What we yearn for is simply human connection—a quiet presence, a gentle touch. These small gestures are the anchors that hold us steady when life feels like too much.

Please don’t try to fix me. Don’t take on my pain or push away my shadows.…

We tend to become complacent. When things are going well, we forget to practice the precious Dharma. When things are not going well, we practice the precious Dharma, albeit feebly. This complacency leads to laziness, which leads to a missed chance to practice this precious Dharma. We forget that we will die. And sooner than we think.…

He built himself a house,

his foundations,

his stones,

his walls,

his roof overhead,

his chimney and smoke,

his view from the window.

He made himself a garden,

his fence,

his thyme,

his earthworm,

his evening dew.

He cut out his bit of sky…

Please don’t live your life scattered hither and dither like a dry leaf blown in the wind. Our ingrown habits have not gotten us the happiness we want, neither for ourselves nor others. Dharma is all about recognizing our dysfunctional habits and transforming them. This requires diligence and constant effort. Laziness erodes our…

There is always a chance to practice Dharma. When we feel well, we remember to practice. When we don’t feel well, we forget to practice. But it is at those times when we face obstacles, usually inner, that the Dharma is most helpful. Dharma is all about transforming our negativities into positive. This goes for our harmful emotions.…

No Hiding Place

In the search for spiritual truth, there’s no room for hiding. Anything that stands in the way of true fulfilment must eventually come into the light. We all carry within us emotional forces…

Trapped by Love of the Unknown

To be trapped by love of the unknown is a sacred submission to life…

Footprints in the Sand

Any true spiritual insight or realisation leaves no trace in the memory. This is because the quality of the spirit is timeless and can only be realised in the immediacy of the present. What happens is that when…

The Spiritual Crisis

The relentless pressure of the spirit, when…

𝐼 𝑡𝑟𝑢𝑙𝑦 𝑤𝑎𝑛𝑡, 𝑛𝑜, 𝐼 𝑛𝑒𝑒𝑑 𝑡𝑜 𝑢𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑟𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑝𝑎𝑟𝑡, "𝑊ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝑠𝑜𝑚𝑒𝑜𝑛𝑒 ℎ𝑎𝑠 𝑠𝑢𝑓𝑓𝑒𝑟𝑒𝑑 𝑒𝑛𝑜𝑢𝑔ℎ 𝑡ℎ𝑟𝑜𝑢𝑔ℎ 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑙𝑖𝑧𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑦 𝑤𝑎𝑛𝑡 𝑛𝑜 𝑚𝑜𝑟𝑒 𝑒𝑥𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑒 𝑎𝑠 𝑎 𝑛𝑒𝑒𝑑, 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑎𝑑𝑑𝑖𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑡𝑜 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑠𝑢𝑓𝑓𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑜𝑓 𝑒𝑥𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑒 𝑖𝑠 𝑛𝑒𝑔𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑑." 𝐶𝑎𝑛 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑝𝑙𝑒𝑎𝑠𝑒 𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑡𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑑𝑖𝑓𝑓𝑒𝑟𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑙𝑦 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ𝑜𝑢𝑡 𝑠𝑎𝑐𝑟𝑖𝑓𝑖𝑐𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑑…

Karma

Whatever is happening now or at any moment is the unfolding of karma. Many people assume that karma applies solely to the difficulties and hardships encountered in life. This is not so. Karma also unfolds…

As long as you are born of the flesh you have to suffer. This is the way of the flesh.

Do not try to improve your life. You're making a big mistake. For there is no question about it, if you use positive thinking and use your mind, you may appear to improve your life. But remember, this world in which you live is a world of…

“From here, the story starts

From here, peace emerges

From the laugh of every child

From the eyes of every wounded

From the fruit of every tree

From the breeze of every wind

Who among us does not love peace?!

Who does not want to see peace all over the land and skies?”…

 here are some examples of throat singing that i listen too;

Altai throat singing

Altai throat singing. Altaydyn Alkyzhy…