This week I’m reading What Makes you Not a Buddhist, a brilliant and lucid book from a Tibetan Buddhist master who doesn’t pull his punches. Dzongsar Jamyang Khyentse gives it to us straight: so you think you’re a Buddhist? Think again! This book challenges common misconceptions about Buddhism, particularly those held by practitioners, and demonstrates… Continue reading Review: What makes you Not a Buddhist
Earlier this week we looked at the process of feeding your demons, which is a way to make friends with your shadow. In this post we’ll dig deeper into the various types of demon you might find skulking in the darkness of your worst fears. But first, what is a demon? In this practice, demons… Continue reading Shadow Companions: Types of Demons
The Part of Fortune in the houses shows the areas of life experience where you can find joy. With the Part of Fortune in 5th house you achieve happiness and success through creative self-expression. You have an abundance of creative energy that you need to express and will feel the greatest joy when you’re creating… Continue reading Part of Fortune in 5th House
Lama Tsultrim Allione gives us a bit of background on the practice of feeding your demons and how it works, a little on the founder, Machig Labdron, and how she made friends with the naga demons. But most useful of all, she then takes us through the five steps of the process of meeting and feeding a demon. Worth taking the time out to do this meditation. Enjoy!
The Part of Fortune in the houses shows the areas of life experience where you can find joy. With the Part of Fortune in 4th house you achieve happiness and success through family and putting down strong roots. Your greatest joy will come through nurturing the growth of life, whether that’s growing a family by… Continue reading Part of Fortune in 4th House
Recently I realised that I’d spent my whole life fighting against the darkness. But my demons won’t die, no matter how many times I bash them over the head. It’s exhausting. So I was open to trying anything that might help when I came across the practice of Feeding Your Demons in the book of… Continue reading Embracing Darkness: how to feed your demons
The Part of Fortune in the houses shows the areas of life experience where you can find joy. With the Part of Fortune in 3rd house you achieve happiness and success through communicating and connecting with others. You want to be understood by others so your greatest joy comes from processing information and communicating what… Continue reading Part of Fortune in 3rd House
The Part of Fortune in the houses shows the areas of life experience where you can find joy. With the Part of Fortune in 2nd house you achieve happiness and success through building self-worth and being true to your deeper values. Your greatest joy will come when you discover what you truly value. To succeed you’ll… Continue reading Part of Fortune in 2nd House
One night I was having trouble sleeping so I decided to do a guided meditation. It seemed simple enough: you meet a guide who gives you a gift and then shows you something you need to face. I thought it might distract me from the insomnia and shut my whirring mind off for a few… Continue reading An Unexpected Gift: when a guided meditation went “wrong”
The Part of Fortune in the houses shows the areas of life experience where you can find joy. With the Part of Fortune in 1st house you achieve happiness and success through trusting your own unique approach to life and acting independently. With your Part of Fortune in this house you were born at New Moon… Continue reading Part of Fortune in 1st House
The Part of Fortune in the signs shows how you can find joy by allowing the energy of the sign to flow freely. With the Part of Fortune in Pisces you achieve happiness and success through focusing on higher ideals and imagination. You are spiritual and compassionate with a powerful intuition and mysterious magnetic quality.… Continue reading Part of Fortune in Pisces
This week I’m reading Zen Mind, Beginner’s Mind: a Zen classic from a brilliant master. The book is drawn from a series of talks given by Shunryu Suzuki on Zen Mind and how to practise. They’re divided into three sections that cover Right Practice, Right Attitude, and Right Understanding. The beginner’s mind of the title is… Continue reading Review: Zen Mind, Beginner’s Mind by Shunryu Suzuki
Jessica Davidson 