Life Cycles at InfinitEarth

Sky like nature vs ordinary mind

Rayne — Mon, 11 Oct 2010 14:29:18 +0000

Do you know the difference between your innate wisdom and your ordinary mind?

The true nature of the mind is often described as clear light. In the Tibetan Buddhist view, the clear light of mind is a thread of continuity that streams through life and continues on after death.

In the place of our ‘innate wisdom‘ our ‘Ordinary Mind’

sky like nature the place of suffering
it is the core of our being grasping-lonely-fearful-angry
boundless-indestructable the ordinary you-superficial
a good heart-infinitely loving confused habitual conditioning
true nature of our being discursive mind
free from suffering limited by habits and customary beliefs
perceives things as they are attachment to comfort or pleasure

It always helps when I remember how they differ, in order to know my mind, my thoughts and actions in order to live my life most effective and true to my heart.

It is Fall time entering into Winter

Rayne — Wed, 22 Sep 2010 14:39:39 +0000

I awoke this morning to a dream…a small bear had entered my home and the Mama Bear came to the front door to retrieve it. I quickly slammed the door between us and ran further into the house to get away, finding a strategic place where the bear could not enter.

Now I find that the strength of Bear is the power of introspection. Bear seeks honey, or the sweetness of truth, within the hollow of an old tree. In the winter, when the Ice Queen reigns and the face of death is upon the Earth, Bear enters the womb-cave to hibernate, to digest the year’s experience. To accomplish the goals and dreams that we carry, the art of introspection is necessary.

So why not savour the essence of Winter and be in it rather than struggle with it, use the time to calm the internal chatter entering into the place of silence and enter in the place of dream time and imagination and be reborn in the Spring to turn your goals to concrete realities.

Ujaya

Rayne — Sat, 14 Aug 2010 13:45:38 +0000

“Slow and deep

Into the heart of the day

With each inhalation

Comes an exhalation twice as long

Slow and deep

Filling the lungs with infinit space

The sun rises and sets

In each single breath

Forget about tomorrow

Now is an eternity and life is a victory

So celebrate the heart of the day”

(author unknown)

Our spiritual training-flexing our spiritual muscles

Rayne — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 14:27:18 +0000

To help serve the world out of wisdom and compassion is to participate most effectively in the preservation of the planet. It is important to recognize that ‘spiritual training’ is essential not solely for monks and nuns but for all people, whatever their faith or way of life. The nature of spiritual development is intensely practical, active, and effective. (Sogyal Rimpoche)

What do you do for your ‘personal spiritual training’? Could be walking everyday, playing a musical instrument, meditating, being aware of your thoughts…

Make it a daily practice.

Byron Katie

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