Surrender to Bliss
Surrender to Bliss Two of the main drives of human nature: to get pleasure, to avoid pain. We might tap into meditation likely to avoid the pain of being unconscious through life, or to grasp bliss in instants of desire-less truth and absolute surrender. Often we tend...
Subtle Bodies, Magic, and Mahamudra
Subtle Bodies, Magic, and Mahamudra How you judge others can become a subtle body against you, building saṃsāra. Your compassion towards others will be a subtle body in your favor, building virtue. Mahamudra nonetheless clings not to one or the other, but clings...
Are you a Gatekeeper to your Meditation Practice?
Are you a Gatekeeper to your Meditation Practice? Who is this crazy scary guy?! His name is Naraen Congo, believed to be Buddha’s guardian. There is an interesting metaphor mentioned by Joseph Campbell, that the gatekeeper guard holding you back from reaching...
Loose and Natural: Tantra in Everything
Loose and Natural: Tantra in Everything Without making an effort but remaining loose and natural This is Tilopa recipe to break the yoke and gain liberation. I have found these Buddhist principles useful in many things. “Do nothing with your body, but...