The waterfall meditation is for washing out pains, both bodily and emotional; and thoughts. This is a version, using nature imagery, of a central Tibetan practice called Vajrasattva. Imagery from natureis more accessible to many Westerners than the culturally unfamiliar imagery of Tibet. Waterfall you might need to wriggle your body a bit to get … Read more
Elements simple sotoba ox m 220523 tr ed Imagine a yellow square in your deep belly, lower cakra, bottom of the spine area – a nice big cube of yellow for the earth element – you can make it ochre yellow if you like – very simply feel the nature of this yellow ochre cube … Read more
Here is meditation on the realms of Deep Mind ocean wisdom ox 221025 tr ed Ocean depths of mind – let’s start on the surface with monkey mind – in his little boat – bobbing along on the surface of this vast ocean – he thinks he knows everything about it – he’s got his … Read more
Cult Mother Nature’s Mothering m 110630 Great Mother tr ed Move down into the body – feel your whole body from top to toe as the place of awareness – your body with all its senses – and its inner senses – drop, drop, drop, relax – Now imagine you’re in a place in wild … Read more
body m tu apr gm 2013 GONG – feel the whole space in which you live – from the top of your head to your toes – this is my home – my precious home – where my emotions live – my mind lives – my spirit lives – all here in this fathom-long body … Read more
These two meditations are the first two steps of a traditional Burmese Buddhist insight practice. I’ve added comments about affirming the life of the breath. Life-Affirming breath-watching bre tu m1 130819 GONG – it’s particularly important to keep your eyes open during breath watching – adjust the posture – with eyes open if you can … Read more
here is a meditation on listening. wouldn’t the world be great if we all did this the more I listen, the deeper I love. listen ox m 240410 tr ed Can listening heal the world – imagine you’re by the sea – or somewhere you love in nature – and listen – what happens to … Read more
I’d stumbled on one of the rare Buddhist schools that taught mainly through the elements: the natural forces, earth, water, fire, air, space. Perfect for me. It brought my beloved nature into my spiritual practice. The poetry of my youth was about bush, sea, and the mysterious presence within nature, in mountain fastnesses and rushing … Read more
The four loves give four different ways of caring for all beings. This is one of my favourite practices. In Buddhism, they’re called the Four Immeasurables, or Four Boundless States. Four Loves Kindness, Compassion luv 4 m1 hv200603 tr ed loving kindness, friendliness – let’s start with nature where it’s easiest – imagine you see … Read more
alive and good ox 230221 tr ed I am alive – whatever crisis happens in our climate-change lives and other disasters – we are always alive – until we’re not, which is another matter – we always can remember – whatever befalls us – I am alive – anywhere you land up on a desert … Read more
