We return to Gareb Dorje’s statement about awareness and compassion: “From unchanging awareness appears unimpeded compassion. …This unstoppable compassion equalizes everything.” Our focus and contemplation is the term “equalizes.” To approach this, we reread GD’s statement and recognize the unity … Continue reading →

Awareness-Compassion, the original unity.

If we look at a flower, it is a unity of petals and pistil, etc; and that unity was born from the unity before it, such as a stem. The stem had its component parts, unified together, it was a … Continue reading →

Heart-mind. Bodhimind is a translation of bodhichitta; and although there are many levels of meaning to the terms bodhimind/bodhichitta, they all have two factors in unity and unified: heart and mind. Heart is universal, is open and genuinely interested. Mind, … Continue reading →

Human consciousness is clearly going through a transformational process. It is a process through which the old adage related to a definition of insanity -to do the same thing again and again expecting a different result- has been proven (time … Continue reading →

We remind ourselves that our emphasis these weeks in our practice is “natural”, hence the photo of the flowers. Unfolding is natural. For a human being, unfolding is experienced in myriad ways: physical growth from newborn through every other stage … Continue reading →

We had a two and a half day retreat focused on bodhichitta. It highlighted the ongoing transformative processes that result as bodhi infuses chitta. For example, softening and opening (bodhi) softens the rigidity of the personal mind and opens it … Continue reading →

We’ve been engaging with words like “unchanging”, “unimpeded”, and “compassion.” Today, we muse on “impartial.” Nature is our guide in this meditation, as frequently so. (The flower below is miniature marigold from my garden.)

Like a plant which has many parts, or a person who has as well, compassion has numerous skills and qualities under its wide embrace. Honoring, respecting, and appreciating are a few.  

Awareness-Compassion, Presence-Kindness, Being-Nowness, bodhi-mind “unchanging awareness” includes “unimpeded compassion” – bodhi-mind again Another word; same essence.