Giving your Presence

Breath is the bridge which connects life to consciousness. ~ Thích Nhất Hạnh At one time or another, we will all encounter situations when we simply want to help someone in need, and yet we may not know what to do for or what to say to them — the avenues you are used to providing…

Samskara

Practice doesn’t make perfect; it makes permanent. ~ Chuck Miller   Knight of Earth — Persistence in Action from The Orbifold Tarot

Lovers’ Links — a Simple Love Meditation

In the interest of Valentine’s Day, I thought I’d explore a meditation based on the Orbifold Tarot’s Lovers card, which can be done as a devotional practice for your lover or deity, as a couple to be done together, or as a single person for some good old self-love 🙂 To begin, let’s look at…

Pairspectives #4: The in-Between

One of my favourite Sanskrit mantras dealing with duality appears, at its surface, to expound the virtue of crossing from one side of duality to the other. asato mā sad gamaya, tamaso mā jyotir gamaya, mṛtyor mā amṛtaṃ gamaya Lead me from the unreal to the real; From ignorance to illumination; From death to immortality A…