A straight-forward series of posts on the delicate topic of Death and Dying Over the next couple of posts, I’ll be going over what I understand to be the three types of death—outer, inner and secret— as reported in the Tibetan Bardo teachings, and more specifically today, the outer death. Outer death is the death […]
3 – On Death: Into and Out of Existence
Welcome to the 3rd installment of writings on the Tibetan teachings of the Bardos. You can find the 1st installment HERE and the 2nd HERE. Coming Into Existence Today, I will be sharing the Tibetan view on how we come into being. This is important to understand because when we die, we take the reverse […]
2 – On Death: When You’re Dead, You’re Dead (or Are You?)
A straight-forward series of posts on the delicate topic of Death and Dying Welcome to another installment on Death & Dying. In this post, we begin our dive into the Tibetan Bardo teachings. Most would assume that once you die, you’re dead. The Tibetan, however, have a different perspective. They believe first of all that […]
1 – On Death – Are You Ready to Die?
A straight-forward series of posts on the delicate topic of Death and Dying I know. I know. It’s everybody’s favorite topic to avoid. Forget the fact that we’re all dying the minute we’re born. Forget the fact that everyone we know now will be dead in, at best, 100 years. Forget the fact that life […]
Death is a Constant
Introducing a straight-forward series of posts on the delicate topic of Death and Dying. I doubt anyone on this globe hasn’t been thinking of their own mortality. If fears of some disease taking hold and killing you and your loved ones didn’t get you, then the life-abolishing threat of nuclear war may very well have. […]
The Meditation Solution
PROBLEM: You name it. SOLUTION: Meditation. The Meditation Solution to Every Problem The other day, my husband asked me the common question, “How are you today?” I noticed my mind start to parse through my experience in order to answer that question. In an instant, my mind went to the challenges […]
What Makes Selfcare Selfcare?
What Makes Selfcare Selfcare? Selfcare is a buzzword and often a marketing ploy to get you to buy some product or service (even mine!). But selfcare isn’t something that comes from outside of you by its very definition. Selfcare, real selfcare, is an inside job. So it’s not about what you might buy, or where […]
The Shadow-Side Qualities
The Shadow-Side Qualities Last post, I spent time defining the qualities of Divine Self Care. I mentioned that these symbols can be corrupted by the ego into shadow-side qualities and keep us trapped in our fearful, restrictive, egoic identity. We could say that each quality has a shadow, in other words, a very low frequency […]
Qualities of Divine Self-Care
There are qualities of Divine Self-care that help us live that way of life. I’ve written about the differences between little s and capital s selfcare in previous posts which included touched upon those qualities. Though capital S Self-care is not something we ourselves do but, rather, a mysterious process to which we submit, the following […]
Capital S Self-Care Defined
In my last post, I wrote about redefining self-care in the most common use of the term. I touched upon the distinction between little s and capital S self-care. Today’s post is about that capital S Self-care. Our True Nature The Self (capital S) is our highest, truest nature (whereas the little s self is […]
Self-care Redefined
Self-care. It’s a word that, like everything else, means different things to different people. Since Divine Me Time is about capital s Self-care as a way of life, I thought I would share with you how I define it. Perhaps the best way to go about this is to first define what Self-care isn’t, which […]
Mandalas & the Avadhuta Gita
Welcome to the Sacred Geometry of the Mandala combined with the Avadhuta Gita! The Avadhuta Gita (Song of the Free Soul or Hymn of the Holy Fool) is a thousands-of-years-old ancient wisdom script attributed to Dattatreya (teacher to Patanjali said to be the “father of yoga”) that speaks to the non-dual nature of reality. The […]
Working with Deconstructed Mandalas
What is a Mandala? Mandalas are a language of the Universal Whole. The geometric mandalas that I create are a communication from and conversation with color and light. A person could watch and look at them, even thinking, ‘Cool!” but without really seeing or hearing the message conveyed. So as you do watch, please contemplate […]
Embracing the Power of “And”
Today’s world. Not many would argue it’s bizarre. It seems that everyone is trying so hard to distinguish themselves today. We are in an instagram “look at me” revolution. It seems to me, we’ve been glorifying our differences for far too long, and that it is contributing to our breakdown. Granted there are populations, mostly […]
The Mirror Meditation Project
The Mirror Meditation Project Level 1 Foundational Training is Here. And it’s free! “I love mirrors. They let one pass through the surface of things.” ~Claude Chabrol Mirror meditation makes use of the mirror as a meditation aid to increase one’s concentration, open one’s perception, and deepen one’s meditative state. The first and only training […]
In God We Trust
I’ve been struggling with something for sometime, and it has presented over the years as a schizophrenic rate sheet. I’ve oscillated between free offerings, hourly rates, sliding scales, donation-based offerings, numerous payment platforms, Memberships, private rates, group rates, gift certificates rates, etc., etc. I’ve tried to be everywhere at once…Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Youtube, Patreon, etc. […]
Ray Man Shabad in English
The Ray Man Shabad is a beautiful prayer that made it’s way into my life unexpectedly. I fell upon the following video accidentally on Youtube on the New Year. Upon giving it a shot, I was hooked and decided to do the 40 days. Without understanding why, I was so filled with smiles and joy […]
Insights from Dorje Drolo – A Practice for Our Times
Earlier this year, during one of endless lockdowns, when the world seemed to be full of nothing but fear and confusion, I was guided to embark upon a 40-day Bon practice with the “subverter of demons” known as Dorje Drolo, a wrathful manifestation of Padmasambhava, the fully awakened, precious master and patriarch of Tibetan Buddhism. […]
Yoga Teacher Responsibility: Cultivating Sovereignty
There was a powerful and somewhat heated discussion recently on one of the yoga forums about the responsibility of yoga teachers to their students in terms of politics, cults, media narratives and social issues. What is a yoga teacher’s ethical role when it comes to helping our students make meaning in today’s confusing world and […]
I Hate Singing Bowls!
Okay, first, I do not hate singing bowls!!! I love them. But I recently had a couple of people to whom I introduced them tell me they couldn’t stand the sound. One said the sound hurt her heart and another woman said she found them irritating. After I picked up my jaw from the floor […]