Let's begin this post with a quote from Padmasambhava:
"In the infinite mandala of space, all phenomena are easily accommodated."
The more structured your experience in the moment is, the less you will experience inner rest and calmness. The open spaciousness of the moment is natural to you, it isn't something that has to be constructed, it's already there.
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Here is the second post on 4 Transformative Pointers To A Vision Oriented Life and if you missed the first one in this series here it is: 4 Transformative Pointers To A Vision Oriented Life Part 1.
Here is a quick overview:
Read MoreA life vision is like a compass, a sense of direction or purposeful framework that guides and aligns our intentions and keeps us connected to contributing to others.
It is born from a sense of helping and benefiting others, of being of service and also includes our capacities, skills and unique talents. It's asking the questions "What is my function?" and also "How can I be of service?" and is an exploration of your deeper sense of identity.
Read MoreI consider mindfulness one of the central ways we can unhook from self-limiting experiences and gradually gain more insight and understanding into the ways we avoid and negate undigested aspects and parts of our full totality. The full totality is not just a dissected version of who we want to be or an idealized glossy snapshot we want to portray.
Read MoreIt is much easier to approach your experience with curiousity and a sense of discovery. It is less helpful to reject yourself for certain inner struggles and get trapped in comparison or ideas about what is the standard way to be and behave. This in itself can lead to a lot of suffering and wanting to fix your experience, as if it isn't complete and perfect the way it is. It is much easier to pay attention to what is actually happening to you.
Read MoreIn the book The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho, which I highly recommend, the protagonist, a young boy, travels to far distant places to discover that the treasure he was seeking was always already within him. It takes him on a long journey to discover that he was never separate from what he was seeking. And where he started reveals itself to be the place that helps him complete this journey.
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