By Alberto Villoldo — 2010
The beauty of shamanism is that it is a direct experience of your own personal dialogue with Spirit.
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We can temporarily push our ego away or try to rearrange our personality to be happier, freer, or more realized. But ego comes back. And that’s where Diamond Approach inquiry comes in. We all have awareness and inquiry helps us harness awareness to dissolve ego instead of pushing it away.
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Like most veterans, I found the transition from military to civilian life a struggle—a tougher struggle than I had anticipated. For me, I found that one of my trickier struggles was with my identity.
Rest in your true nature without effort or distraction — Mingyur Rinpoche teaches the renowned practice of Dzogchen.
Why feel bad about yourself when you are naturally aware, loving, and wise? Mingyur Rinpoche explains how to see past the temporary stuff and discover your own buddhanature.
Humans are the only animals on earth who punish themselves a thousand times or more for the same mistake, and who punish everybody else a thousand times or more for the same mistake.
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Do you remember that famous scene in the movie Rocky, when he ran up seventy-two steps to the top of the Philadelphia Museum, and once he got there he raised his arms triumphantly? That’s you on the path of self-realization.
Self-realization is one of those phrases that we hear on the spiritual path that goes in one ear and out the other. We don’t give it much thought, yet it’s at the very heart of EVERYTHING.
Question: How does a person know when they are fully self-realized?
I’m going to dive into what exactly self-realization is and the exact steps you can take to attain it for yourself.
Elena Brower explains how giving back and meditation can help you believe in yourself.