In the footsteps of the Buddha

Settling into our new permanent home here in Hawaii took much longer as anticipated, but Sandra and I are finally coming to an end of our moving-in phase.  Now we actually have somewhere to sit down and relax. I am working on getting used to this. My mind is still in busy mode and, as [...]

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Wow! I just realized it has been more than a week since I made my last post here. I think that’s the longest gap I have had since I started. Gaps are good in meditation. The instructions say to rest in the gap when the out-breath is complete and before the next in-breath naturally rises. [...]

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I have been doing a lot of non-meditation and non-blogging lately, but not the good kind. Settling into our new place is taking longer than I thought. I hoped I would have more time after we moved, but a few things needed to be fixed right away. Generally that is going well, but everything is [...]

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Over the last few days I have been trying out Mingyur Rinpoche’s exercise in non-meditation. I have enjoyed to try to “not meditate”, and to just be aware of whatever happens without interfering in any way. In my last post I promised I would let you in on the secret on what the difference between [...]

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I have been reflecting more on waves and thoughts. An advice that came to my mind is by my principal Dzogchen teacher, Sogyal Rinpoche, who often advises to make friends with thoughts and emotions and to be like a charming host or hostess when they become difficult. Another one of my teachers, Mingyur Rinpoche, writes [...]

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Yesterday, I went to the beach and spent some time watching the waves. In the teachings, thoughts are often compared to waves. Just like waves are the natural activity of the ocean, thoughts are the natural activity of the mind. The advice sounds really simple: “Don’t worry about the thoughts they are just like waves. [...]

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