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Take care with what you put in your mind stream

I just got out of the movie, the Kingsmen, not too long ago.  It was a corny, fun, fast-paced spy movie with lots of gratuitous violence.  And I mean LOTS. I knew what I was getting myself into with the movie, but what really got me were the previews.  I did not expect a horrorContinue reading “Take care with what you put in your mind stream”

His Holiness the Drikung Kyabgon, giving Kalachakra in Florida

August 1st and 2nd, H.H. Chetsang Rinpoche, one of the two Drikung Kyabgons, is bestowing this rare empowerment at the Drong Ngur Jangchubling center near Tampa, Florida. Here is their website: http://www.dnjus.org I am confident this will draw many people.  It is on their event calendar.  It should be an extremely auspicious and inspiring fewContinue reading “His Holiness the Drikung Kyabgon, giving Kalachakra in Florida”

preliminary ruminations Jan 2015

I am pondering several little things in my life…   I have been in a growth-0riented relationship for about a year now (Wow! right?).  Growth-oriented because Stephanie (my partner) is a strong woman who is thankfully able to assert her needs and desires.  It has been very pleasant at times and occasionally trying.  But overallContinue reading “preliminary ruminations Jan 2015”

Aqua Float experience, part 2

Continuing from the earlier post about floating in a sensory deprivation tank… I was starting to notice that there might have been tension in my bones?  Was that possible?  Then I slowly became aware of a point in my neck that was developing discomfort.  Now before you judge the whole concept of floating based onContinue reading “Aqua Float experience, part 2”

Aqua Float – my first sensory deprivation tank experience

The tank looks like a bizarre, smooth clam-shell – white plastic or composite material, filled with relatively clear water.  There is a small L.E.D. light in the back of the tank which slowly shifts in color from clear white, to blue, to purple, orange and green; the water takes on these new colors. I stepContinue reading “Aqua Float – my first sensory deprivation tank experience”

2014 Report for astro dharma

The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2014 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt: The concert hall at the Sydney Opera House holds 2,700 people. This blog was viewed about 17,000 times in 2014. If it were a concert at Sydney Opera House, it would take about 6 sold-out performances for that manyContinue reading “2014 Report for astro dharma”

Expanding a Dharma center in Florida, benefiting many sentient beings

Drupon Thinley Ningpo, my root guru, is working to expand the Dharma center he started in Tampa Florida.  This is going to be a much larger, modern shrine room which will be able to hold up to 200 participants.  Please help out if you are able to.  Also, there are some great Dharma items youContinue reading “Expanding a Dharma center in Florida, benefiting many sentient beings”