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Psychedelic Resources

July 28, 2023 By

Boston Psychedelic Research Group

Martin Prechtel: Grief and Praise

June 29, 2023 By

Of Grief and Praise Beautiful discussion of the relationship of Grief and Praise

Marc Gafni: Eros

June 29, 2023 By

Marc GafniHis books are extremely rich and helpful for understanding the nature of reality.

Loch Kelley: Effortless Mindfulness Institute

June 29, 2023 By

Loch Kelly

His books are wonderful. His glimpse practices are a simple way to have a direct experience of Awareness/Self

ho’oponopono

March 16, 2017 By

I was introduced to Len Hew and the ho’oponopono practice by a teacher friend of mine. I just kind of love it. I find it very helpful and do the guided meditation with anything that arises.

I also love and often chant the ho’oponopono song.

A Definition
Ho’oponopono, sometimes referred to as simply ho’opono, is a concept, a value and a related set of practices that have been used in Hawaiian and other Polynesian cultures for  centuries to support harmonious relationships between people, nature and Spirit. Specific ho’oponopono practices have developed over time and they continue to evolve to this day.  Harmony in one’s external relationships begins by establishing harmony between one’s own body mind and spirit. 

In her book Ho’opono,  Pali Jae Lee writes, “If it is good, if it is in balance, if it is right, if it helps, if it is righteous, if it corrects, if it is responsible, if it is caring, if it is humble, if it is peaceful, if it honors, it is pono.”

Ho’o  means to cause something to happen, so ho’opono means to cause something to be pono – to be right, good, just and/or in alignment with all people, places and things. By reduplicating pono in the wordho’oponopono, full achievement of goodness is accentuated. 

When determining whether a thought, word, deed or action is truly pono – that is whether it serves the highest good — we consider how it affects not only our present generation of family and community, but also how it affects both our ancestors and our descendants. All of life forms are inter-connected. In land based indigenous cultures family includes not only our human relatives but also all of nature. To be pono on all levels, a thought, word, deed or action will serve the highest good of all of creation.

Loch Kelly

February 18, 2017 By

Non-dual contemplative. Very clear and simple ways to access our divine nature.
“When we realize that who we are is formless awareness we begin to lose the fear of death. When, as this formless awareness we realize we are also physical form we begin to lose the fear of life.”
~Loch Kelly

Meditation Sangha’s

February 18, 2017 By

Joanne FridayThich Nhat Hanh style meditation sangha

Ananda Rhode Island
Transcendental Meditation Providence

Shambhala Center

Atisha Kadampa Buddhist Center

Rhode Island Community of Mindfulness

Providence Zen Center

Centering Prayer in Daily Life and Ministry

May 7, 2016 By

This is a wonderful introduction to the Christian contemplative practice of Centering Prayer.

Glimpses of Abhidharma: From a Seminar on Buddhist

May 6, 2016 By

I love this little book. It is a wonderful introduction to the Buddhist understanding of the development of the ego. Worth taking time to really relax into a felt understanding of what he is laying out. There is no one like ChÖgyam Trungpa Rimpoche to help our western mind grasp foundational Buddhist science.

Inner Space: Introduction to Kabbalah, Meditation and Prophecy

May 6, 2016 By

Brilliant and readable rendition of Jewish mystical thinking from a master.

 
 

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