NOT for You?

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Although the Thursday series of weekly webinars begins November 4th,
it might be best if you did NOT register.
You see,
my classes aren’t for everyone.

If you are already satisfied with your current rate of spiritual development,
then don’t sign-up.
My webinar classes are reserved for those who hunger and yearn
for greater freedom from Sadness, Anger and Fear.


If the mere thought of 3 to 9 minutes of homework every morning and evening
makes you want to bolt and run, then don’t register.
But if you are genuinely enthusiastic to increase your Joy, Love and Peace
you are welcome.

If you don’t want the opportunity to feed even one monk,
as little as one meal a week {through paypal}, then don’t.
But if your heart longs to support poor monastics and your mind
can conceive of generosity’s Karmic benefit then you are welcome.

If you need your teacher to be somber, dry and dignified
then don’t sign-up.
But if you long to laugh, giggle and rapidly evolve
you are indeed welcome.

If you wish to attend, merely out of curiosity,
then don’t register.
But if you earnestly desire to actively participate in your rapid transformation
you’re welcome.

The Thursday series of weekly webinars begins 5 weeks

May you and yours be

happy and healthy!

Om Mani Padme Hum,

Lama Jigme Gyatso: Rime Manipa Tantrika

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Battling Traffic

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“The trembling voice on the phone explained,
“I’ve been battling traffic all morning,
and I just can’t make our appointment on time.”
The sadness, embarrassment and frustration in her voice were palpable.

The easiest way to overcome suffering
is to prevent it.

Studies have shown,
for instance,
that never allowing one’s gas tank get more then half empty,
actually lowers blood pressure.

Come, let us carefully notice the stresses in our lives
and explore how they can be minimized,
if not prevented.

Unlike the bumper sticker that reads:
“The one who dies with the most toys wins...”


Let us remember that
although wealth can be useful and even fun,
what we all really want, what we all really NEED
is greater Joy, Love and Peace!

Come, let us take the steps,
both big and tiny,
to make our lives into
an even greater work of art.

THIS is the week that the Wednesday series of weekly webinars begins!

May you and yours be

happy and healthy!

Om Mani Padme Hum,

Lama Jigme Gyatso: Rime Manipa Tantrika

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Genie's Revenge

As a child I considered my self a connoisseur of cartoons, a Rex Reed of the animated, so to speak. I didn’t care for the Flintstones and I felt that the animation techniques of Hanna Barbera were just wrong. But I did enjoy some of the Warner Brothers classic cartoons, specifically those featuring Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck. How about you? Did you enjoy those two?

Could you recall the episode, where our heroes took a wrong turn and wound up mistaking the Sahara desert for Pismo Beach? I loved that episode! How about you? Yes, Bugs Bunny discovered Aladdin’s lamp, released the Genie and endured all sorts of zany misadventures. By the end of the cartoon old, Daffy Duck was quite feed-up and deeply annoyed; oh like we haven’t seen that before! Any way, when it’s Daffy’s turn to rediscover the lamp and he accidentally released the genie, he wanted nothing to do with it and actually tried to stuff the genie back into the lamp. Enraged, in a booming voice the genie announced, “You have desecrated he genie of the lamp!” And then he promptly punished our friend, Daffy.

It has been pondered by some that the authentic existential dilemma is that although we want to be as cool as Bugs Bunny we are each as absurd as Daffy Duck, in our own unique way. Each of us has felt blue. How many times have we made the mistake of attempting to stuff the emotion of sadness back into the genie’s lamp of our heart? How well did that work? What are some of the ways trying to repress sadness could have simply made matters worse? Stuffed sadness can feed our anger, which can feed our fear, which can feed our sadness even further and in no time at all we can find ourselves very far from love, peace, insight and happiness.

I don’t want to be far from love, peace, insight and happiness, how about you? I don’t want to sink deeper into the bog of sadness, anger and fear. What can we do to prevent this? We can apply Buddha’s techniques to tame our afflictive emotions. We could courageously gaze unflinchingly at the affliction at hand, and so progress upon Buddha’s path of concentration. We could explore the non-graspable nature of what we feel and advance upon the path of insight. We could turn our heart to all others who may be suffering just as we are and as such grow on Buddha’s path of compassion. What could you do this week to connect with a Lama or Monk who could teach you the specific processes to practice the taming and harnessing of your sufferings?

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