21 Taras and Her Compassionate Activity
Artwork by Lasha Mutual – Red Tara Tara is seen as the swift acting heroine. She is presented as diversified in appearance and can manifest as peaceful, wrathful, powerful, attractive and whirling with activity – never still, always ready to help. She can be a heroine, a powerful priestess, a healer, a peace maker, a mother, […]
Why you should learn to meditate with Peaceful Abiding UK
Meditation is something that is widely known about in the press and social media. There have been all sorts of claims about how beneficial meditation can be. In particular, the surge in recent years of Mindfulness as a way to relax, destress, calm the mind and relieve anxiety has exploded and is worth according […]
Everything Depends on Our State of Mind
Does your mind have a mind of it’s own? For example, if you just stop for a moment and observe what is going on in your mind now, how would you describe your state of mind at this exact moment? Maybe it’s full of busy thoughts, or maybe not. Maybe you are […]
Noble Arya Tara – Saviouress who comes to our aid
Most people think of Buddhas as being male. It is true that the Buddha most of us know of was born a male, but he has not been the only Buddha. There have been many beings who have achieved enlightenment and become Buddhas, but we don’t usually hear about them unless we are part of a Buddhist […]
Is Money a Thing? What is Your Relationship to Money?
Money is just metal and paper right? That is of course correct, however money has an energetic quality, a flowing quality, a transactional quality, a give and take quality, an “I want more of it” quality, it imbues status, encourages greed, jealousy and pride and we judge people according to how much money they have […]
Manifesting the Divine Feminine into our World
Most people probably view Buddhism as being primarily a male dominated religion. This is because for centuries, Buddhism has been portrayed that way. In spite of the fact that as in most religions, practitioners of that religion can be broken down into two groups – those who choose to live a solitary or reclusive […]
Is Buddhism a Religion?
I always find this question interesting and like to ponder it. Generally, in the West, Buddhism is classified as a religion, with an added explanation that although it is classified as a religion it is a non-theistic religion i.e. Buddhists don’t believe in a creator, a God. The definitions classify that in order to be […]
Taming our minds – Where do our thoughts come from and go?
Have you ever wondered where our thoughts come from? Are we actually in control of our thoughts or do they control us? Thoughts just seem to pop into our minds seemingly out of nowhere and we invariably follow them up and create a whole story around them. Is it the case that if we become aware enough and […]
My Meditation Journey
I’ve been meditating for most of my adult life which I am proud to say is getting on for 50 years as an adult! Throughout my adult life, I have studied and tried all different kinds of meditation practices from visualisations such as imagining I am walking in a favourite peaceful place, guided meditations that […]
