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Integrating the shadow is a powerful practice that involves acknowledging and embracing the parts of yourself that are hidden or repressed. By doing so, you create a more balanced and whole self, which leads to deeper understanding and healing. Some of our key articles provide practical steps and tools for working with your shadow and exploring the benefits of this transformative process.
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The Future of Dharma in a Rapidly Changing World
How will dharma reshape business? When Buddhism went to the Himalayas the dorje was a weapon of war, it was used to kill people. Now it is a symbol of the awakening mind, skill in action. In the same way Tibetan Buddhism transformed the dorje, we can transform business and other organizations.
Use AstroDharma to Increase Joy and Integrate the Shadow
We use astrology to better understand our self, our conditioning, our strengths and weaknesses, and potential. We leverage all of that through a dharmic lens, to get over our egocentricity and to be of better service to others and the planet. This inevitably alleviates suffering, our own as well as others, one of the fundamental “goals” of Buddhadharma.
Spiritual Energy Traders: On Giving and Receiving
If we consider spiritual welfare as one of the most precious “commodities” on the planet, next only to environmental health, one might imagine that true spiritual teachers would be rewarded highly. In both East and West, the traditional giving and receiving as part of the spiritual path is in modern times at risk of becoming a spiritual energy trade akin to the mother-child dialogue.
Video: The Foundation Practices and Their Benefits
Dharma Teachers Doug Duncan and Catherine Pawasarat describe the Vajrayana "Foundation Practices". These include practices like Chenrezi, Vajrasattva, Prostrations and Mandala Offerings. They also explain the benefits of completing the foundation work. Watch the...
The Challenges: For Lightning-Fast Spiritual Progress
So what would happen if we turned the “me” thing upside down? That is if we acted out “not-me” in order to free ourselves from our habitual identity. We call this action “the Challenges!” It’s a way to determine our own karma.
Why Meditation Alone Doesn’t Work … And What to Do About It
In our particular spiritual tradition, the keys to success for karma yoga revolve around staying aware in the present moment, and cultivating the bodhisattva vow: dedicating all of our efforts for the benefit of all beings.
Video: Living a Dharma Life and the Power of Community
Dharma Teachers Doug Duncan and Catherine Pawasarat share about what it means to live a 'Dharma life'. They also discuss the power of community for one's spiritual unfoldment. Watch the video: Click for More Videos featuring Doug Duncan and Catherine Pawasarat.
Transforming Demons Into Allies: 6 Benefits of the Hero’s Journey
Though difficulties in our life don’t go away, freedom gives us the ability to laugh through them, and still enjoy the journey. No matter what, freedom is always available to us: it resides in our own minds and hearts.
Personal Ecosystems: Our Mindstates and the Environment
How fortunate we are to live in a time when so many of us are asking, what can I do to support the health of the environment that sustains us? It’s compelling to consider that our minds are the first layer of our environment: our mindstate is the backdrop in which we live, the breath we take and the dreams we see at night. It’s also the setting we share with anyone we connect with.