R4B Mastery: The View
…dissolving attachments, negative emotions and ignorance. The R4B Method is an adaptation of ancient spiritual disciplines blended with contemporary psychology. This powerful practice of meditative movement is explained in stages. In the beginning stage a goal, affirmation, mantra or prayer is carefully formulated, then silently repeated in rhythm with breath, in rhythm with movement. This may create internal […]
Hints, Clues, Signs, and Signals
…bring opportunities for unexpected benefits This reflection includes 3 sections: 1 a brief discussion of mind and awareness; 2 clarification of how hints, clues, signs and signals can become messages in awareness for each life’s journey; and 3 real world examples of the dharma wanderer’s direct experience and benefits from taking action based on key […]
Extending Life’s Long-Term Journey
…using AI bots and information gathering for risk management CHOICES May this information be helpful for those who are healthy and want to improve their longevity and healthspan, as well those who are troubled with ill health and persistent symptoms. ib Consider the varied life sectors in the relative world that most beings have to […]
Belief, Meditation, Wisdom
…accelerating life journey’s unfolding into FLOW As the digital world moves faster, AI bots such as perplexity.ai provide accessible information that reveals sources for the bot’s response to a query. This information can bump up against dimly understood personal belief systems that have evolved over decades. Every sentient being is bound by unconscious habits and […]
Feet on the Ground, Head in the Clouds
…theory and practice for HEALING EMOTIONAL SCAR TISSUE Feet on the ground involves rational concerns about the relative world — that which can be seen, touched, tasted. How to practically do this or that, achieve this or that, solve this or that. This relies on the deterministic view derived from the Newtonian world of classical physics. It assumes time […]
Kindness, Compassion, Joy, Equanimity
…theory and practice in reaching for the four immeasurable May readers be advised this post is longer than usual and might therefore best be digested in separate consumable bites. It begins with a brief discussion of meditative metaphysics, identifies the consequences of three aerobic affirmations, then clarifies details for a variety of meditative practices, including 1 progressive relaxation […]
Guidance for the Journey [updated]
…via the step by step unfolding of intuitive wisdom An earlier version of this post was missing several links. This UPDATED version includes those links and other edits. As each sentient life unfolds amidst rapid change and uncertainty, how might a more optimum path be discerned? How might the many small and large decisions be […]
Touched by the Light
…explore its karmic consequences He was not yet a dharma wanderer when it happened, when that vertical beam of brilliant white light streamed down from the overcast sky onto the ferry dock at the Norwegian shore. The unexpected shock cast a beckoning spell from the mystery that would unfold, moment by moment, year by year, […]
Beyond the Rational
…awakening to unseen dimensions As the dharma wanderer read once again his post Memories of Amy, he reflected on the uncertainty that each being faces as their life journey unfolds. There is such vast learning available for gleaning from the direct experience of life. There are new AI bots that use large language models gulping electrons of […]
Memories of Amy
…dearly loved playmate and sentient being The fifteen year old four legged furry sentient princess with preferences passed yesterday, looking into the dharma wanderer’s eyes as he held her in his arms. Her suffering had been short but intense as the mast cell cancer spread rapidly throughout her small body. First came the anesthesia, then […]