Lama Jigme Gyatso
ANXIETY: affirmation or meditation? 16mar23
Not all psychiatrists or self-help authors are created equal. Some exploit the anxiety and trauma of some, to milk them dry. Others may...
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Lama Jigme Gyatso
- Mar 14
- 2 min
Self-recrimination and Meditation 14mar23
In the 1970’s children were taught to treasure their self-esteem above all else. On the other hand the Buddha discussed the advantage of...
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Lama Jigme Gyatso
- Mar 13
- 2 min
Open Eyed Meditation 13mar23
Perhaps you are like me, and also were raised where contemplatives in magazines, movies, and art work were depicted as sitting with their...
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Lama Jigme Gyatso
- Mar 12
- 2 min
Tinnitus and Meditation 12mar23
Tinnitus is a dreadful disorder (for those who endure it) but it does offer one advantage: effortless concentration, for one’s attention...
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Lama Jigme Gyatso
- Mar 11
- 2 min
Meditation for Negative Thoughts 11mar23
If, after confiding negative thoughts to your psychologist their only advice is to transform your negativity to positivity; then fire...
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Lama Jigme Gyatso
- Mar 10
- 2 min
Meditation and Plateaus 10mar23
You may have many interests: school, work, fitness, or meditation. And the progress of whatever you do will be inconsistent; sometimes...
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Lama Jigme Gyatso
- Mar 9
- 2 min
Meditation and the Condemnation of Fools 9mar23
They called role on the first day of first grade. And when my new class mates heard may name read aloud they erupted with laughter. I set...
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Lama Jigme Gyatso
- Mar 8
- 2 min
Observation: Repression or Meditation 8mar23
Repressing our thoughts, memories, and feelings during meditation is never a good thing. It is easy to do. And we don’t even have to do...
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Lama Jigme Gyatso
- Mar 7
- 2 min
Mechanics of Mindfulness 7mar23
I love Kung Fu Hustle, have you seen it? In the final reel of the film the protagonist has found his inner martial arts master and as...
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Lama Jigme Gyatso
- Mar 6
- 1 min
The Roots of Soto Zen 6mar23
According to Taisen Deshimaru Roshi the practice of Soto consists of: 1 – chanting the heart sutra, 2 – sitting in Zen, and 3 – receiving...
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Lama Jigme Gyatso
- Mar 5
- 2 min
Confusing Acceptance with Clinging 5mar23
Relatives do not have to be malicious to be toxic. And we can accept the mood of the moment without clinging to it; for they are fleeting...
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Lama Jigme Gyatso
- Mar 4
- 2 min
Panic Attacks, Autonomic Reset, and Mindfulness
Meditation is great, but it’s NOT a panacea. If you sincerely feel that panic attacks are making your life unmanageable then google “PCRM...
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Lama Jigme Gyatso
- Mar 3
- 2 min
Judging and Meditation - 3mar23
What if there were two distinct dimensions to rendering Judgment? What could they be? Metaphoric judgement could consist of lavishing...
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Lama Jigme Gyatso
- Mar 2
- 2 min
Panic Attacks and Meditation
The second to most recent episode of The Last of Us did a wonderful job of portraying the nightmare of a panic attack, with the tinnitus,...
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Lama Jigme Gyatso
- Mar 1
- 2 min
Ego-death, Mindfulness, and Meditation (1mar23)
“Ego-death” is a popular term in the literature extoling the benefits of DMT, but what does it mean? Like many compound metaphors it is...
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Lama Jigme Gyatso
- Feb 28
- 1 min
Ego-death, Panic, and Meditation - 28feb23
I’ve seen Olympic divers plummet in a controlled and graceful manner from ridiculously high platforms and then emerging from the...
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Lama Jigme Gyatso
- Feb 27
- 2 min
Perfectionism, Anger, and Meditation
Ever met a perfectionist? How joyful were they? How peaceful? It is almost as if perfectionism was an ANTIDOTE to peace and joy. Bring...
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Lama Jigme Gyatso
- Feb 26
- 2 min
IBS, IBD, Anxiety, and Meditation
Neither IBS nor IBD are psychosomatic. They are real disorders that can wreak havoc on our emotional well-being, so much so that one’s...
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Lama Jigme Gyatso
- Feb 25
- 1 min
Overthinking and Meditation - 25feb23
Overthinking is exhausting. But ya know what’s also exhausting? Trying to decipher (no less apply) the cryptic advice of many meditation...
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Lama Jigme Gyatso
- Feb 24
- 1 min
Break-up Turmoil and Meditation - 24feb23
Breaking up sucks! Interpersonally it is excruciating, not to mention the exhausting process of apartment hunting, packing, and moving....
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