A PRACTICE SHARED BY AMERICA’S INDIGENOUS NATIONS AND TIBETAN BUDDHISTS

There are great and impressive similarities between the Native American—Indigenous nations of the Americas and the Tibetan and Mongolian people. The pure-bloods look the same, same traits, same tone of skin, same form of face, even same disposition of mind. I have studied with Tibetan Tulku Lamas and worked with Mongolian shamans in Mongolia. The Tibetan and Native Americans both had prophecies that said one day they would come together again and that time would be the beginning of the new world.

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HOPE AND LIMITLESSNESS

The evolution and progression of our souls on the path to liberation and enlightenment is limitless. The true identity of the self, the soul, is immortal and eternal. As such, it has eternity ahead of it to learn, evolve and advance towards ever greater mastery of its capacity to create worlds and support all beings.

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THE TURTLE ALTAR — A PRECIOUS SHRINE FOR OUR SPIRITUAL PRACTICE

It’s easier and more powerful to meditate and pray when you can create sacred space in your home. To follow up on my article on spiritual practice last week, I will offer a time-honored way of creating a spiritual light giving altar in your home. It’s the one practice all my students have implemented in their lives, the one most important teaching they all thank me for. Thus, an excellent transmission to share with you all today.

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SPIRITUAL PRACTICE

If I didn’t have the spiritual practices my elders taught me, I wouldn’t have survived the trials life has given me. Spiritual practice is also the path to higher human evolution, distinguishing us from the other beings who share the planet with us. Although we believe that all beings have a spiritual practice, the only being who approaches it consciously and voluntarily is the human being.

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INTEGRITY and AUTHENTICITY

To be true. To be yourself. Not putting on a mask to meet social conventions and dictates. Being able to escape norms to affirm the truth. Having the courage that gives us people like Julien Assange and his work in Wikileaks, Nelson Mandela and the liberation of the people of South Africa, Jesus Christ and the redemption of his followers.

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ETERNAL IMPERMANENCE

A black hole in space – Photo by NASA Hubble Space Telescope on Unsplash

The world changes. The only thing permanent here is perpetual change. Everything that has a beginning also has an end. Birth leads to death and death to life. Everything that manifests on the material plane undergoes a constantly evolving transformation and transmutation, either towards manifestation or dissolution. And so it goes on endlessly, but beyond this there is a purpose, a mission, an ultimate destination.

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