Absolutely loving the new art work 😍

Yes so true. It’s as if our inside is quite unaware of itself.

I love that book, dear Alistair. A favourite section: "There's something I haven't told you", said the horse. "What's that?" said the boy. "I can fly, but I stopped because it made other horses jealous." "Well, we love you whether you can fly or not." Love to you all. xx

Happy to pass it on Dameon when I’ve finished it. 🙏

Get well soon and enjoy beautiful Barcelona, and I wish Daniel a wonderful birthday, full of health, joy and blessings. I send you both my best wishes! 😀

Hello James! Thank you for your poem, which I very much like! It is intriguing and mystical and beautifully crafted, with meaning I shall have to think about. All best to you! Fran

Sorry I missed seeing your face(&a hug) as we crossed paths on the Holy Isle! Have a great break away both - Happy Birthday to Daniel xxx

Enjoy your special break ,in Barcelona with lovely Daniel on his 40th birthday. Please give him a big hug from me. XX❤️❤️🙏

Oh thank you so much for taking the time to write that Fran. It’s really lovely to hear that bits of the teaching land with people. And it’s always really lovely to hear from you anyway. All best Alistair.

Thanks for posting this, Alistair! A very happy 2025 to you and Daniel!

Hello Alistar! Is there a Greek word for elation - waking up with joyful anticipation at the start of the day? I am usually happy and filled with curiousity about what the day will bring. Emotions are funny things! I am wondering...is it not "best" to name and acknowledge the emotion you are experiencing, then let it go freely without judging it to be a bad or good feeling? I hope I am not missing the point! With smiles and salaams, Fran

Patti, you ARE a Buddha. I remember the teaching of Jetsunma Tenzin Palmo, a great teacher, who said during a Tara practice; "remember that you are not Mary Smith pretending to be Tara, you ARE Tara thinking that you are Mary Smith" One of my teachers said that we have to realize that all of our emotions are a perfect manifestation of being. In the West we are conditioned to seek and rejoice in those emotions that are pleasurable and reject what we consider uncomfortable or painful, But we must strive to accept whatever arises, without indulging or rejecting what appears in us. Accepting the suchness, the isness of what arises brings the "wisdom of equality", the realisation that all phenomena have always been of ‘equal taste’ within great rigpa-awareness. Rejoice that you are alive and capable of feeling all the range of human emotions, for all of them are a play, a movement of our true Buddha nature. 😀❤️