New Dakini Journey

With this Journey, these teachings, readings, contemplations and sharing as our sacred guide, We’ve delved into the depths where truths reside. Embracing the feminine energy’s grace, We’ve danced with confidence into the mystical embrace.   Seeking Wisdom’s whisper, I’ve ventured far- Through ancien

I share my "ponderings" of this tricky question Khandro-la asks in Module 8. It feels like taking refuge for the first time in the deepest of places, in the very bones of my body. It feels like meeting a stranger who stirs some sort of longing, a familiarity in my heart. It feels like going back t

Sometimes I recognise when my art making process aligns completely with the teachings of our lineage and I am taught in a direct and experiential way through this creative act - it is quite phenomenal and very exciting when it happens! Making a new work in a different medium opened me up to this tea

Coming into Karma Dakini, I see I am already here. It’s just that the dimmer switch has shifted into the “stuck” mode. Ambition, Efficiency, Overscrupulosity (my husband made this word up)– all are my friends until they are not. Karma Dakini draws her sword to cut, cut, cut, severing the root – th

Heart energy stirs Ignites blazing awareness. Watch this “self” dissolve.

Weather experts say a "once in a generation" winter storm is coming. States of "emergency" are already declared in anticipation of dangerously low temperatures and high winds with rain turned to ice and then snow. I am aware of feelings of anxiety in my body when I hear these warnings of "doom," ant

While listening to the recording of the recent Vajra Dakini dialogue, this poem came to mind. Many of you may be familiar with it already, but I offer it in response to all of your beautiful sharing. Take it to heart. "Quiet friend who has come so far, Feel how your breathing makes more space aro

I felt Vajra and Ratna simultaneously expressing themselves in the first two images - the glow of the rotting leaves in the rain, the almost imperceptibly flowing stream shaped into a mirror by the clay earth of the banks. The stainless blue sky and the bare bones of the trees in the third imag

This modest Quan Yin has adorned our yard for years. Sitting in an overgrown flower garden amidst prayer flags, last Fall she caught the eye of our 13-year-old granddaughter, Myra, who has always had a heart for Quan Yin. Looking out our window at this view, she said to me, “I love looking out there

This week in the SBT KL described a position we were in as 'leaning forward with your heart dripping its nectar onto the ground'. I felt that image as a reality expressed through my body and it stayed with me the whole class. Resting in awareness at the end I had this vision of multitudes of dakinis

What am I doing here, on this New Dakini Journey? Khandro-la advised us to,” Let go of the first answer and listen. Listen.” - To the stumbling voice – mine, gulping with unfathomable grief. - To the quivering heart – mine, aching with an unfixable wound. - To the precious human body – mine, gro

Dakini is the silence that hears, and the space that sees, touches, smells, and experiences all things – inner and outer phenomena. Revealing her secrets, my life can turn completely upside down! And then, everything that I see, feel, hear, touch, smell, taste and think are Dakini, Prajnaparamita, V

As I read Tsarchen's "Prayer to Behold the Beautiful Face of Dakini Queen," I imagine him wandering in the Himalayas, meditating in caves, practicing sadhanas, quietly reciting mantra recitations and all the while, looking, looking, looking for this elusive dakini. "There she is!" he might exclaim i

Pacifying… I hear the boldness in Khandro-la’s voice when she says, “This is not conventional pacifying! This is awakened activity to remove obstacles!” So, I invite all obstacles into the expanse of Buddha space Dakini. I say “yes” to fear, to hope, to joy, to sorrow, to it all. Looking from the i

Hello my fellow dakas and dakinis on this New Dakini Journey! Yesterday I watched the video, Dakini in Tibetan Buddhism, in Module Five, Karma Dakini. I was once again struck by Dakini's power and presence! This 19 minute video of Khandro-la's teaching is "juicy!" If you want to learn about the dime

INVITE Dakini who is already here. LISTEN to her soundless sound. ALLOW her ineffable presence to DISPEL the darkness that is light. FLOW with her magic dance. GATHER her energy to RETURN HOME, to this place I never left.

This is a common Chinese saying, when commenting how fast the women change their mind, don't trust them as they are emotionally driven. However, I think, not bad for the qualities of a formless adaptive heart-centered way of living. How admirable! This Chinese saying has a certain truth. Water made

Vajra Water Dakini: Hello Ellen. Hmmm…you look a little frazzled today. What’s up? Ellen: It’s raining here, and muddy water is stirred up everywhere. Vajra Water Dakini: Muddy water runs deep sometimes. Ellen: Yet, I feel, I see, I know – it’s always held in the arms of Earth. Vajra Water Dakini:

I met Ratna Dakini when i created an artwork for an environmental art prize. I didn't win that prize but the bigger prize was in the emergent encountering and creation of her. As I played with images of an ephemeral artwork i made on the beach around a rock a figure appeared - howling and/or singing

Last week I visited the state Art Gallery which has quite a good Asian Gallery and an exhibition called ELEMENTAL. I was excited and surprised to see a large Vajrayogini displayed as the initial image/manifestation at the entrance to the show! The first 'artwork' was this incredible 21st Century a

I came across this image of a sculpture "Outpouring" by an Australian artist Sue Ferrari and was struck by how it resembles the image I have in my mind of Golden Nectar Tea Offering I participate in with the DW group on Mondays. How beautiful an interpretation of the imagined vision I have of tran