I once blogged about ‘emotional vampires’, but have recently come across the term, ‘energy vampire’, which is a different variation. They are sometimes also known as ‘psychic vampires’. Energy vamps as the term suggests siphon your energy.
The fiasco at work I blogged about exhausted me so much I took half the day off and [...]
Archive for the ‘Suffering’ Category
Healing Pluto problems: Obsidian order, Walnut way
Posted in Astrology, Awareness, Desire, Fear, Karma, Meditation, Suffering, tagged crystals, flower essences, Pluto, shadow self, therapy on 10 September 2009 | 21 Comments »
If you are currently experiencing the Pluto station at a sensitive point on your chart — it is currently square my natal Pluto, and opposite my natal Venus — it’s likely you’re feeling just a bit taut, like waiting for a shoe to fall, but not knowing if it’s going to be made of soft [...]
I/Thou/We/They
Posted in Astrology, Awareness, Buddhism, Cinema, Ego, Suffering on 13 August 2009 | 2 Comments »
The world is made for people who aren’t cursed with self-awareness
— Annie Savoy (played by Susan Sarandon), Bull Durham (Ron Shelton, 1988)
On the verge of … verging
Posted in Astrology, Awareness, Buddhism, Practice, Suffering, Zen, tagged lunar eclipse, nessus, pain, Pluto, Right Effort, Venus in Cancer on 2 August 2009 | 2 Comments »
The title of this post came from a comment by my astro-blogging friend, Neeti Ray. I was trying to describe the weird sense of limbo I’m feeling that I can’t shake, like being on the verge of something that hasn’t yet manifested, and she wrote: ‘On, the verge of, verging’. Perfect! My original title was [...]
‘Active laziness’
Posted in Awareness, Buddhism, Death, Practice, Responsibility, Suffering on 14 June 2009 | 2 Comments »
The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying (1992) is an interpretation for the modern world by Sogyal Rinpoche a collection of texts commonly known as the Tibetan Book of the Dead.
Sogyal Rinpoche interprets some of the ideas from the ancient texts for the modern world, and argues that the lack of respect for death [...]
‘Peace is this moment without judgement’
Posted in Astrology, Blogging, Poetry, Suffering, tagged moon in capricorn, peace, Pluto in Capricorn, Pluto-Moon on 10 June 2009 | 1 Comment »
As the Moon conjuncts Pluto in Capricorn and buried emotions rise to the surface, I was originally intending to blog about a heartbreaking experience that happened to me recently. My natal moon is in Capricorn (trine Pluto = Hades Moon!) and Eric Francis writes about how Capricorn moons often have their hearts shattered; well, [...]
Dignity and destiny
Posted in Awareness, Responsibility, Suffering, Thinking, tagged destiny, dignity, gestalt on 18 November 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I did sign up for a gestalt course after all, and the experience was really interesting and illuminating. What draws me to it is the emphasis on self-responsibility and awareness. The encounter itself is difficult to put into words, and true to the gestalt philosophy, must be experienced.
Bearing someone else’s karma
Posted in Aversion, Buddhism, Compassion, Karma, Suffering, tagged compassion fatigue, Dalai Lama on 15 September 2008 | 2 Comments »
I read this excerpt from a selection of talks, called The Transformed Mind: Reflections on Truth, Love and Happiness, given by HH the 14th Dalai Lama.
Is it possible to bear somebody else’s karma for them?
Generally speaking, according to Buddhist teaching, you will not encounter the results of an action that you have not committed, and [...]
The algebra of apology, or thoughts on the Libra Full Moon
Posted in Anger, Astrology, Compassion, Practice, Responsibility, Suffering, tagged apology, Libra full moon, repetition compulsion on 20 March 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I meant to blog the second part of ‘Sex and Zen‘, but it will have to wait. Something more immediate has come up in the shadow of the full moon in Libra tomorrow (on the 20th or 21st of March, depending on which part of the world you live in).
Full moons bring issues to [...]
Sitting with desire II
Posted in Awareness, Desire, Love, Responsibility, Suffering, tagged craving on 27 January 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Part I.
It is very difficult to write about loving each person in each moment without sounding like I am advocating hedonism and promiscuity. I am not. I am advocating responsibility, the responsibility that comes from the acknowledgement of one’s own desire. Acting on desire is a different thing, and requires different consideration.
