Category Archives: Visual Soliloquy

Vinson Visual Lojong #12: Examine the nature of unborn awareness

Lojong is a Tibetan Buddhist mind training practice based on a set of 59 slogans first formulated in the 12th century. For most of my climbs, my Buddhist mentor (or “Buddhist Personal Trainer” as I like to call her) prepares … Continue reading

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Vinson Visual Lojong #11: Train in the three difficulties

Lojong is a Tibetan Buddhist mind training practice based on a set of 59 slogans first formulated in the 12th century. For most of my climbs, my Buddhist mentor (or “Buddhist Personal Trainer” as I like to call her) prepares … Continue reading

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Vinson Visual Lojong #10: Liberate yourself by examining and analyzing

Lojong is a Tibetan Buddhist mind training practice based on a set of 59 slogans first formulated in the 12th century. For most of my climbs, my Buddhist mentor (or “Buddhist Personal Trainer” as I like to call her) prepares … Continue reading

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Vinson Visual Lojong #9 Two activities: one at the beginning, one at the end

Lojong is a Tibetan Buddhist mind training practice based on a set of 59 slogans first formulated in the 12th century. For most of my climbs, my Buddhist mentor (or “Buddhist Personal Trainer” as I like to call her) prepares … Continue reading

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Vinson Visual Lojong #8: When the world is filled with evil, Transform all mishaps into the path of bodhi

Lojong is a Tibetan Buddhist mind training practice based on a set of 59 slogans first formulated in the 12th century. For most of my climbs, my Buddhist mentor (or “Buddhist Personal Trainer” as I like to call her) prepares … Continue reading

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Vinson Visual Lojong #7: Don’t try to be the fastest

Lojong is a Tibetan Buddhist mind training practice based on a set of 59 slogans first formulated in the 12th century. For most of my climbs, my Buddhist mentor (or “Buddhist Personal Trainer” as I like to call her) prepares … Continue reading

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Vinson Visual Lojong #6: Abandon all hope of fruition

Lojong is a Tibetan Buddhist mind training practice based on a set of 59 slogans first formulated in the 12th century. For most of my climbs, my Buddhist mentor (or “Buddhist Personal Trainer” as I like to call her) prepares … Continue reading

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Vinson Visual Lojong #5: Work with the greatest defilements first

Lojong is a Tibetan Buddhist mind training practice based on a set of 59 slogans first formulated in the 12th century. For most of my climbs, my Buddhist mentor (or “Buddhist Personal Trainer” as I like to call her) prepares … Continue reading

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Vinson Visual Lojong #4: Be grateful to everyone

Lojong is a Tibetan Buddhist mind training practice based on a set of 59 slogans first formulated in the 12th century. For most of my climbs, my Buddhist mentor (or “Buddhist Personal Trainer” as I like to call her) prepares … Continue reading

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Vinson Visual Lojong #3: Rest in the nature of alaya, the essence

Lojong is a Tibetan Buddhist mind training practice based on a set of 59 slogans first formulated in the 12th century. For most of my climbs, my Buddhist mentor (or “Buddhist Personal Trainer” as I like to call her) prepares … Continue reading

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Vinson Visual Lojong #2: Always meditate on whatever provokes resentment

Lojong is a Tibetan Buddhist mind training practice based on a set of 59 slogans first formulated in the 12th century. For most of my climbs, my Buddhist mentor (or “Buddhist Personal Trainer” as I like to call her) prepares … Continue reading

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Vinson Visual Lojong #1: First, train in the preliminaries

Lojong is a Tibetan Buddhist mind training practice based on a set of 59 slogans first formulated in the 12th century. For most of my climbs, my Buddhist mentor (or “Buddhist Personal Trainer” as I like to call her) prepares … Continue reading

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Visual Soliloquy #394 To conquer fear is the beginning of wisdom…

To conquer fear is the beginning of wisdom. – Bertrand Russell

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Visual Soliloquy #393 Live out of your imagination…

Live out of your imagination, not your history. – Stephen Covey

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Visual Soliloquy #392 We are all in the gutter…

We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars. – Oscar Wilde

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Visual Soliloquy #391 At times, challenges hit with the force of a roaring, rushing waterfall. The true test, however, is…

At times, challenges hit with the force of a roaring, rushing waterfall. The true test, however, is whether you can put your arms up and enjoy the feel of the water. ~Aviva Kaufman

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Visual Soliloquy #390 The turning point in the process of growing up is when you discover the core of strength within you that survives all hurt…

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Visual Soliloquy #389 Problems are messages…

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Visual Soliloquy #388 Don’t cry when the sun is gone, because the tears won’t let you see the stars…

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Visual Soliloquy #387 Perhaps all the dragons of our lives are princesses who are only waiting to see us once beautiful and brave…

Perhaps all the dragons of our lives are princesses who are only waiting to see us once beautiful and brave.

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Visual Soliloquy #386 The greatest mistake you can make in life is to be continually fearing you will make one…

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Visual Soliloquy #385 You can’t wring your hands and roll up your sleeves at the same time…

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Visual Soliloquy #384 I come into the peace of wild things who do not tax their lives with forethought of grief…

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Visual Soliloquy #383 I keep the telephone of my mind open to peace, harmony, health, love and abundance. Then, whenever doubt, anxiety or fear try to call me, they keep getting a busy signal…

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Visual Soliloquy #382 Nerves and butterflies are fine – they’re a physical sign that you’re mentally ready and eager…

Nerves and butterflies are fine – they’re a physical sign that you’re mentally ready and eager.  You have to get the butterflies to fly in formation, that’s the trick. ~Steve Bull

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Visual Soliloquy #380 Worry never robs tomorrow of its sorrow, it only saps today of its joy…

Worry never robs tomorrow of its sorrow, it only saps today of its joy. –Leo Buscaglia

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Visual Soliloquy #379 If things go wrong, don’t go with them…

If things go wrong, don’t go with them. –Roger Babson

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Visual Soliloquy #378 Today is the tomorrow we worried about yesterday…

Today is the tomorrow we worried about yesterday. ~Author Unknown

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Visual Soliloquy #377 One’s real life is often the life that one does not lead…

One’s real life is often the life that one does not lead. ~Oscar Wilde  

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Visual Soliloquy #376 Happiness makes up in height for what it lacks in length…

Happiness makes up in height for what it lacks in length. ~Robert Frost  

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Visual Soliloquy #375 You must start with a positive attitude or you will surely end without one…

 

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Visual Soliloquy #374 Let us be grateful to people who make us happy, they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom…

Let us be grateful to people who make us happy, they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom. ~Marcel Proust  

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Visual Soliloquy #373 Keep a green tree in your heart and perhaps a singing bird will come…

Keep a green tree in your heart and perhaps a singing bird will come. ~Chinese Proverb  

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Visual Soliloquy #372 We must be willing to get rid of the life we’ve planned, so as to have the life that is waiting for us…

We must be willing to get rid of the life we’ve planned, so as to have the life that is waiting for us. ~Joseph Campbell  

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Visual Soliloquy #371 The pursuit of happiness is a most ridiculous phrase: if you pursue happiness you’ll never find it…

The pursuit of happiness is a most ridiculous phrase: if you pursue happiness you’ll never find it. ~C.P. Snow  

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Visual Soliloquy #370 Dig the well before you are thirsty…

Dig the well before you are thirsty. ~Chinese Proverb  

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Visual Soliloquy #369 To know the road ahead, ask those coming back…

To know the road ahead, ask those coming back. ~Chinese Proverb  

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Visual Soliloquy #368 When you lose, don’t lose the lesson.

When you lose, don’t lose the lesson. ~Author Unknown  

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Visual Soliloquy #367 You were born an original. Don’t die a copy…

You were born an original. Don’t die a copy. ~John Mason  

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Visual Soliloquy #366 I would not waste my life in friction when it could be turned into momentum…

I would not waste my life in friction when it could be turned into momentum. ~Frances Willard

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