Life with One Eye

The Children of Life - Sutra 26: The Second Bhumi – Practicing the eight limbs of yoga burns impurities where light of wisdom dawns, there arises illumination to develop into the awareness of reality.

Inspired by Trungpa Rinpoche and Tibetan Buddhism.  Audiobook.  Mature listeners only (18+).

The Children of Life - Sutra 25: The first Bhumi; the Highest Wisdom is sevenfold

Inspired by Rick Rubin, Tibet House, Ram Dass, and CTR.  Audiobook.  Mature listeners only (18+).  

The Children of Life - Sutra 24: The Union of the Seen and Seer is for the Seer to unfold the awareness of his and her true nature and power

Inspired by Matthew 18:3 - "And he said, truly I say unto you, Except ye be converted, and become as little children, ye shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven."  Inspired by Reagan S, Yoga Sutras, Collette O’mahony, Roshi Joan Halifax, Alberto Villoldo, Jim Morrison, Anne Lamont, Neal Allen, Ram Dass, CTR, Jonathan B, and Hayao Miyazaki. Audiobook.  Mature listeners only (18+).

The Children of Life - Sutra 23: Pain that has not yet come is avoidable

Inspired by the Yoga Sutras, Ram Dass, and Wendell Berry.  Audiobook.  Mature listeners only (18+).  

 

           

The Children of Life - Sutra 22: The womb of karmas, of actions and reactions, has its root in these obstacles, and the karmas bring experiences in present or future births.

Inspired by Ram Dass, Peter Holmes, Joe Rogan, Duncan Trussell,  The Yoga Sutras, Tibetan Buddhism, the 10 Bhumis, CTR, and Rumi.  Audiobook.  Mature listeners only (18+)

The Children of Life - Sutra 21: The poisons and obstacles of life can be destroyed by resolving them back into their primal cause; the ego. In the active state, they can be destroyed by meditation.

Inspired by The Yoga Sutras, Reagan Sobel, the Tao, and Ram Dass.  Audiobook.  Mature listeners (18+).

The Children of Life - Sutra 20: Ignorance, egoism, attachment, hatred, and clinging to bodily life are the five obstacles, or poisons

Inspired by The Yoga Sutras, Allan Watts, Kastuba, Pema Chödron, MC.  Audiobook.  Mature listeners only (18+).

 

 

The Children of Life - Sutra 19: Accepting pain as help for purification, studying spiritual books, and surrender to God constitute Yoga practice. They help us minimize obstacles and attain Samadhi.

Portion 2: The portion on practice. Inspired by Rumi, Shakti, and Coolio.  Audiobook.  Mature listeners.  Audiobook.  Mature listeners only (18+).  

The Children of Life - Sutra 18: Just as the naturally pure crystal assumes shapes and colors of objects placed near it, so the yogi’s mind can reach this culmination of meditation which is samadhi.

The Children of Life - Sutra 18:  Just as the naturally pure crystal assumes shapes and colors of objects placed near it, so the yogi’s mind, with its totally weakened modifications, becomes clear and balanced and attains the state devoid of differentiation between knower, knowable, and knowledge.  This culmination of meditation is Samadhi. Inspired by Sutras, Allan Watts, the Tao, Mandukya Upanisad, James Hollis, Carl Jung, Alex Seaman (@yogaisalex), and Jim Rajan (@jimrajan). Audiobook. Mature listeners only (18+).

 

 

The Children of life - Sutra 17: By cultivating attitudes of friendliness toward the happy, compassion for the unhappy, delight in the virtuous & disregard toward the wicked the mind retains calmness.

Introduction to Weaving.  Inspired by the The Yoga Sutras, Calvin and Hobbes, Ram Dass, and Tibetan Buddhism.  Audiobook.  Mature listeners only (18+).