Death Cafe

I was invited to the Death Cafe this last week by a friend.  I was able to share information on the Kwan Yin Compassion Practice (Guan Yin Citta Dharma Door) and what it is about.  I was pleasantly surprised that several people were interested and took the flyers I brought with me.  I will be teaching the practice to someone on Monday as well.  Hearing from everyone in my group was inspiring and added to my understanding of death-related issues; right-to-die, discontinuing medication, and what relatives have to go through when caring for those with terminal illnesses and illnesses such as Alzheimer's and Parkinson's.

Keeping Moving. Sharing?

I have been able to recite 2 little houses each of the last two days, which is a big accomplishment!  I am making good progress and it looks like I will be able to share the Kwan Yin Compassion practice (Guan Yin Citta Dharma Door) on Thursday; I really hope that people are receptive and interested in trying the practice.  I have experienced about a 20% improvement over the last 5 months and I know others have experienced similar or greater results in recovering from mental and physical health conditions. I am hoping that, as I recover, I will be able to share this practice with more people.  It seems like people in general are not very willing to believe in something like this.  At first, I was only interested because of the wonderful experiences I'd had in Buddhism.  But people of all faiths have experienced good results from this work.  Some people have experienced miraculous recovery from dementia, coma, and severe forms of cancer.  I only hope that I am blessed enough to be able to spread this practice to those who are receptive - then I will feel that I have done my job in helping others to find their own healing; the kind of healing that I have found.

86 Little Houses

Today I completed the 85th & 86th little houses out of my goal of 800; 800 is the amount that can lead to a full remission of schizophrenia - based on the belief and understanding that this illness is usually caused by karmic retribution.  The little houses help to pay the karmic debt and then the mental health and overall well being of the patient improve.  My new years goal and vow to Kwan Yin was that I would recite 300 LH's this year ( so about 1 a day).  I have only done 10 this month, so I have to keep up the pace of doing them about 1 a day to get back on pace.  Overall, I would say that my mental health and well being has improved about 15% percent since I began this goal of 800 LH's, which is exciting and it makes me want to share this practice, and this breakthrough, with others.  Will that opportunity come?