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[…] Tibetan tradition. And I couldn’t do it. I couldn’t visualize. I couldn’t see myself as Chenrezi. I couldn’t feel anything resembling compassion for the beings in the six realms of existence. My legs hurt, and I was in constant pain. For me it was a miserable disaster — unpleasant, confusing, and disappointing. In desperation, I […]
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Fear is a reactive mechanism that operates when our identity is threatened. It works to erode or dissipate attention. We move into one of the six realms and react: destroy the threat or seek revenge (hell being), grasp at safety and security (hungry ghost), focus on survival (animal), pursue pleasure as compensation (human), vie for […]
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The Six Realms of Existence comprise a principal feature of Tibetan Buddhist cosmology. The possibilities of existence are classified into six forms of existence: hell beings dominated by anger ghosts and demons dominated by greed animals dominated by dullness humans dominated by desire titans dominated by envy, and gods dominated by pride Like many mythologies, […]
