Chapter 10 of “Five Elements Five Dakinis”
[…] in terms of going through Wake Up To Your Life and we’ve reached chapter six on dismantling reactive emotions, if I’m not mistaken. So, we’re going into dakini practice, and it’s a totally new practice for us because it’s an imaginative practice and the directions for the meditations are very specific and it’s just […]
Chapter 7 of “Five Elements Five Dakinis”
[…] “f.” It’s easy. Student: Okay. Ken: Air, sword. Void, ring of light. Student: Okay. Ken: Okay. Yes. Student: Do we dissolve those as we do with the dakini? Ken: No. They come in and what I want you to do is experience all them lined up in you. And then radiate them out … […]
Chapter 6 of “Five Elements Five Dakinis”
The value of emptiness Ken: Today we look at void dakini. The element void. Void, may seem strange to regard it as an element. Rumor has it there is nothing to it whatsoever. In Western thought, the value of zero was not appreciated. It took the wonderfully analytic mind the people in India to understand the […]
Chapter 2 of “Five Elements Five Dakinis”
Tibetan deity practice: enacting a drama Ken: This morning we’re going to put most of our attention on earth dakini. Before we go there I want to talk a bit more on how we do these meditations. In the Tibetan tradition one of the principles techniques for practice is yidam or deity practice in […]
Chapter 8 of “Five Elements Five Dakinis”
[…] each element, into the experience of presence. Particular emphasis on the aspect of pristine awareness associated with each element. And yesterday, we moved from working with each dakini separately, to working through all of them and touching each of the centers in the body. So today, I want to shift the emphasis of the […]
Practice Material
When wanting and grasping hold sway The dakini has you in her power. Wanting nothing from outside, taking things as they come, Know the dakini to be your own mind.
Chapter 3 of “Five Elements Five Dakinis”
[…] things that came up in interviews which I think is probably helpful. First thing, the sequence that we go through in the practice where we imagine the dakini, look into the dakini’s eyes, invite the initiation and transformation, etc. You may find, as some of you have, that one or more of these steps […]
Chapter 5 of “Five Elements Five Dakinis”
The air element Ken: We have two more dakinis with which to develop relationship: the air dakini and the void dakini. And many people find these last two, particularly the void dakini, more difficult, and that’s quite understandable. Because when you are doing the business with the spheres, you notice that there’s less and […]
Chapter 4 of “Five Elements Five Dakinis”
[…] it … I was earth and water but I don’t remember you making that kind of statement that there’s something good about the aspects of the earth dakini or there’s something good about the aspects of the water— Ken: Oh I think I did. Student: Maybe I just missed it. Ken: Yeah. Earth. The […]
Series
In this retreat, Ken McLeod presents the five elements—earth, water, fire, air, and void—as a mythic language that maps the formation and transformation of reactive patterns. Drawing on guided meditations, personal stories, and elemental exercises, he shows how each element reflects a distinct way reactivity plays out in experience. “That knowing quality is the fire element of mind,” he explains—pointing to the non-conceptual awareness that arises when we meet experience directly.
Chapter 1 of “Five Elements Five Dakinis”
[…] [unclear]. It keeps some kind of form, but it usually doesn’t necessarily keep any form. The water element assumes the form of whatever it’s flowing in. The dakini represents the untamed part of your mind Ken: Now let’s talk a little bit about dakinis. The origin of dakinis: these were the aspects of experience […]
Chapter 9 of “Five Elements Five Dakinis”
[…] limitations fall away, but you also may recognize the limits of situations more accurately. Usually when we do this, we go up to that point in the dakini meditation, and then move into the escape, die and turn to light. Do the transformation, do the jewel and the earth case and then go on […]
Chapter 2 of “Chö: Cutting Through the Thickets of Thinking”
[…] levels of dakinis are the dakinis that live in the sky, those that live on the ground, and those that live below the ground. What is a dakini? Student: What’s a dakini? Ken: What is exactly a dakini? A dakini is a symbol of the activity of awakened mind. And so it has this […]
Chapter 6 of “A Trackless Path II”
[…] Ken: Okay. Student: Do you need more water? Ken: No I’m okay thank you. [Laughter] Oh yes. Page 214. Student: Did I get it wrong? Ken: Crystal dakini guards against interruption[s]. Jewel dakini increases wealth. Lotus dakini gathers energy. Action dakini gets everything done. When wanting and grasping hold sway The dakini has you […]
Chapter 6 of “Chö: Cutting Through the Thickets of Thinking”
[…] refuge in the sugatas of the five families, We go for refuge in the lords of the three families. We go for refuge in the teacher Vajra Dakini and her retinue. We go for refuge in the Kagyu teachers and their retinue of dakinis. We go for refuge in our kind root teachers and […]