[…] These people just change their personalities. Experiencing opposition Ken: Okay. Now we go into the next thing, which is the top one. This is based on the six realms of course. When you find yourself in opposition, who are you? Student: You mean like a child or management …? Ken: No, just now in your […]

[…] the difference between reaction and response. When they’re talking about this, they’re saying when we are subject to samsara, that is being subject to reaction, and the six realms of samsara are the worlds projected by emotional reactions. And so you’re going to the other side, you’re crossing over. Now what are you crossing to? […]

[…] ‘gro ba (pron. dro wa) which is literally the verb to go, like I go to the store. The idea is that they’re constantly moving around the six realms of existence. That’s the outer interpretation. The worlds we project Ken: Another interpretation is, if you look the six realms as being the worlds that we […]

[…] Ken: Yeah. It doesn’t work very well. I agree. [Chuckles] Need to dig a little deeper than that. [Laughter] Okay? Anybody else? Student: We talked about the six realms. Ken: Microphone? Student: I think we all shared the experience of being in the six realms when we were talking about the materialism. Ken: Say a […]

[…] I do this I’ll do a before and after, because they really do change. Right. If we’re in fear we’re going to be in one of the six realms, and all of that reactivity. Okay. Now a lot of people, the way they function in the world is, they only know how to function when […]

[…] after the resounding “No!” was, which also surprised me, and I’m glad you mentioned it, because I forgot, was, “I want more.” Ken: Wonderful. Which of the six realms are you in now? [Laughter] But that’s perfect because that’s how it operates. “No, I don’t want just peace, I want more.” “Well, what more do […]

[…] all of the details of the mantra visualization. I’ll go over that later. Just imagine light radiating from your heart, and growing out to each of the six realms of existence. You can do each one separately. As that light radiates out, you really feel all of the suffering, say of the hell realm, all […]

[…] kick up a fuss about really meaningless stuff, because she wasn’t thinking in the larger picture. You follow? So, if you think of the work on the six realms, you may find this useful. When you feel like killing somebody, which is hell, realm stuff, right? And you can say, “What am I opposing? Do […]

[…] see things as they are, and all kinds of other things set in. Arrogance creeps in very, very easily. Complacency, feelings of entitlement—in the parlance of the six realms we move into the god realm. And a one-liner summary of the god realm is, “I’m right and that’s just how it is.” And it’s a […]

[…] will experience hell. If you put your energy into trying to get things, you’ll experience poverty—hungry ghost realm. And so forth, and so forth, through all the six realms. In other words, anytime you put energy into reactive emotions—emotions that are organized around a sense of self—you are creating the circumstances in which you will […]

[…] they clarify one’s motivation, what one’s actually doing in practice. Then, “being attached to the pleasures of samsara,” this was addressed through the contemplation of the the six realms of existence and the workings of karma. A lot of people think that karma—and you were referring to this Cara—is the balancing mechanism in the universe. […]

[…] are, that clarity … there’s still a knowing going on. In the dzogchen tradition, there’s a practice where you imagine that you are in various of the six realms. And you really get into it, you know, being in the hell realm or being in the hungry ghost realm. And then you imagine that you’re […]