Osiyo!
The Year 2010 is coming to completion and I am grateful for all of the opportunities that occurred during this year, to impart the teachings of the Ywahoo lineage through Sunray Meditation Society, Sunray NGO "A gateway for Indigenous Voices", Vajra Dakini Nunnery and Beautway Productions.
Your support has made these activities possible. May your generosity return to you beyond measure.
Here are some of the highlights:
In January, I met with the Sunray Gadujis for our bi-annual gathering. I continue to work closely with Katherine Marielle on producing films of the precious Elders who have shared teachings with our community of the years.
In February, I traveled to Europe and taught a seminar in Germany on the "Wrathful Teachings of Guru Padmasambhava." This seminar created a foundation for additional Buddhist teachings in Germany in October of 2010.
In April, I was honored as a "luminary" at the first Sound and Music Alliance Symposium April 16-18, in Litchfield, CT. I accepted an award for my musical work in sacred sound. I was the guest speaker at the symposium and encouraged other musicians to continue to use their talents as methods to benefit others through sound healing.
On April 29, 2010, the Vermont Senate passed a Resolution "supporting continuation for the Inter-Rwandan Dialogue." This is an excerpt from that resolution: "That the General Assembly supports the implementation of the Inter-Rwandan Dialogue and the extraordinary leadership of Irma Rognoni and Jordi Palou-Loverdos in its development and continu
ing implementation the Inter-Rwandan Dialogue that is premised on the teachings of Ven Dhyani Ywahoo of Lincoln, Vermont." I continue to advise Irma and Jordi and others of the mind to share methods of reconciliation within communities impacted by war.
At the end of April, the Vajradakini Nunnery hosted Khenchen Konchog Gyaltsen under my auspices and guidance. Khenchen was able to benefit the community with his wisdom and teachings at the Nunnery.
In May, I was in the Los Angeles, California area and taught a Beautyway Wisdom seminar during my stay and met with the Agape community healing practicioners.
At the end of May, I offered Buddhist teachings and insight during a month long retreat entitled "Vajra Yogini R
etreat" at the Peace Village and Vajra Dakini Nunnery in Lincoln, Vermont.
In early July, I taught the annual week long seminar at the Sunray Peace Village. This year's theme was: Pacify the appearance of conflict perceiving the potential between ignorance and skill, as energy for growth. This annual teaching series utilizes the lens of scientific investigation as method for examining the impact of mind and view upon the arising appearances that we call life.
In July, I also taught the Sunray Gadujis and hosted the annual Sunray Meditation Society Elders Gathering at the Sunray Peace Village, Lincoln, VT.
September was very auspicious, as we welcomed His Holiness Chetsang Rinpoche to the Vajra Dakini Nunnery for the White Tara Consecration. His Holiness g
ave teachings and there were many opportunities for gathering and making prayers, including the gathering of the Tibetan Community in Vermont at the nunnery and Peace Village. People from all around the world visited and participated in this wonderful time together. His Holiness made a commitment to return in two years and will give initiations for Household Practitioners at my request.
I taught a week long seminar in Germany from October 8-14, 2010. The European community welcomed extensive teachings on the Prajnaparamita. The seminar's theme was: From empty space myriad worlds grow: SPACE -the womb, the holy - gives birth to form. And reveals ongoing creation: a spiral waltz, interwoven thoughts, words and actions. The next generation of teachers have stepped forward, who not too long ago were babes in their parents arms, having grown up with the teachings they are ready to carry the flame.
Several other projects and ongoing activities are under my guidance and I continued to assist and give guidance to promote peace and right relationship world-wide. These include:
Ongoing promotion of the Sunray NGO at the United Nations and advising Sandra Sheridan, the Sunray representative. Sandra is currently involved in the annual recertification process. She is still the Secretary of the Indigenous Committee. It is noteworthy, that "The Bill of Rights for Indigenous People" appears to have been signed recently by President Obama.
I continue to be involved with the Deep Peace Project, which is a collaborative with Rev. Dr. Louise Diamond (President, Global Systems Initiatives) in matters of global peacemaking and right relationship.
Each month was dedicated to the following themes, which were shared with many communities as the basic point of reference in relationship to particular community requests for teachings.
1. The Family of Life: the fabric of consciousness and the ways in which we are connected with Universes, each other and the seed of Awakened mind within.
2. The Dynamic dance: lightning and thunder, mother and father and the appearance of individuation and the recognition of Unity. This will include emotions, direct perception, conditioned and non-conditioned views.
3. Intelligence to express vision as skilful action: observing the different types of intelligence. Emotions as colors of the rainbow.
4. Family and community: what are you planting in the garden? Recognizing the seed patterns of family dynamics, community dynamics and international dynamics. Energizing reconciliation with the awakened potential of mutual respect or energizing the patterns of mutual respect as awakened beings.
5. All appearances are vibrations of dancing potential: recognizing the pattern and contributing to worlds and cultures of harmony arising. The specifics, the notes of music, the views that energize or the relationship of sound to the physical forms in manifestation.
6. Human Kindness expressed through clear ideation and understanding of the elemental dance. Harmony, peace, cooperation are some of the words that describe the ideal of an awakened culture, and the mind that observes the fabric's potential directly energizes results.
7. Pacify appearance of conflict, perceiving the potential between ignorance and skill as energy for growth. Overtones reveal continuing echoes of thought, word, and deed. Concepts of them and us fall away, as the heart's direct perception reveals the dynamic and co-creative aspects of human, planetary and galactic Mind.
8. Energize the seed of Awakened mind which recognizes all beings as our relatives via Telepathy experiments: ley lines, grid works, the direct connection of our body-mind with the earth, the solar system and the galaxies, recognizing the nature of one's own heart; realization of unified fields.
9. Do what needs doing, clear intention as pathway to accomplishment. Conceptualize, Visualize, Energize and Do what needs doing.
10.From empty space myriad worlds grow: Space the womb the holy, gives birth to form and reveals ongoing creation a spiral waltz, interwoven thoughts, words and actions.
11.Expressed through water, fire, air and earth: defining the dance floor as an open door. Non dual awareness the child born of equipoise, hearing the sound of those who cry then overflows with love.
12.The past, present and future meet in the now. What was forgotten is realized. A bell rings in the empty sky awakening the wisdom eye, to seeing all beings as our relatives in the dance.
Peace,
