IN THIS LESSON

Homework:

Homework (5 minutes)

As part of your practice, begin familiarizing yourself with the key components of the Wheel of Life. At the end of your meditation, take 5 minutes to visualize:

  • The Three Poisons (Hub: piggy, bird, snake)

  • The Ascending and Descending of Consciousness through Karmic Action (Ascent & Descent)

  • The Six Realms (Upper: Gods, Demi-Gods, Human & Lower: Animal, Hungry Ghosts, Hell Beings)

  • The 12 Links of Dependent Origination:

  1. Confusion

  2. Imprints

  3. Consciousness

  4. Mind & Body

  5. Six Sense Basis Eyes: (sight), Ears (sound), Nose (smell), Tongue (taste), Body (touch), and Mind (thought).

  6. Contact

  7. Sensation

  8. Urge

  9. Action

  10. Becoming

  11. Birth

  12. Death

as the they manifest within your own being, deepening your embodied understanding of this teaching.