In my Buckle-up Buddhisty period, I strengthened the foundations of my practice by building a scaffold to support my future contemplations. I took specifically Buddhist ideas and applied my experiences to understanding them. Thanks to this effort, I got a glimpse of the the inner workings, the systems, my own mind uses to keep me deluded (Alana’s 2s and 3s) and stuck suffering (Where my Mind Visits HW series) and the process the Buddha outlined to set myself free (the Four Noble truths).

As fancy, fascinating and frustrating as all those big Buddhisty ideas are, the Buddhist path really does play out in everyday life. The next phase of my blog/practice returns, more or less, to my everyday life, to  what is happening and what I am experiencing,  as the starting point for my contemplations. But…now, super amped-up thanks to the clarity and precision that understanding the inner workings of my mind and the path gave me.

I offer again, extra special super duper gratitude to my teacher, Mae Yo, for giving me the guidance I needed to build that scaffolding when my practice was ripe for it.