Reflections and Writings by Michael Erlewine

DECONSTRUCTING THE MANDALA

IMAGINE WHAT I DON’T KNOW

A BIRTHDAY MANDALA

A CATCH 22 - THE NATURE OF PRACTICE

A DHARMA STORY -- THE DRAWING

A DHARMA STORY PARTS 2 AND 3

A MARVELOUS STORY

A MERITORIOUS OPPORTUNITY

A NATURAL IMPRESSIONIST

A QUICK TEST FOR COMPASSION

A VERY RARE EVENT IN ANN ARBOR

A WHIFF OF IMPERMANENCE

ADDING INSULT TO INJURY

ADVENTURE IN NEPAL - JUNGLE BY MISTAKE

ALMOST AN APOLOGIA

AN EARLY VIDEO

AN INCANTATION

AT KTD MONASTERY AND MAY'S WEDDING

ATTACHMENT TO DHARMA IS JUST THAT

AWARENESS - THE ROOT OF COMPASSION

BASIC MIND TRAINING - A DIAGRAM

BEING ALONE WITHOUT BEING LONELY

BENDING OVER BACKWARD

BETTER THAN SUBSTANCES

BEYOND AMAZING

BLUESTAR ASTROLOGY - HEAVEN ON EARTH

BLUESTAR IS NOW READY

BOOK REVIEW - POINTING OUT THE GREAT WAY

BUDDHISM - HOW IT HAPPENED TO ME

BUDDHISM A RELIGION - NO WAY

BUDDHIST SPIRITUALITY

CENSORING OUR REALITY

CHANGE - THE UNWRITABLE AND UNTHINKABLE

CHIMPHUK - CLIMBING TO THE GURU RINPOCHE CAVES

CLARIFYING THE LOSS OF SELF

CLIMB TO THE CRYSTAL CAVE IN TIBET

COMING SOON - DHARMA GROOVES

COMMITMENT

COMPARED TO WHAT

CONVERSATIONS WITH MYSELF

CRITICAL OF WHOM

CUTTING THE CORD

DAKINI

DEPRESSION, THE CHILD OF DISAPPOINTMENT

DHARMA -- A PICNIC IN TIBET

DHARMA -- CLOSE, BUT NO CIGAR

DHARMA -- HARDENING OFF

DHARMA -- IMPARTIALITY 101

DHARMA -- INNATE INSIGHT

DHARMA – JUST DESERTS

DHARMA -- MUSICAL CHAIRS

DHARMA -- MY HEAD IN THE SAND

DHARMA -- NATURES MUDRAS

DHARMA -- OUR WORST ENEMY

DHARMA -- PRESENT PERFECT

DHARMA -- PRESENT TENSE

DHARMA -- RECIPE FOR REALIZATION

DHARMA -- REVERSE-SCHOLARSHIP

DHARMA -- SEEING “SEEING” ITSELF

DHARMA -- SEEING YOUR SELF IN THE MIRROR OF OTHERS

DHARMA -- THE RING-PASS-NOT

DHARMA -- THE SCHOLAR THAT I AM NOT

DHARMA -- THE THREE R’S

DHARMA -- TRYING THE TEST

DHARMA -- VISIT FROM A HIGH LAMA

DHARMA -- WHY WE ARE ONE OF A KIND

DHARMA CHART - KARMA CHART

DHARMA DRAWINGS

DHARMA EMANATIONS

DHARMA FILTERED THROUGH OUR OWN IMAGE

DHARMA LAKE

DHARMA POEMS

DHARMA POEMS - BOOK AND VIDEO

DHARMA PRACTICE CALENDAR

DHARMA PRACTICE CALENDAR ON MOBILE SMART PHONES AND DESKTOPS

DHARMA PRACTITIONERS

DHARMA QUOTE

DHARMA STUFF

DHARMA TOOLBOX - TONGLEN

DHARMA: CLOSING THE OPEN DOOR

DHARMA: COMING EVENTS CAST THEIR SHADOWS

DHARMA: RESONANCE

DHARMA: THE LIGHT JUST BEFORE DAWN

DHARMA: THE RAIN OF BLESSINGS

DHARMA - WANTING TO BE GOOD

DHARMA - WHAT GIVES ME PAUSE

DHARMA - THE VIEW OF THE PARTS

DISAPPOINTMENT

DO IT YOURSELF DHARMA - SERIES IN 5 PARTS

DO YOU BELIEVE IN ASTROLOGY

DO IT YOURSELF DHARMA

DON'T PROLONG THE PAST

DRUGS AND THE DHARMA

EARTH LORDS - PROTECTORS

FOLLOW THAT THOUGHT

FOR THOSE OF US WHO CAN'T SLEEP

GIVE IT A REST!

HAPPY LOSAR

HEART CENTER MEDITATION CENTER

HOW I SEE MYSELF

HOW PERSONAL IS PRIVATE

HOW TO MOVE THE MIND

HUMPTY DUMPTY - THE SELF CAME BACK

HUMPTY-DUMPTY SELF

IDIOT COMPASSION

IF THERE IS A LAKE THE SWANS WOULD GO THERE

IN PRAISE OF INSIGHT MEDITATION

INNATE AWARENESS

INSIGHT GOING IN

INTO THE MIX

IT'S LIKE RIDING A BIKE

KARMA AND AWARENESS

KARMA KOAN

KARMA MIRROR

KEEPING YOUR CHIN UP

KHENPO KARTHAR WEEKEND RETREAT - ANN ARBOR

KYABJE TENGA RINPOCHE DIED YESTERDAY

LAMA KARMA TONIGHT in BIG RAPIDS

LET YOUR WILD THOUGHTS GO UNANSWERED

LIFE AS A BUBBLE

LIFE MANDALA - CREATING SACRED SPACE

LODRÖ NYIMA RINPOCHE

LOGOS - MIND TREASURES

LOSS AND SELF-RECOVERY

MAIN SHRINE ROOM AT KTD

MAKING OFFERINGS TO AIR, EARTH AND WATER SPIRITS

MANDALA - OFFERINGS THAT LAST

MANDALA OFFERINGS

MANTRA POEMS

MEDITATION - MY HISTORY AND TRAJECTORY

MEDITATION FOR THOSE WHO WONDER WHAT IT IS

MEDITATION WHEN YOU HAVE NO TIME

MEDITATION WHEN YOU HAVE NO TIME - B

MEETING HIS HOLINESS IN TIBET

MERIT AND AWARENESS

MICRO-KARMA

MIND FENG SHUI - MENTAL AERODYNAMICS

MIND MUSCLE - QUESTIONS OF MYSELF

MIND PRACTICE

MIND PRACTICE - HOW TO DO IT

MIND THE GAP

MIND TREASURES - ASTROLOGICAL TERTONS AND TERMA

MIRROR, MIRROR ON THE WALL

MIXING THE MIND

MIXING THE MIND - RECOGNITION

MOURNING THE SELF

MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING

MY HEART ALWAYS WANTS TO HEAR

MY LIFE – PIG-BOARD LEARNING

MY TAKE ON LEARNING TO MEDITATE: PART TWO

MY VACATION

NAGAS AND THE SACRED SPRING

NEW E-BOOK, TONG-LEN - THE ALCHEMY OF REACTIONS

NEW FORUM ON MAHAMUDRA MEDITATION

NEW FREE E-BOOK - SHAMATA MEDITATION

NEW MOBILE APP - ASTROLOGY NOW

NEW MOON LAST NIGHT

NO SUFFERING ALLOWED

NO SUFFERING ALLOWED, PLEASE

NOTE TO MY FACEBOOK DHARMA FRIENDS

NOTES FROM KTD MONASTERY

NOTES FROM THE CUSHION

OBSCURATIONS

OFF THE CUSHION - POST-MEDITATION

OFF TO THE MONASTERY

ON THE ROAD

ORDINARY MIND

ORGANIC MIND

OUR DHARMA AND KARMA

OUR JOURNEY TO MEET THE GOLDEN CHILD

OVERLOAD

PERSON OF INTEREST

PERSONA NON GRATA

PERSONAL PERSONALITIES

PERSONALITY PUT OUT TO PASTURE

Phagmo Drupa - THOUGHTS ARE AWARENESS

PICNIC WITH RINPOCHE

PRACTICE IS NOT PERFECT

PRACTICE IS PRACTICE

PRIVATIZING SPIRIT

QUESTIONS ABOUT MYSELF

RARE LAMA VISIT TO BIG RAPIDS

RARE LIVE STREAMING DHARMA EVENT AT 10

REALIZATION vs EXPERIENCE

RECENT EVENT - MEDITATION INTENSIVE

RECOGNITION, REALIZATION, AND ENLIGHTENMEN

REJIGGERING SAMSARA IS STILL SAMSARA

RELEASING LIFE

RESPONSE ABILITY

REST AND RELAX LIKE A BUNDLE OF STRAW

RESTING

RUNNING THE GAUNTLET

SACRED, SACRED, SACRED

SELF CONSIDERATION - PERMANENT IMPERMANENCE

SELF-CONSCIOUSNESS AND DENIAL

SELF-IDENTITY AND DEATH

SELF-RETIREMENT

SEXUAL ENERGY AND TANTRA

SHOCK AND CHÖGYAM TRUNGPA RINPOCHE:

SOLAR FLARES - SEEKING CLOSURE

SOLAR FLARES AND DEPRESSION

SOLAR FLARES AND THEIR VARIATIONS IN THE MIND

SORRY SELF

SPIRIT GROOVES - DHARMA GROOVES WEBSITE

SPIRIT GROOVES - DHARMA GROOVES WEBSITE

SPIRITUAL ACUMEN

SPIRITUAL FRIENDSHIP

STRAY DOGS IN TIBET, INDIA AND NEPAL

TEACHERS OR MENTORS

THAT FOURTH THOUGHT

THAT'S MEDITATION TOO

THE 17th KARMAPA TEACHING

THE 17th KARMAPA'S FIRST VISIT TO THE US

THE ANATOMY OF A STROKE

THE ANDREW TEACHINGS

THE BABY AND THE BATHWATER

THE BARDO REALMS

THE BEAUTY OF IT

THE BIRTH OF ASTROLOGY - WU TAI SHAN

THE BRIGHT LIGHTS OF THE BARDO

THE CARROT AND THE STICK

THE CRYSTAL CAVE OF GURU RINPOCHE

THE DEMON MARAS - TEMPTING OURSELVES

THE DHARMA OF KARMA

THE EARTH AND WATER LORDS

THE FLIGHT OF THE PHOENIX

THE FORCE OF METAPHOR

THE FOUR THOUGHTS - IMPERMANENCE

THE FOUR THOUGHTS - KARMA

THE FOUR THOUGHTS IN FIVE PARTS

THE FOUR THOUGHTS THAT TURN THE MIND

THE HEART CENTER _ A MANDALA (23 Photos)

THE HERBALIST HERMIT

THE HURRICANE

THE IDEA OF DEVOTION

THE INTANGIBLES

THE INTANGIBLES - A DHARMA MYSTERY

THE INTANGIBLES - ACCUMULATING MERIT AND KARMA

THE INTANGIBLES - ENLIGHTENED HEART

THE INTANGIBLES - ENTHUSIASM FOR PRACTICE

THE INTANGIBLES - HOW MUCH PRACTICE IS ENOUGH

THE INTANGIBLES - MEANING IN LANGUAGE

THE INTANGIBLES -THE TWO ACCUMULATIONS

THE KARMAPA AT KTD MONASTERY

THE KARMAPA IN PERSON

THE LHA OR ENERGY BODY DOUBLE

THE LIFE MANDALA

THE LONG WEEKEND

THE LONGING

THE MAHASIDDHA TILOPA

THE OTHER SIDE OF TRYING

THE PERFECT STORM

THE PERFECT STORM, conclusion

THE POISONS IN THE MIND

THE PRESENT MOMENT IS THE END OF TIME

THE SAYINGS OF PATRUL RINPOCHE - IN FOUR PARTS

THE SELF IN PANIC

THE SERVICE THING - BODHISATTVAS

THE SHOCK OF THE DHARMA PROTECTORS

THE SPRITUAL ANATOMY OF SHOCK

THE TRACKS OF GOOD KARMA

THE TRACKS OF MY KARMA

THE TREASURES OF THE MIND

THE TWO ACCUMULATIONS - MERIT AND AWARENESS

THE TWO SIDES OF LIFE

THE VAJRAYOGINI-TARA CAVE AND THE BIRTH CANAL

THE VAJRAYOGINI-TARA CAVE AND THE BIRTH CANAL

THE WATER IS BACK IN THE WELL

THE WISDOM WITHIN THE POISON

THINGS I DID WRONG

THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS

TIBETAN LAMA TO VISIT MICHIGAN

TIBETAN NEW YEAR - KALACHAKRA OR WHEEL OF TIME

TIBETAN PRAYER BEADS AND MANTRAS

TIBETAN PRAYER BEADS AND MANTRAS

TIBET'S LIVING SAINTS

TIBET'S POWER PLACES

Tilopa's Sage Advice

TONGLEN - MENTAL FENG SHUI

TONGLEN - RESOLVING OPPOSITION

TONGLEN - TAKING AND SENDING

TONGLEN - TAKING AND SENDING

TOUGH LOVE -- THE FIERCE DHARMA PROTECTORS

TRAINING THE MIND - A BRIEF GUIDE TO DHARMA PRACTICE

TRANSMIGRATION

VIDEO OF ME with TRALEG RINPOCHE IN TIBET

WAKING FROM OUR OWN DREAM - DO WE NEED A TEACHER

WE HAVE A CHOICE

WHAT ABOUT ALL THAT RELIGIOUS STUFF

WHAT ABOUT GOD

WHAT ABOUT HATE AND FEAR

WHAT IS REALIZATION

WHAT IT IS

WHAT PRACTICE REALLY IS

WHAT REALLY MAKES ME SAD

WHAT REALLY MAKES ME SAD-2

WHEN IT ALL GOES EMPTY

WHEN THE FLASHBULBS GO OFF

WHY BUDDHISM IS NOT A RELIGION

WISH GRANTED

WONDERFUL QUOTE

YONGEY MINGYUR RINPOCHE’S NEW BOOK