Awakening the Buddha within, p.54
"Your life is your path. Your disappointments are part of your path; your joys are your path; your dry cleaning, and your dry cleaner are on your path; ditto your credit card payments. It's not helpful to wait until you have more time for meditation or contemplation, because it may never happen."

Jack Kornfield is a leading spokesman for Buddhism, a popular meditation teacher and author.

His website: http://www.jackkornfield.org/books.php

Last night I dreamed myself giving orders to a woman when she was driving. Vividly, I remember myself as a male.

Books about ChoChogyam Trungpa Rinpoche

Trungpa, Chogyam (2004). "The Collected Works of Chogyam Trungpa, Volume Eight". ISBN 1-59030-032-7

Midal, Fabrice (2001). Chögyam Trungpa: His Life and Vision. ISBN 1-59030-098-X

Midal, Fabrice (2005). Recalling Chögyam Trungpa. ISBN 1-59030-207-9

Mukpo, Diana J. Dragon Thunder: My Life with Chögyam Trungpa. Shambhala, 2006. ISBN 1590302567

Chögyam Trungpa/Dorje Dradül of Mukpo: Great Eastern Sun: The Wisdom of Shambhala (1999), 2nd edition 2001, [8], Shambhala Root Text.

Crazy wisdom

I used to get angry for no reasons when I got up in the morning, even when I was woken by my lovely husband with love. But where is my anger now? It has been quite a few days that I wake up without any anger. Does this mean that I manage to quieten my mind, so my egos cannot manipulate me when I sleep?

This book is very useful to me for my practices.
"Enlightenment is a mysterious process, not unlike God, Truth, or love. No one definition is large enough to encompass it. Each experience is unique - as we are each unique. Enlightenment - whether you call it spiritual awakening, liberation, illumination, or satori - means profound inner transformation and self-realization. " (p. 16)

Collective cultural fatigue
Key references: Behavior psychology – Evolution psychology – Gestalt

A couple of nights ago, I had a dream of "my" Self. It was very short, but very vivid, with glowing colors that were much more intense than in everyday life.

I have been thinking about Astral denizens lately, and I have begun to think that they are very senstive to the intent of the dreamer or astral traveler.

This is to relate a dream behind a dream that I had the other night. I can't actually remember the content of the "cover" dream any more, but the other morning, I started to recall a dream I'd had the previous night, when the memory of another dream behind that dream just blew the contents of the cover dream right out of my head. But first I need to digress a little.