Institute for Therapeutic Learning

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Transpersonal Hypnotherapy/NLP - radical synthesis of Eastern & Western methods for Healing & Awaken

"The world and beings change direction every moment like stalks of wheat swaying to and fro in the wind, and what was true this morning is untrue by this evening.

Untimely rain, snow, hail, heat, and cold upset the natural course of the seasons.

Seeing all this, we must understand that there is no point in being excessively glad when something good happens to us, as it may well turn into its opposite at any time;

and we must also understand that there is no point in being too depressed by bad circumstances, as our difficulties are minute compared to those endured by countless beings in the lower realms."

- 𝘋𝘪𝘭𝘨𝘰 𝘒𝘩𝘺𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴𝘦 𝘙𝘪𝘯𝘱𝘰𝘤𝘩𝘦

- 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘏𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘵 𝘛𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘌𝘯𝘭𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘖𝘯𝘦𝘴

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04/29/2026

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"The world and beings change direction every moment like stalks of wheat swaying to and fro in the wind, and what was true this morning is untrue by this evening. Untimely rain, snow, hail, heat, and cold upset the natural course of the seasons. Seeing all this, we must understand that there is no point in being excessively glad when something good happens to us, as it may well turn into its opposite at any time; and we must also understand that there is no point in being too depressed by bad circumstances, as our difficulties are minute compared to those endured by countless beings in the lower realms." - 𝘋𝘪𝘭𝘨𝘰 𝘒𝘩𝘺𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴𝘦 𝘙𝘪𝘯𝘱𝘰𝘤𝘩𝘦 - 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘏𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘵 𝘛𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘌𝘯𝘭𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘖𝘯𝘦𝘴 Shared by Kvaratskhelia 🙏🏻🌷

04/29/2026

Develop a joyful positive attitude.

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04/06/2026

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How to Weaken Your Afflictive Emotions

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The practice of recognizing the mind will weaken your afﬂictive emotions, strengthen your compassion and devotion to your teachers and lead you to see the nature of your own mind.
　
Progress in your practice depends on devotion. With great devotion, there will be great progress. If you see your teacher as enlightened, you will receive the blessings of an enlightened being. If you see him or her as an ordinary being, you will get the blessing of an ordinary being. If your teacher does a negative action and you only see him or her as enlightened, you can only receive blessings.
　
The mind of the teacher and the mind of enlightened beings are connected, even if the teacher is not fully enlightened. It is like electricity and a wire. When the connection is made, there is light. The teacher and the student are also connected like that. So, it is important to practice with devotion to the teacher. It is also important to make practice a habit.
　
You should practice at all times by working with emotions. You should graduatefrom observing the smaller emotions when you are relaxed, to observing stronger emotions. When you have succeeded in doing this, your ability to see the nature of mind will be like a raging ﬁre and emotion will be like grass which only feeds it. Naropa said that once you are well trained, you will not grasp after appearances. Good or bad things will happen but they will pass you by.
　
Obscuration has no form that you can see. Still, there are countless layers of obscuration. All these layers are removed by conﬁdence in the law of cause and effect and by practice and devotion to the root guru. These will dispel obscurations no matter how strong.
　
Obscurations will lessen and the nature of the mind, which is like a clear diamond, will shine forth. Then, there needs no effort to see it. It will shine effortlessly. Reading the life story of Milarepa will lessen your obscurations - so will the practice of Chenrezig, or chanting the mantra of the guru.
　
May all benefit.
　
HE Garchen Rinpoche

Translation Ina Bieler

01/24/2026

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12/20/2025

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A Talk on Being a Principled Person of Good Conduct

The main point for principled people of good conduct is genuinely to have an altruistic attitude. The main thing is not to place their own happiness and well-being first and get their own desires fulfilled. Thus people of principled behavior think, “I must be someone who considers the happiness and suffering of others, and thinks of the world.” People of base behavior think only of their own interests. These are the people whose behavior is called base. It is quite clear that what is fundamental for anyone of principled behavior is to first reflect on the interests of many people, the aims of the world, and the aims of society at large, and then act.

Excerpt of a talk by 17th Gyalwang Karmapa , January 06, 2009.
Translated by Ven. Lhundup Damchö and Karma Choephel for Monlam English Translation Network.

10/27/2025

Like most of us, I feel a tendency to want to look away from my negative thoughts and feelings, or repress and deny them (I’m not “supposed” to feel this way). But from hard experience, I know that denial and repression will ultimately hurt me and those around me. Not an option.

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