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The Pathwork Oracle Deck began as a way to share Dharma with people. Whatever that word means to you in this moment, may this deck and may these practices help you discover it more deeply.
It began as a conversation between Ana, as artist, and me, as practitioner, inspired by Noble Green Tara, by Tantra, and by the idea that we could build a deck that could create practice and put it in someone’s hands. It was fun. A little magicky. A seeding of Dharma in the world.
Most of all, it was a gift we wanted to share.
Ana painted every card, and the deck is her visual language. I’m grateful to her. And I’m grateful to the sacred feminine energy of Noble Green Tara and Sherab Chamma: All Ma - that moved through this project.
The twenty-two recordings below help you walk through them. You can pull a card; sit with it; press play on whichever meditation meets the moment. Or come to the recordings alone and build the habit of practice.
May you be peaceful, may you be free from suffering, may you see things as they are, and may your life be a celebration.
- Daniel
The Recordings
Twenty-two guided meditations
Begin wherever you are drawn. The Four Immeasurables can be practiced in any order: Loving Kindness, Compassion, Sympathetic Joy, Equanimity. Forgiveness, Breath, and Rest are supportive practices you can return to anytime.
The Rest card holds the Jewel Tree meditation, in the form taught by Robert Thurman. It is a practice that centers on taking refuge: offering a “wish-fulfilling jewel tree” of interconnected awakened beings as a gentle, systematic path to wake up, find compassion, and remember our original heart. It is one of the great joys of my life that I have been able to share this practice with hundreds of teenagers. May it bring you joy and rest.
Illustrations by Ana.
Loving Kindness
Metta · the wish that beings be happy
Compassion
Karuna · the wish that beings be free from suffering
Sympathetic Joy
Mudita · rejoicing in the happiness of others
Equanimity
Upekkha · the steady ground beneath all four
Forgiveness
Breath
Rest
Pathwork
A daily companion
Pathwork Oracle
Pull a card, walk the path, read the spreads.
Open the daily oracle →
These may help deepen your practice.
In Her Honor
Caroline
My friend Caroline was an advocate for mercy, peace, and awareness. She also loved to dance. Caroline Rainbow is in her honor. In the Bön, we learn that sound, light, and light’s rays are inseparable — the spontaneous play of awareness, eventually resolving into the rainbow body. This is encouragement to celebrate through music, dance, expression, and care.
If you would like to explore the spirit of generosity, consider this in her honor.
May all beings be free,
and may our celebration of life
contribute to that forever.
A Companion
Keep Practice
A quiet companion for steady daily sitting — gentle reminders, a sense of rhythm, the kind of low-friction support that lets the practice take root.
Less about doing more, more about remembering to return. Open it, sit, close it. The shape of a day begins to hold the shape of a path.
Pith Drop · a monthly starter practice for those interested
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