Mindfulness: the Power of the Present Moment
Many years ago I was drawn to the idea of Mindfulness practice and it’s now something that I like to incorporate daily into my life in some form or another, […]
The 50 Paces Church
My Old Chinese teacher once said that all solutions to problems can be found within 50 paces. I love this little concept. It suggests a life of independence of many […]
Sacred Chants Chilled Beats
For me there is no more beautiful music than the human voice or birdsong. Sanskrit chanting is something that I have loved for a long time. At the age of […]
The Middle Path is Golden
So much of life is a conundrum. If we eat too many carbs we get fat. If we don’t eat enough we can lack serotonin which can lead us to […]
Jill Bolte Taylor’s Stroke of Insight
This is one the best talks on TED – an astonishing and inspirational story. I can’t help the tears welling up when I watch it. It’s well worth the time to watch […]
Ancient Greeks and Advertising
I don’t dislike all advertising – just most of it. So I don’t watch much tele or listen to the radio – it’s usually loud, crass and stupid. Diogenes of […]
Ambition and Digging Holes
I have been posting a bit about goal setting and wanted to clarify something. What if the goal you are looking at is all wrong? You want to start a […]
The Four Spiritual Things
…I learnt that a spiritual life was not necessarily a life of peace, love or balance; and especially it was not wandering around in a robe anointing people….
Creativity, Doubt and Despair
It is entirely natural to fear death and question one’s place in the universe. So much beauty; so much creativity springs from depths of doubt and despair. What is the […]
Listening to Christmas
My earliest memory of a profound discourse was a little sermon given by the minister of our local church just before Christmas…
Sea of Consciousness
Big questions for human kind. Is the reality we experience all in the mind, which interprets the so called real physical world that is separate from us? Does the brain […]
What Do the Dead Eat?
I first met the late Trevor Ravenscroft while gardening at a friend’s residence. He entered the garden as I was perched up a tree examining a rogue vine. He said […]
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