Let us sit quietly here By the stream Let us listen to what the Water has to tell us The green grass beneath us And the arching fig trees have to say Let the wind speak And let the sky paint pictures for us Let the birds and the earthworms Cry and rumble at us […]
Suffering is a state of unease or dis-ease. It is unpleasant, it is painful and it can be overpowering. In that state, you can feel powerless, hopeless, alone or worthless. Or you can feel unbearable rage, jealousy, anxiety, pain, including extreme physical pain or any of those awful emotions that we are all so familiar
Are you ready to make ‘Not doing Suffering’ a daily NON-NEGOTIABLE? Read More »
Today is my birthday. In anticipation of my birthday, my son called me on skype yesterday. Among other things, he shared his recent ‘downturn’ – a temporary slide down the slope of feeling alone and being rattled by it. When I spoke to my son last night, I told him about 2 things that I
How having ‘Non-Negotiables’ in your daily life can be a life-saver Read More »
What would it be like to accept yourself completely and unconditionally? Every bit of that thing that you see in the mirror, that goes with you everywhere, that never seems to switch off, not even when you’re sleeping because it dreams? What would it be like to look at every part of you – the
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Over the last few days, my attention has been drawn to the experience of TRUST. It has happened when I have been considering a course of action and anxiety creeps in, anxiety that sometimes pushes me toward the action or pulls me away from it. It has also happened when I have had doubts
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If you understand that thought directs energy, you will understand that dwelling on the same thought keeps energy stuck. Let’s look at some practical implications of this. When you keep thinking, ‘My knee hurts’ or ‘I have a weak bladder’ or ‘I can never make enough money’ or ‘My relationships never last’, while each
We have given a name to everything – people, objects, sensations, feelings, phenomena. As soon as we know the name of something, our experience of that thing is mediated through that name and all the accumulated information held therein. When I see something, the initial nanosecond of just seeing it is instantly overridden by the thought/label,
Can we ‘know’ and ‘see’ beyond thought and labels and why would that be useful? Read More »
I want to be sincerely generous with my time, my kindness, my money, my space. That means, I want to be generous not because I am afraid that if I don’t, I’ll suffer bad karma or that I won’t get what I really want but because I truly love and honor the natural laws by
Do you find yourself being motivated by fear but trying to convince yourself it’s love? Read More »
These are confusing times. We are under pressure to Succeed but the conditions for Success conflict with our most deeply held values and beliefs. Meanwhile, although we are mesmerized by the flashing lights of Success, we are also being pushed and shoved and prodded and programed to settle for less. These are confusing times. We
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You cannot manufacture power You cannot trade peace You cannot buy happiness off a shelf And you certainly cannot barter love But of course You think you can You want to believe very much that you can And you will go to great lengths to prove it to yourself And you will convince yourself that
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