One of the things I appreciate about this time of the year is that many of us tend to be a little more reflective than usual especially as we take note of the fact that a new year is right around the corner.
Christmas Blessings Read More »
To be awake To be awake is to know that you can stop trying so hard. In fact, it is knowing that you don’t need to try at all.
I don’t think in terms of “I am proud of…” I just remembered that I’d started saying something about this last night before we sat down for meditation. I’d like to explain… Generally, when we say that we’re proud of something or someone, we’re speaking in terms of a personal and individual achievement. Even when
What’s there to be proud of? Read More »
I’ve written and spoken about the many and profound benefits of mindfulness practice many times (Use the search window on the right to find other ‘mindfulness’ posts). In this piece, I want to highlight yet another benefit. I was recently guiding a mindfulness circle. I invited people to think of something they would be
‘Good enough’ is the Ego’s polite rejection of Life’s wonderfulness Read More »
Our most persistent and dominating thought is ‘I’. Have you noticed? Please, stop and let that sink in for a moment or two before reading on. Just close your eyes and let that thought occupy your awareness. Now, although each one of us thinks of our ‘I’ differently from everyone else’s ‘I’, in the truth
Will the real ‘I’ please stand up Read More »
You wait for the perfect day to be your perfect self. Each day, you carry this expectation subconsciously in your mind and body. And each day, you are disappointed. It’s a disappointment you may not even recognize, it has become so ‘normal’, so mindlessly worn as part of a suit called ‘You’ in which you
LIfe is an irony called Hell Read More »
The *goal* my friends, is the *means* to the end. But we’re taught that it is the end. Oh no, you say, I understand that it is the journey, not the destination that matters. But do you? Do you really get that? In other words, are you actually LIVING it?
The Journey of Moments Read More »
Are my needs my weakness or are they my strength? Or are they both? Or neither? Our needs are underpinned by thoughts, ideas, beliefs.
Are my needs my weakness or my strength? Read More »
We pine and pant for magic When all around us Miracles lay as unremarkably naked and unnoticed as Air and leaf litter Chirping baby currawongs
While Miracles Abound Read More »
If you’re very attentive The wind may call you today To come out and be its playmate So it can scatter your hair here and there
If you are very attentive Read More »