Equanimity is challenging. Given that these are sensitive forms, we have emotions that respond and react to our environment, we don’t want to become numb or indifferent, so how can we achieve equanimity? How can we keep our balance in a changing and turbulent world? Is equanimity like standing in the waves, feeling their force […]
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I spend a lot of my time sitting in traffic. I don’t mind, it gives me time to refect on things and I thought I might share some of those reflections with you. The idea I want to consider in this post is to give some perspective on what is of value and what is […]
Enlightenment: possibly one of the most misunderstood words of all time. (It’s not a term I particlularly care for as I think it tends to confuse rather than clarify the issue.) I must admit I thought I was reasonably well informed about it – but when I had my experience of realising no-self I found […]
I walked today at lunchtime along my usual route. My stroll took me past the place where my awakening occurred eleven days ago. What is remarkable since that day is that I now walk through the world completely without fear. This would have been an impossibility before. There was always something to fear: an awkward […]
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