I wouldn’t say I have a lot of certainty in my life. In fact I’m not sure I have any (no pun intended). This isn’t because my life is wild and unpredictable; it’s more of an inner attitude that recognises that change is present in every moment. When I look back on it this […]
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It’s hard not to have expectations in life. When we set off on a journey we expect to arrive at the other end and we imagine what that will be like. If we wait for a bus, a train, our meal to arrive, we have expectations of having our desires met; perhaps with a certain […]
Sometimes it can seem like that; we look at our lives and we instinctively want to fix, repair or change it around to make it all better. In our society there are a number of industry sectors that profit from just this desire. They try to sell us self help solutions to change your life […]
It’s that time of year where most of us are thinking about reigning back in the excesses of the festive season and considering some healthier options. When I was young I heard on several occasions someone say, ‘You are what you eat.’ Of course, I didn’t pay much attention, it’s just a throw away comment […]
As another year draws to a close it’s hard not to let the mind and the thoughts turn inwards; to reflect on what the year has brought us and what the future might hold. So what about your journey? Are you planning to make some New Year’s resolutions? Here are a few tips if you […]
If you’ve read any of the previous posts you’ll have picked up on references to present moment awareness as being of key importance to developing your inner life. I’m not the only one saying this, two and a half thousand years ago the Buddha was saying much the same and his successors and other teachers […]
I’ll say at the start that this post is a little ‘heavy’, so if you’re not up to having your mind challenged a bit then you may well be asleep by the third paragraph. However, I do think it’s important and offer it as a reflection in the hope you may find it of some […]
