Troubled? Then stay with me, for I am not.Hafiz These opening lines of a poem have been on my mind a lot over the past few days. There is great power in being able to hold an open and loving space for the emotions of others, especially in times of grief and sadness. We can … Continue reading Find the peace in challenging times
Meditation
Don’t go that way, come this way: follow the nudges of the Universe, it can lead to ducks
Do you ever get those days when the Universe is pointing you in a completely different direction from the one you intended to go? I’m having a week of it. On a couple of days when I’d planned to work I had a sick child at home (no sympathy needed, he began to recover on … Continue reading Don’t go that way, come this way: follow the nudges of the Universe, it can lead to ducks
Keeping it simple (with the help of meditation)
I believe that life can be simpler than we often allow it to be. I like to over complicate my life with long to-do lists that grow but seldom shrink, eventually leading me down a spiral of despair when the realisation hits that I don’t have enough time to do it all (why do we … Continue reading Keeping it simple (with the help of meditation)
Too many thoughts to meditate? Think about this…
Penny for them? If I had a penny for each one of my thoughts I’d probably be able to buy a sizeable island in the South Pacific, where I could spend my days arguing with myself in peace. You’re never alone when you have a noisy brain; there’s always a voice inside waiting to start … Continue reading Too many thoughts to meditate? Think about this…
Too many things on your to-do list? Read this.
The never-ending to-do list circles around your head as the cranial pressure mounts, a rising wave of ‘too many things to do, not enough time’ crashes over you, accompanied by a slight twitch in your left eye and the start of a headache that promises to thwart your attempts at crossing more items off the … Continue reading Too many things on your to-do list? Read this.
Ten days of silence: My Vipassana Meditation Experience
The first question most people ask is, why? Why would you want to spend ten days meditating in complete silence: no phone, no books, no distractions? I still don’t have a good answer, I only know that I did, and that’s a good enough reason for me these days. I had a few last-minute nerves … Continue reading Ten days of silence: My Vipassana Meditation Experience
My Meditation Journey
Do you believe that everything you need in life will come to you at the right time? Even if it doesn’t always feel that way? I began my meditation journey when I was six years old. My parents have practiced Transcendental Meditation (TM) for over forty years, long before meditation was cool and certainly before … Continue reading My Meditation Journey
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