The crucial thing is that the more present you can be ordinarily, the easier it’s going to be when things gets tough. You’ll notice yourself losing your cool and be able to step back and gain some objectivity sooner and sooner. The more you prioritise your peace, the more you can see it slipping –
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There are times in life, no matter what you are doing, where you are captivated, absorbed, transfixed by what you are doing. It is a very enjoyable experience, and it is a universal experience, one that many have had a taste of and long for more of. Everything you do has this potential zone of
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“We who lived in concentration camps can remember the men who walked through the huts comforting others, giving away their last piece of bread. They may have been few in number, but they offer sufficient proof that everything can be taken from a man but one thing: the last of the human freedoms — to
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“Grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference.” – Serenity Prayer of Alcoholics Anonymous The mastery of life lies in the mastery of the above three things: The ability to do nothing, the ability to make change,
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We think we are in control. We strive and force and try and for what? A life of struggle? Is that how you want to live? No, of course not. It’s just often we don’t realise how much we push. Life is meant to be one of ease. Don’t get me wrong – life still involves action – but action
The key to staying cool, calm and collected is to have little islands in your day, regular little points of detachment from the world where you completely come away from what you are involved in. Spreading these times throughout your day when you stop and reconnect is the key to not losing your peace and fully enjoying
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I just came back from three months at the Bright Path Ishaya retreat in Spain. Waking up this morning in my little cottage in the UK is different, but wonderful. There was a real sense of peace and serenity and aliveness on the mountain there in Spain. But you know what? There is here in North Yorkshire too.
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“When someone seeks, then it easily happens that his eyes see only the thing that he seeks, and he is able to find nothing, to take in nothing because he always thinks only about the thing he is seeking, because he has one goal, because he is obsessed with his goal. Seeking means: having a
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“The aim of life is to live, and to live means to be aware, joyously, drunkenly, serenely, divinely aware.” – Henry Miller The result of meditation is the ability to not attach to the stuff in your head. It is the ability to be mentally fit, fluid and free. You develop the ability to purely
The overwhelming difficulty so many have with meditation is that they believe they need to empty their minds. Meditation becomes confused with having an empty head, no thoughts, complete silence in the skull. Rejoice! For I am to tell you this is not necessary. You can have the busiest mind in the world and still
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