I wrote something recently about mobile phones, and how switching them off from time to time can make a world of difference to your life. Someone tried this in the morning, and was delighted. She said: “The mornings became mine again” – I think that is so great. There’s two ways your mornings can go – One
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Wanna be free? Never have a problem ever again? Free of all suffering and stress and anxiety? Love every single moment of your life? Grab a cup, but gird yourself because it’s a bold idea and you might dislike some of it. Here’s how: There are zero problems here, now, in this moment. Honestly. All your
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So often people say, “I’m stressed” or “I’m anxious” or “I can’t sleep because I’m thinking too much” … Do you ever get like that? The reason you’ve lost your mojo… and it’s temporarily for sure, always temporary, you will come out the other side given time… But the reason you’ve lost your mojo is
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Simon Cowell – he, the “nasty” judge of the X-Factor TV talent show – is doing the complete opposite of my idea of what an entertainment busy bigwig does: He’s given up his mobile phone for the last 10 months, and all to try and do something to benefit his mental health. Cool huh? Also cool
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It’s Monday morning and you may well be back at work – so let’s talk about work and jobs. As sociologists and psychologists and meditation teachers have noted, people not only do a job for money, but so they can contribute something of meaning to something bigger than themselves. People are happiest when they feel
Exciting times!! I’ve figured out there are 2 things that stop me – and probably you since we’re all the same mostly, really – from doing the big work, from the stuff that excites you, that is important to you. Your life work even, perhaps. I’m talking specifically about a project like writing a book …
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“Mayonnaise is a tyrant of a condiment, and very arrogant. It thinks it makes everything better but it does not.”_______ So said a man recently in the news who obviously dislikes mayonnaise … And I’m with him. Mayo? No thanks. It’s a bit like whipped cream. That I do not like, no I do not. Not at
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My favourite thing, without a doubt, is more favourite than even eating food in a glorious Greek taverna, sitting in the shade under a canopy of wine vines, ordering and re-ordering little plates of goodness. More favourite than going to see a really good movie, reading a really good book, chatting with Sumati about something
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Have you ever had a run of sleepless nights? Your anxiety or bad dreams ruining any chance of getting some rest, some peace? Or perhaps your mind is just running a thousand miles per hour, trying to help you by outlying everything that went wrong today, and everything that’ll go wrong tomorrow? Dude! Do you
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Still on Patmos, Greece. That small, but beautifully formed island of Good Times. Every year (this year is the last year here actually) we have a get together of all the European Ishayas of the Bright Path. A wonderful time it is too. Some seriously profound teaching, so profound I’m left slack jawed in amazement (not pretty
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