Your life is your life. You alone can live it. You alone know how to live it. No one else can tell you how – I certainly can’t. I can try and support you in living the life you want.
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You know the Zone, you know it well. The reason you do the things you love is because it brings you there. You forget your worries for a while and you settle into a state of heightened perception. Where everything comes alive. The beauty of nature sparkles. The body moves fluidly, everything is timed perfectly.
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Indeed, it is all changing. Some time ago, and more recently too come to think about it, I said that I was teaching a lot of sports men, specifically outdoor athletes (actually a lot more). Hence the arrival of the new guinea pig trial I’ve been telling you about. Now if you do love the
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Sometime ago I was telling you about how I was devising a “mental fitness” plan for outdoor athletes because more and more outdoor people – actually men in particular for some reason – are coming to me and saying, “well, what have you got for me?” The mind is central to enjoyment and performance in
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There’s an amazing little life tweak that I was taught some years ago. I would call it a “life hack” but I’m an Ishaya monk and we don’t do hacking, we do tweaking. (It’s a long story that I’ll tell you sometime.) This tweak means that when I go for a run, I always try to
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Was having a bit of a low day – no energy, no motivation, a bit blah, perhaps my moon was in conjunction with Uranus, I’m not sure. But whatever, I turned to my trusty inspiration pack: The internet! It can be such a time sink, but I think it used wisely – just like the
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Howdy! I’m back after a while on honeymoon on a Greek island. I did have intentions (small as they were) of writing to you while I was away, but I didn’t. The great thing about life is you can always start again. And so I’ll take that reset button and go again.
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You ever wonder if there is more to life than what you are living? Do you ever think, “you know, my life is great, I have so much and I enjoy a big chunk of what I do, but there feels like there is just something missing?” I did, constantly. I pushed my way past
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When I started meditation I wanted my past to go away. I haven’t had a bad life in comparison to many, but that doesn’t matter. When it’s you and your mind, comparison to others is useless. When the mind bites, it bites.
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Every one wants freedom. Everyone. What do you want freedom from? I think it’s an excellent question to ask yourself. Try it now. Because, if you are honest, there is very very likely to be something there that means you don’t feel quite free.
Who Else Wants Freedom? Read More »