Attitude

So Christmas, the time for giving and for eating and raising a toast to life, to your family and friends. To make of it what you will, to celebrate for whatever reason you see fit. Huzzah! You might have presents to give? I know I do, fiancee is getting a cracker of a gift sometime […]

My mother would often talk about “doing Christmas differently this year”. Then Christmas would come along and it would seem like it was very similar to last Christmas, and the Christmas before that, which was identical to the Christmas before that. One might say everything was the same, exactly the same.

There is one critical thing in your practice of meditation; your practice of mindfulness; in developing the mindset you want; in living free of your own mental limitations. In the Bright Path Ishayas’ Ascension it’s called “innocence”. I’m sure I’ve written about it before, but it’s such a simple skill, a simple attitude, a simple

I appreciate that sometimes life isn’t that rosy. I know that something, no matter what you do, you just get stuck in a funk – a bad mood, a depression, a whatever. I know that. Got hit by something yesterday, a big case of the grumps.

My meditation teacher loves t-shirts. One of his current favourites simply says “Be Whole Assed”. Do you get it? In other words, his t-shirt is saying “don’t be half-assed”.

What do you want from life? Do you want to struggle, to strain, to push and to stress? Or do you want to be calm, clear, and content, simply enjoying each and every moment? So many people live a struggle. Why? The first thing to realise is that you do it to yourself.

What I love is belonging – I’m not sure if that’s the right word – but knowing, being a part of a group of people that have a common purpose and a common outlook on life. Now, I get to be with a lot of happy, stress free people. People who really want to squeeze

I just returned home from a marathon trip away teaching. It’s been amazing, meeting up with so many wonderful people. But it is lovely to be home. So nice to be with the fiancee, even though she has an awful cold and I have to be on the couch to get any sleep. But I’d

What I know about relationships is little. In relationships matters I am a complete amateur. A willing amateur though – I realised some years ago that people didn’t have good relationships by mistake, or even destiny. They, like all things, require work.

Everyone’s biggest problem? Trying to become something else. Hustling. Trying. Straining. Not sitting comfortably at all. Yes, do and set goals, chase dreams, I’m not talking about that.