Meditation practice

“What do you hope to gain from this meditation course?” It’s one of the first questions I ask people when they come to learn Ascension meditation. I love their faces when I tell them that they will gain nothing, that they will lose everything. I’m not lying – it’s true. You gain nothing from your

Someone asked me this the other day. It was a great question, actually. I’ve been doing this for so long that sometimes I forget that it’s become kinda natural part of my life. Meditation should be the simple practice of being aware, present and alive in this precise moment. Without judgement, evaluation, criticism, striving to

Your mind is like a little tin can you rattle around in, constantly. Stay with me … A little tin can that is filled with spikes and soft squishy padding in between (you get me metaphor? i.e. bad thoughts and good thoughts). You may have more or less spikes than the next person, but the

Just the other day I was giving a talk on meditation, and having a jolly time of it. A lady, who did have quite a severe countenance (who had confided in me earlier that she was practicing the meditation technique of another tradition), piped up, exclaiming: “WHY are you slouching?” I was tickled by this

My friend has just started a dog training business. Guess what it’s called? That’s right: “Sit Happens.” Isn’t that cool? Well I thought it was just perfect. Your dog is a lot like your mind.

I’m away on holiday with the family, and it’s persisting down, as in raining. So we’re sitting around the table, drinking coffee and telling stories. It’s wonderful to take the time to sit and chat with them all. Last night we watched “Kingsman” – if you haven’t seen it, an excellent film. Colin Firth trains

Loved that song “People are Strange” when I was a wee fellow. Picked it up via The Lost Boys soundtrack. Remember that film? My favourite film for a long time. I tried to get my hair just like Kiefer Sutherland’s. Didn’t work, think I was probably starting to go bald very early on. Anyway, I

Don’t you ever wonder why you can’t just switch your mind off? Don’t you ever wonder why you succumb to worry or stress or struggle? Don’t you ever wonder why life isn’t a cool, happy, content adventure all the time? See I used wonder all the time why I couldn’t be present and happy all

When I was young I was a swimmer. I spent a lot of time in the pool, doing laps, working on techniques, getting fitter, stronger, better. All that mileage was just to get better at being more fish like. Perhaps, if you excuse the pun, more e-fish-ent … Some days I felt great, some days