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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Back in the day when my Ishayas’ Ascension meditation teacher had only a few students I would get the chance to talk to him by phone. This was awesome. A supremely wise expert, on tap. I remember, as is often the case with the advice of the wise, it took a while to filter in
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Have you ever heard that expression “just let go”? Sometimes it’s helpful, sometimes it’s used like an attack “dude, just freakin’ let it go!”. How do you “let go”? Well – the theory and the practice is simple. Letting go is in a way distracting yourself from thinking so much a particular way.
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Yesterday I came in from my pedicure to find Sumati lying on the floor. “What are you doing down there?” I enquired. “Just hanging out”, she groaned, as Bubba crawled all over her, like a huge fly – undeniable, trying to poke wooden blocks in Sumati’s ears, as young ones are fond of doing. Sumati
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Henry David Thoreau once wrote: “As if you could kill time without injuring eternity.” If you’re like me, you have no idea what he is talking about. I saw it quoted somewhere and I was scratching my head for some time … before I gave up. It sounded like it could be profound, but really I
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Did you see recently – in the scrum to see a giant Peppa Pig down London way, one mum was knocked unconscious by another? I know Peppa Pig is serious business, but getting SO uptight you’ll punch someone to gain preferential access to a 8 foot tall pink pig is taking things a little too
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I got a Facebook message the other day, regarding the little mindfulness challenge that I got going on. _______ Arjuna I haven’t done the mindfulness meditation for two days! I have slept and slept and I’m starting afresh today … I hope no one else has slipped up like me!! Thing is I don’t know
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A question from a reader: “I don’t seem to be making any progress with meditation …” There’s more to it than that, but I can stop you right there. Meditation/mindfulness and progress don’t go together.
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Have you seen the video of that guy, Who stops his baby from crying by chanting OM? I did, and yup … It didn’t work for me either. She cried harder. Ha! And I’m a monk. I must say I’m a bit disappointed in the absence of monkly (no spell check, not monkey, no) super
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A valuable lesson yesterday I did learn – Regarding a grumpy child and how to make her less demanding, really quick. Want to hear it? I was feeding bubsy. Actually no, feeding bubsy is like feeding a lion … I imagine. You throw food in the general direction and stand well back, get safe as
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