My daughter climbed the stairs this morning for the first time. What have you achieved? Ha! I’ll tell you what I’ve done in terms of productivity: nada. I have been taking some time off after a great spell of teaching, spending time with my two bubbas, resting, Ascending, cooking, walking, reading. In the meantime emails […]
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What is this “Meh” factor I talk of? A long time reader has recently informed me how grateful he is for the gift of increased “Meh” that has come from putting into practice my ways contained within these emails and the courses I teach. You see – the Meh factor is when you practice this
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When you’ve been out of the world for over a week, it teaches you a certain kind of humility. This humility comes when you realise everything is ticking along completely as normal – without you. I was not required for reality to function. Isn’t that disappointing? I’m irrelevant to the functioning of the world. And
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In this day and age where being super busy is a twisted sign of honour and social standing … “I am SO busy, therefore I am important and involved in great works”. Meditation is sold as a means to be more productive, to focus harder, get clearer and more energetic. To achieve, because if you’re
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Question from someone that came in yesterday, and it’s a doozy: ___________ Do you believe in feeling other people’s pain because there are a hell of a lot of hurting people out there. People who have lost their soul mate of 30 years, like me. War torn families, famine, then there’s all the muggings, burglary.
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Someone I met recently was saying that a book was advising her to tell her thoughts “go away!”, or something similar. Just as I’m writing I find it curiouser and curiouser. I guess just because you can write a book doesn’t mean you know what you’re talking about (apologies if that sounds snarky but, you
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Let’s get something out in the open, first of all. Your biggest cause of stress lies in your control issues. Do you know that? It’s ok – you’re one, I’m one, everyone has a control freak inside. In the attempt to secure something, you try to control the uncontrollable. And that means you stress and
Help! Worry is a huge problem for a lot of people. Health, for example – someone asked me this morning how to stop worrying about it, So I wanted to write a little about what I did to overcome worry. It’s a longer email, but hopefully useful to you, so grab a cuppa, have a
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So New Zealand – the land of my birth – Has a potato shortage. On the surface this is no big deal, But when you realise no potato means no crunchy salted crispy chippy goodness … It becomes a HUGE deal. As if I needed any more proof that the world is going to end,
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I love this question. People KIND of ask me it all the time. They ask it out the side of their mouths, with disbelief, like they’re asking me: “Do you really think the world is flat?” … Determining whether I’m actually insane and they should scarper, quick. Such is the “natural” feelings around stress. People
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