It was not always easy to find a qualified meditation teacher. A few weeks back, while travelling here in India, I was given a sense of just how difficult it once was to be exposed to a spiritual tradition, much less study directly under an enlightened teacher. My partner Michael and I were trekking high …
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In response to the recent posting on ‘how wisdom works’ I received the following comment from a dear friend of mine: “I question whether people always do the best they can? I think in a lot of cases they could manage a lot better but choose to act badly anyway”. It is a legitimate question …
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The other day I overheard someone talking on her phone. She said, “I’m not doing anything – I’m just resting”. It reminded me of how easy it is to undervalue the importance of taking time out to rest. In our fast-paced, hectic lives we can easily get caught in what I call ‘Busy Doing’. Busy …
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As adults we have responsibility for the raising, education and nurturing of the next generation. We do this in many ways including the examples we set, the boundaries we create and the guidance we give. So when I read about the latest rise in the prescriptions of the stimulant drug Ritalin for our young children …
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It is a blessing of God that we normally forget the past. Certainly the present is born of the past, but the fact remains that the past represents less developed states of consciousness, and the present belongs to a more developed state. Therefore it is only a loss to overshadow the more evolved present with memories …
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I would like to share with you my answer to a recent question from a dear student of mine. Firstly her question: I wanted to ask you about something… I (shamefully) seem to be losing friends for no apparent reason – either through mis-understandings that are not even confrontational. Also at work, in the one …
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I was recently featured in the lead article in Natural Health Magazine titled “Meditation Masterclass”. Special thanks to Stephanie Holland – a talented writer, blogger and expert in the field of conscious living through aromatherapy – for all her support in helping raise awareness of meditation by bringing it to the front page.
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In the wake of the recent riots and agitation in England there has been A LOT of whipping up of rhetoric, finger pointing and dramatisation. Rather than engage in a regurgitation of all that, I’d like to address some important questions that come to mind.
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The topic I am most often asked to speak and write about is relationships. It is not surprising – relationships are the stuff of life. We live in the relative world and so by definition we live in relation to others and the world around us. At ALL times we are relating to someone or …
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Due to a newly released study there’s been a lot of discussion in the media about how much water is good for us. On Saturday 23rd July there was an article in the Guardian newspaper questioning the ‘8 glasses a day’ rule and the underlying assumption that the more water we drink, the healthier we …
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