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Awareness
With the desire to establish rhythm to one’s life and introduce daily practices, there is the danger to go through the day blindly not noticing the freshness of each moment. When there is awareness, then even the most mundane repetitive activity becomes rich with space and nuance. This morning, I opened the curtain and took in the beauty of the early light and thanks to a small broken branch than…
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Groundlessness
Groundlessness is not about flying, it is about having the floor taken under our feet. This may sound dramatic, but it is a feeling that we all frequently experience and it would seem vital to understand it better and to practice living with uncertainty. As always becoming more aware of an issue is a great place to start. So what is groundlessness? I recently came across the concept of…
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The Flame of Learning
The Flame of Learning
A couple of weeks ago, on one of the coldest days of the year our home boiler failed. It was not a straight forward affair and we had to revert to our old fashioned open fire to heat ourselves. Having to keep the fire going while staring at the flames has made me ponder about our own inner fires and the flame of learning. There is a basic fact that is helpful to know when you want to light and…
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Making Peace with Pain
Making Peace with Pain
Have you ever had a bad toothache? Did you take painkillers? Would you think me mad if I used such an occasion to make peace with pain? I recently developed a tooth abscess under one of my back molars and my cheek got very swollen. This morning as I am writing the pain level is mild but it comes in waves and it can become rather uncomfortable. At times, it goes up to the ear and makes me want to…
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Writing for Good
Do you write? If so, why do you write? Is it for others or is it for yourself? I am in the process of reviving a morning writing habit and some of the days it will be for ZenPlan – even if it is a very short entry. As in so many practices, what matters most is showing up. When introducing a habit into ones’s life, the regularity is very important. At the beginning, writing for five minutes…
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Don't Worry, Be Content
Don’t Worry, Be Content
Accepting who we are is fundamental to our wellbeing. Yet, there seems to be a constant strive to change ourselves or to want something else than what we have and this often leads to disenchantment. What are we after and do we really want to change who we are? Before we focus on change, it may be valuable to understand who we are. Instead on being critical and judgemental, is it possible…
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Easy Doing
Often when I think of getting things done, images of efficiency and effort come to my mind. Doing does not have to be stressful or painful. The key, it seems, is to enjoy the process and to let go of unnecessary pressures. When faced with a long to do list, perhaps the most important task is to tackle the list with the least effort and resistance. Here are few strategies that you may find…
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One Change
For some of us, the New Year is a call to start afresh, an opportunity to make changes. It is very tempting to want to change many things at once, but unfortunately this approach makes us less effective and is likely to undermine our efforts. It is a common mistake to have too many irons in the fire. What if we were to only focus on one change at a time? When one has only one change to embrace…
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New Year, Old Resolutions
New Year, Old Resolutions
Sixteen years ago day for day, I made the resolution to do at least 20 minutes of exercise everyday (this, incidentally, was the year before I discovered Google)… and it is the only New Year’s resolution I ever kept. I made many others, and even adhered to them for few weeks or even months but eventually they were all dropped. Apparently, I am not alone in falling pray to the promise-land of…
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Happy
Having spent 14 months abroad – travelling to Bali overland and back, I am now sitting at my old desk with a grin – I am happy. Just like the weather – and everything else in this world for that matter, – I know that this happiness is just transient. This moment of wellbeing however prompted me to reflect a little on the nature of happiness and why most of us so frequently feel dissatisfied. So…
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All we need is...
All we need is…
All we need is desire! Really? Surely not. Isn’t desire both the creator and destroyer of love? What is desire anyway? Either latent or present, some suggest that it is the unwavering spark of life. Others claim that it is the voice of the ego and therefore it should be tamed or even gotten rid of. What ever it is, we have all experienced it and understanding it, I believe, is key to our…
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Same, Yet Not the Same
Same Yet Not the Same
At times, I feel like everything is constantly changing and that there is unlimited potential. At other times, I can’t help noticing the same old patterns, and the daily routine feels like Groundhog Day. Although on the surface things appear to be moving, at the core there seems to be a psychological stagnation and the following question keeps coming to me: why don’t I change?
On the physical and…
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Taking Care of Ourselves Looking after ourselves is a sacred act. I am not talking here about occasionally treating ourselves "because we are worth it", nor am I suggesting emphasizing self-centred activities, rather it is about caring for our mind and body regularly as if it was a temple.
The Empty Boat Why do we get frustrated and irritated with other people? Is it because we have expectations about how they should behave or how things should be?
Be the breath The first act of skilfulness is breathing and unfortunately most of us loose it at very young age.
Eight Petals
Life is a bit like a jungle – it is lush, diverse and sometimes daunting. Amongst the biting ants and the thorns there are also flowers. On my path, I have encountered a stem with eight insights. These insights appear in the book that I am currently studying; I have not yet fully ‘lived’ them, nevertheless, they resonate with me and I would like to share them here in my own words.
Awareness is…
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Doing Your Best Expectations are a plague; not only other people’s but also our very own. My impression is that we all tend to have higher expectations than what we can actually manage and this very often stops us from doing our best.