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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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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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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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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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Before Nyepi What would you do if you were told that tomorrow you would be ‘forced’ to stay in your house - that you would not be allowed to cook or use electric lights and that you had to remain silent for a whole night and a day within the walls of your property?

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Impeccable Intentions Whereas it is invaluable to stay mindful to the present moment as much as possible, we also have an ability to guide our future actions with intelligence by using meaningful intentions.