We all like things to be easy. We enjoy doing something, or experiencing something, that seems simple and uncomplicated to us. If we find something easy we tend to be…
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This is the time of year for resolutions, goal setting and intentions. We habitually look forward, imagining the time when we will have achieved our goals or reached the place…
Some of us have something to say that is special, challenging or different. And many of us are keeping quiet. This may be why. Of course we need to be…
Do you know what it is like to feel tormented? To face Christmas with the anguish of financial difficulties and to be torn between increasing your debt or treating your…
Look at Alfie, how relaxed he is. You can tell he’s recharging, can’t you? I’ve had to learn a lot from him this year, and now I am taking a…
For the past few years, a lot of my work has centred around thinking less. Why it’s a good idea, what we can gain from it, and how to go…
This is a common concern. Most organised religions have a tradition of meditation and it is easy to assume that, in order to adopt any practice, we will need to…
I hear this question so often. Our lives seem to get busier by the decade and most of us haven’t been brought up to understand the value of thinking less,…
It’s common knowledge that a regular meditation practice brings with it many benefits. Reduced stress, better sleep and improved focus are just a few. As a meditator for some six…
Yesterday Sky News was reporting an interview of Miriam González Durántez, aka Mrs Nick Clegg (Nick Clegg is the UK’s Deputy Prime Minister). Ms González Durántez was saying that she…
At the beginning of August, I invented the Maverick Bluestocking. I wanted to write in a more overtly spiritual way, which is true to where I am in life at…
Conscious awareness is an experience. Still silent space, love, peace, joy and contentment are all experiences. They can’t really be described and they can’t be thought about. The only way…