Start Afresh

The beginning of a new year is a good time to start afresh, in many ways. Most people are familiar with new year resolutions, and at the same time are resigned that ‘they don’t work’. One of the problems I’ve found with new year resolutions is that we try to cram them into our lives [...]

Fundamental Nature Of Man – Good or Bad?

Do you intuitively trust or distrust other people? This boils down to whether your world view is Lockean or Hobbesian. Many people regard strangers with suspicion rather than trust. Those of us who choose to believe the best of others (Lockeans) are regarded as naive by the other camp (Hobbesians) who consider themselves ‘worldly-wise.” Let [...]

“Meditation is easy…”

“I crash into a table in the darkness, yet it is not the table that has hurt me but the lack of light.” – Vikram Seth in “A Suitable Boy”

Can We Grow into Selflessness?

Selflessness does not come naturally to me, yet I became more selfless a few days ago without even trying to, while walking my dog. It got me thinking about selflessness – how it happens and whether we can develop it. A gross incident Although I normally pick up after my dog, that day I also [...]

Emptiness

If I told you I was feeling empty, would you immediately feel sorry for me and start to suggest how I might find fulfilment? And when you yourself feel empty, do you think that you must be doing something wrong to be feeling this way? For some reason we think emptiness is undesirable. We associate [...]

Attaining Spiritual Peace

As I prepared for and celebrated Easter, I got to thinking… What is spiritual peace and how do we attain it? The word ‘spiritual’ is from the Latin spiritus, meaning ‘of breath or wind’. Peace can be defined as ‘freedom from disquieting thoughts’. Spiritual peace therefore literally means ‘breath that is free from disquieting thoughts’. [...]

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